On 03/18/2007 10:53 PM, Andis Lazdinsh wrote: > Hi! > > I asked similar question in Ubuntu user list regarding Thunderbird, as I > use openoffice.org version taken from Ubuntu repositories. Now I see > it's a common problem. In my case I can't access any address data > sources, first of all because I uninstall Evolution and all it's > components (Evolution address book was at least visible in wizard > window). I didn't see Thunderbird address book as data source from the > beginning. > There are no problem to establish connection with Thunderbird address > book under windows XP. But when I try to open that address book under > linux I receive error messages described in previous posts. > > Andis >
I've filed a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/93546 Please add to that report. Morgan: please file a similar FC report. I suspect that distro builds exclude various libraries & paths necessary to properly use all features of OOo. My suggestion would be to download & install the code directly from OOo. For Andis on Ubuntu: 1. Download the linux code from OOo directly. 2. Uninstall the Ubuntu 2.1 OOo applications (Synaptic works well for this). I also uninstall the ubuntu-desktop, but you might want to keep yours. However w/unbuntu-desktop you will not be able to install the OOo desktop-integration .deb so you'll need to manually add the OOo applications to the Applications|Office menus. 2. Unarchive the OOo code using the archive manager & allow it to extract to it's own directory. Change the directory name to something simple; OOo2.1 3. From a terminal window: sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install alien cd OOo2.1 cd RPMS sudo alien -v -k *.rpm [this will take awhile on a slow computer, be patient] sudo dpkg -i *.deb cd desktop-integration sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.1.5_all.deb [note: this last only works if ubuntu-desktop is uninstalled first] You now should be able to: Applications|Office and see your installed OOo. Open Writer, follow the registration etc prompts, then try your address book access & they all should be there. If you choose not to uninstall the ubuntu-desktop, skip the: sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.1.5_all.deb step and instead: 1. Right click Applications 2. Choose Edit Menus 3. Click on Office 4. New Item 5. Name: OOo 2.1 Writer 6. Command: - Browse & browse to /opt/openoffice.org2.1/program/swriter Repeat for Calc (scalc), etc. If you have problems drop me a line off-list. Morgan: I don't know anything about FC, but you might want to explore installing directly as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
