NoOp wrote:
On 05/29/2008 10:25 AM, Terence W C Warby wrote:
..... 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.
....... 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...
NoOP, many thanks for your detailed and easy to follow reply; I now have
OOo 3.0 m14 installed and working on my new Ubuntu system. As it happens
I did try out the KDE version (Kubuntu) on the Live CD but didn't like
it. Once I've mastered Ubuntu/Gnome I may be tempted to try KDE again,
but it probably won't be for quite a while!
........ 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.
As well as installing the m14 package I also followed your
recommendation above.
On entering the
"sudo apt-get install reinstall openoffice.org-core"
command line I got a "could'nt find package reinstall" error message.
So, I assumed that there was some kind of syntax or brain working faster
than typing fingers error and guessed that the object was remove and
re-install openoffice.org-core, I ran the command:
"sudo apt-get reinstall openoffice.org-core"
and got an invalid command message. However, when I ran:
"sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-core"
it told me that I already had the up to date version so I am a bit
mystifed. So, could you explain what the intention of your original
command line was? However I ran the other two command lines and they
installed, amongst other things, the database and a Java substitute.
Once again, thanks for your help NoOp. This weekend I'm buying a book
I've seen on running Ubuntu and hopefully I'll be able to consolidate
what I've learned from this little exercise.
Terry W
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