On 05/29/2008 10:25 AM, Terence W C Warby wrote: > Please excuse this reply to my own question but I have just downloaded > my mail and have noticed a reply from NoOP on another thread re. > installation of OOo 3.0 Beta. > > NoOP says that he has "umpteen" versions of OOo installed on his Ubuntu > 7.10 system. If you are reading this NoOP I would appreciate a few > pointers/help since my total experience with Linux to date consists on > installing it from the live 8.04 CD and having a play. Now I want to > start learning to use it.
You can safely install the OOo 3.0 BetaM14 on your system with the existing Ubuntu OOo ((U)OOo). As it is a dev version it will not interfere with (U)OOo; beware however that when the Release Candidate (RC) or final OOo 3.0 comes out, it _will_ interfere with your (U)OOo. At that time you'll either need to install as parallel version, or uninstall (U)OOo and ubunt-desktop; but that's a ways off so don't worry about it now. The following assumes you installed the standard Ubuntu 8.04 Gnome desktop, if you installed Kubunt (KDE) you are on your own as I don't KDE... To install 3.0BetaM14, download the Linux (deb) from: http://download.openoffice.org/680/?intcmp=1461 I recommend that you download it to a temporary directory - Public will do in this case. Open the file browser (Nautilus on Gnome desktops - this is Places|Home Folder) and go to the location where you downloaded the .deb file. Double-click it and the Archive manager will open, then click the "Extract" button, and make sure that the "Re-create folders" and "Overwrite existing files" are checked. Then click the bottom right "Extract" button. That will extract the deb files into a new subdirectory: DEV300_m14_native_packed-1_en-US.9306 Exit the archive manager. Immediately rename this silly long name to something manageable; right click it and rename it to OOoM14. Now: open a terminal window - Applications|Accessories|Terminal >From the terminal window: cd to the directory that you extracted the files to: cd ~/Public/OOoM14/DEBS/ Now install the files: sudo dpkg -i *.deb That will take awhile and will install the files into /opt/ooo-dev3.0 Now let's create a way to easily get to OOo3.0BetaM14: - Right-click on Applications and select "Edit Menus" - Got to Office and click anywhere in the right "Items" column. Then click "New Item". Here is what you need in this box: Type: Application Name: OpenOffice 3.0 M14 Command: /opt/ooo-dev3.0/program/soffice [you can also browse to the /opt/ooo-dev3.0/program/ directory and select soffice that way] Now click the little icon button - looks like a screw on the left: in the window to the left of the "Browse" button on the top, enter: /usr/share/icons/Human/scalable/apps Then select ooo-web.svg - it's not writer etc., but it will do as you just need something that looks nice at this point. Click Close. Now you should see the menu item with OOo 3.0 M14 appear. Close the menu editor. Now open and run OOo 3.0: Applications|Office|OOo 3.0 M14 You'll be prompted for the initial registration etc., as in Windows. Uncheck "check for updates" & tell it that you are already registered etc & off you go. That said; I'd recommend that you also become familiar with the (U)OOo installed in 8.04 as it has some nice added features (sound video etc) built in. What you will find is that the 8.04 (U)OOo is not fully installed (long story), so from a terminal issue the following commands while connected to the internet: sudo apt-get install reinstall openoffice.org-core sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-evolution sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-help-en-us That will pull in some missin packages. Later you can then use Synaptic (System|Administration|Synaptic...|) to bring in other missing (U)OOo packages. That should be sufficient to get you started. > > Thanks > > Terry W > > Terence W C Warby wrote: >> I have just installed Ubuntu onto my PC to dual boot with WinXP. I am >> a total novice with respect to Linux and I want to see if I can get >> on with it. >> I am eager to install, if possible, OOo Dev300m14 alongside the Ubuntu >> supplied 2.4 version as I have in XP. Is this possible in Ubuntu? The >> instructions on installation of release candidates into Ubuntu that >> I've picked up from the archives and the 8dayaweek forum (from Dan >> Lewis and Hagar de l'Est, respectively) say that the distro supplied >> OOo version has to be removed before an RC can be installed. I can >> understand that this is necessary with an RC since it will attempt to >> overwrite/remove the installed version. Is this also the case with the >> installation of the Dev300 versions or can I install it as per the >> instructions in the archives to sit alongside the ubuntu version? >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
