Thank you Hagar. But I would not bother you guys if it was that easy. I did everything, and as I wrote in my post I purged ALL openoffice packages and I DID delete the openoffice dir in my home. And still no luck.
Hagar de l'Est wrote: > > Just to be sure, check that there is absolutely no more > "openoffice.org2..." package with the "ubuntu" string in the version > number. Even language pack or help files. > Then, try to rename or delete the OOo user profile (~/.openoffice.org2). > > Hagar > > > Le 24.09.2007 14:34, aya a écrit : > >> Hello, >> >> I am on Kubuntu Feisty with all latest updates installed. I did follow >> this >> instruction precisely removing and purging all files that came with >> distribution. I tried to install openoffice 2.3 from the openoffice >> website. >> I tried both DEB version and RPM via alien as was described here. >> >> Installation goes without any problems. I can open, say, writer program, >> but >> when i try to open any file the whole OO window just closes. The same >> happens when I select "About Openoffice.org" in the Help menu or try to >> click "Close Document" [X] button. I can see no errors on console when >> the >> crash occurs. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> Dan Lewis wrote: >>> On Saturday September 22 2007 06:34 am, John Lovely wrote: >>>> Can anyone explain how to install OpenOffice 2.3 on Linux? (Ubuntu >>>> 6.10) >>>> >>>> OOO has had a "one-click installer" just like Windows forever but OOO >>>> 2.3 is a disaster! >>>> >>>> So far, I've downloaded the OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_en_US_deb.tar.gz >>>> I've gunzipped it >>>> I've done a tar -xvf on the resulting tarball >>>> >>>> And now I've got a whole pile of debs (about 30) and a Readme with no >>>> installation instructions at all. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know how to install it from here? >>>> >>>> Am I supposed to dpkg all 30 debs, 1 by 1 or is ONE of the debs the >>>> MAIN >>>> deb that will start the install? If so, which one? >>>> >>>> Whatever happened to the OOO install executables that made linux >>>> installs as easy as windows? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> John Lovely >>> If you have the version that came with Ubuntu 6.10, you need to >>> uninstall it first. Here is what Hagar de *'Est wrote in an article, >>> "[Ubumtu] Installing OOo on Debian and Co." You will find it on the >>> www.8daysaweek.co.uk web site. Once you have removed any previous >>> version >>> of OOo, skip to step #5. Use a terminal to do this, and make sure you >>> are >>> in the directory which contains all of the debs. >>> >>> >>> The Ubuntu concept is that once a flavor is released, there is no >>> update >>> for its content, except security issues. Therefore, once you stick to a >>> flavor (Dapper, Edgy, Feisty, ...), your OOo version is not updated. >>> Basic >>> reason is : integration has been validated with this package, a new one >>> could mess the system. >>> >>> But Ubuntu releases of OOo are known to be rather bugged, especially the >>> Feisty one (slideshow in Impress causes crash recovery systematically, >>> Base wizards freeze at the very end of the process among the most >>> 'popular' bugs on the Ubuntu forums). >>> >>> As OOo is released with RPMs (Ubuntu uses deb format, same as Debian), >>> you >>> cannot install OOo directly but you need to convert the files to .deb >>> format. >>> >>> Here is a method for all Debian based distros : >>> >>> 1. Remove all the packages from the installed version >>> Go to Synaptic or your package manager and mark all the openoffice.org2 >>> packages installed to be removed. This is mandatory for your first >>> upgrade >>> of the distro delivered OOo version, no need to to that for the next >>> upgrades. >>> For Ubuntu, the system will also remove the ubuntu-desktop package. No >>> worry, this is a meta package that can be removed safely. But in case >>> you >>> want to upgrade your whole distro, you'll have to install back this >>> package (and the OOo original version). >>> >>> 2. Download the tarball (.tar.gz file) from the official OOo web site >>> See here : http://download.openoffice.org/index.html. >>> >>> 3. Extract the tarball in a directory >>> Open a terminal and : >>> >>> Code: >>> tar -vxzf namefile.tar.gz >>> >>> You should see a new folder, say ooo_inst_folder. >>> Go to the RPMS subfolder >>> >>> Code: >>> cd ooo_inst_folder/RPMS >>> >>> >>> 4. Convert the files with alien >>> >>> Code: >>> sudo alien -d --scripts *.rpm >>> >>> Note that the --scripts parameter is needed to avoid bugs afterwards >>> (lack of it doesn't prevent the installation). >>> >>> NB: if alien is not installed, then: >>> >>> Code: >>> sudo apt-get install alien >>> >>> >>> 5. Install the created .debs >>> >>> Code: >>> sudo dpkg -i *.deb >>> >>> >>> 6. Update the Gnome menu >>> To be adapted according to your desktop manager, see the content of the >>> desktop-integration subfolder. >>> >>> Code: >>> cd desktop-integration >>> sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.#.#-#_all.deb >>> >>> Here you are, menus should have been updated. >>> _________________ >>> OOo 2.2.1 / Ubuntu 6.06 >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-2.3-on-Linux-tf4500899.html#a12866364 Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
