On Monday 19 November 2007, Drew Jensen wrote: > bill purvis wrote: > > Drew, > > I finally decided to install the new version on the present system. > > Downloaded the tar file with the .deb's in it and unpacked them. > > Then removed all of the OpenOffice bits currently installed. > > Then I entered: > > > > apt-get install *.deb in the DEBS subdirectory. > > > > Got the usual stuff about Reading package lists, dependency > > tree, state information, then: > > > > E: Couldn't find package openoffice.org-base_2.3.0-5_i386.deb > > > > and it exits. There is a file of that name in the > > directory and it looks OK. Any idea what might be > > upsetting it? > > OK I knew there was something obvious I was missing when I read your > email here. > > You should I believe be using the command > dpkg -i *.deb > > To install those files from a directory > Oops! Sorry about that - spent too long thinking about it and did it from memory.
One slight hickup with that - it tried to install it in /opt but there wasn't enough room in the root partition. Made /usr/opt and did 'ln -s /usr/opt /opt' and then it seems to have installed OK. I guess the next step is to try it all out. Many thanks and apologies for my stupidity. I used to have a good memory, but I can't remember where I put it! Bill -- +---------------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis, Amateur Mathematician | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://bil.members.beeb.net | +---------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
