Lars Noodén wrote:
Installation is very easy. Going through an installation guide for OOo
and updating it, I found that only the MS Windows users suffer when
installing programs. I hope the article drives home that point.
For various reasons, I (and another author) recommend against
distribution specific versions of OOo. In other words, it is a mixed
blessing.
* I found multiple bugs related to the 64-bit version on FC-6. The bugs
were only in the 64-bit version.
* I had trouble finding a version of Java that worked with OOo on 64-bit
FC-6.
Based on this, I went back to the official OOo releases. Another author
indicated instability issues on Ubuntu. Now, I move ahead in time to
Fedora-7. Certainly, the distribution specific versions have improved,
but...
As expected, distribution specific versions run behind official
releases. This is especially problematic on Debian systems (I am told).
So, if you want the latest, you must stay with the official (as opposed
to distribution specific versions). Unfortunately, it was no trivial or
without peril to remove the distribution specific version because every
time I ran update, it tried to update the distribution specific version.
it is not that it can not be done, but you must jump through the correct
hoops to do it.
In case you are wondering, the advantages to the distribution specific
versions are mentioned. For example, easy to install, correct language
and locale, Novell extensions...
The real under-dog at the moment is the Mac version, which appears to
have three flavors. Luckily, that is coming along well.
OS X (Intel or PPC):
download the package
drag the icon to the applications folder
Linux GUI:
run Adept and then click on OpenOffice+any language support
Linux command line:
apt-get install openoffice.org openoffice.org-l10n-ru
-Lars
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
www.linuxidentity.com is looking for someone to write a short howto for
installing OOo onto Windows, Linux, and Mac. I had a long conversation
with them and as follows:
I recommended the following outline:...
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