-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 7, 2007 1:59 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: William Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] Launching OpenOffice/Linux after Installing > >On Sunday 07 January 2007 7:35 am, William Ellis wrote: >> I followed the "Installation Instructions at: >> http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.4/instructions.html : 1. Unpack >> the downloaded image into a directory. For example, currently, the >> following command would unpack into the current directory: 2. tar >> xvzf OOo_2.0.4_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz >> 3. su to root, if necessary. >> 4. cd into the directory with the unpacked image. This could be >> RPMS. 5. Delete any rpm files that do not apply to your system. For >> example, on a Fedora Core 3 system, delete any rpms specific to >> another distribution such as >> openofficeorg-suse-menus-1.9.79-1.noarch.rpm. 6. Then execute rpm >> -Uvih *rpm. >> >> I was gratified those steps were all successful. However, I have >> no idea what I'm supposed to do to make OpenOffice 2.1 actually >> start running. For example, should I type some commands at a >> command line prompt, is there an icon somewhere I should click on, >> should I use a file manager and navigate to some file somewhere >> that I should then run? >> >> I just installed OpenSuse 10.2 yesterday. I can still run their >> version of OpenOffice, 2.0, but I'm trying to install OpenOffice >> 2.1 to the point where I can actually make it run. Thank you for >> your help. >> >> - Bill Ellis > > I use KDE as my desktop, and K Menu has Office as a folder. >K Menu > Office opens a menu with the OOo applications >(Wordprocessors, Calc, Impress, and Draw.) Clicking Wordprocessors >opens OOo 2.1 MATH and OOo 2.1 Writer. Clicking any of these >applications starts OOo 2.1. If you use Gnome, you should have a >similar menu to K Menu with similar entries. > Right clicking on one of these applications should open a context >menu with a choice to create an icon on the Desktop. > >Dan
Thanks for the quick answer. I go through the KDE steps you mentioned & I end up launching 2.0, which I never deleted. Did you uninstall 2.0 before installing 2.1? thanks. - Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
