I fear I'm once again meddlin' wi' things I ken nuthin' aboot, but does the procedure outlined in the Slackware section work for an Ubuntu distro ? Could it be used to download and install the OOo 2.1 version ?...
Henri 2006/12/22, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:48:52 +1100, Terry wrote: > Does anyone know how and where to get a Linux tarball instead of the rpms? > > The issue on the subject ( > www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=44102 ) was closed with these > comments among others: > > [quote] > Therefore this tar.gz-Installer is not an officially supported > Sun-internal build. Currently Sun internal builds are always rpm builds > (of course this might change in the future). But anyone else can create > (and test) this new > installation sets. Additionally Sun offers the OOo Development builds in > this new tar.gz format. > [unquote] > > I cannot find the tar.gz-Installer, nor can anyone else. > > Is it only Mythware? You create it. See http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf and look for the Slackware section. You need the utility rpm2tgz. -- Documentation Co-lead "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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