To the best of my knowledge they decided that the "native format" for Linux is rpm. So that's all that's available, except for Pavel Janik's site. But the debs won't install for me on Debian Sid. Must be something personal with my installation.
I'll keep trying. Going to look for the rpm2tgz. Maybe that will help. Thanks, Richard. On 12/21/06, Russell Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Terry wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Terry wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know how and where to get a Linux tarball instead of the >>> rpms? >>> >> >> Or Tarbell? ;-) >> >> http://www.s100-manuals.com/Harte-manuals/Tarbell/Tarbell Cassette >> Interface.pdf >> >> Actually, I thought the download from OOo was a tarball. > > There was an outcry when OpenOffice moved from a universal installer to > the rpms which, as you say, are compressed into a tarball. > > The outcome of the issue filed was that the software itself would be > available for installation from a tarball. > > IOW, it is supposed to be possible to install simply by uncompressing a > tarball - in the same way that Mozilla products can be installed. > > This other tarball (not to be confused with whatever you are talking > about) does not contain RPMs; it contains the software files, ready for > action and rarin' to go. > > Well, it would do if it exists, which is the first question in > question. :-\ > > The second question is *where* is it? > > Hi Terry If it's any help, on gentoo I use rpm2tgz (after unpacking the download tarball) and it proceeds to put everything where it belongs in /opt/ I realise that is not a direct answer to your inititial question. HTH Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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