2008/9/2 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 09/02/2008 03:25 AM, M Henri Day wrote: >
<snip> > > NoOp, when I attempted to download the 64-bit deb via the link you > provide > > above, I received the following message : > > > > The download you have chosen could not be initiated automatically. > > Please visit the download overview< > http://download.openoffice.org/other.html> > > . > > > > For the adventurous there is a > > form<http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/download-form.php>provided > > with no guarantee that any of the listed versions is available. > > > > The download overview does not, however, provide links to OOo 3 versions. > > Being fairly adventurous, I clicked on the second of the two links, which > > led to «Bouncer v2.0», but alas, the latest build, BEB300_m3, is not > > available there. The closest I come is version OOo-Dev-BEA300_m2. The > > version of OOo 3 presently installed on my box is 3.0.0-18 ; have I > anything > > to gain by attempting to install OOo-Dev-BEA300_m2 ?... > > > > Henri > > Bouncer is... well, sometimes 'bouncy'. Instead try m4: > http://download.openoffice.org/680/?intcmp=1461 > On a mirror close to you, you'll be looking for: > OOo-Dev_OOO300_m4_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz > (example: > ftp://openoffice.cs.utah.edu/pub/openoffice/extended/developer/OOO300_m4/) > > Changes are listed here: > http://development.openoffice.org/releases/ooo3.0.m4_snapshot.html Well, NoOp, I managed to download the package from the ftp server at the University of Tübingen in Braunschweig (beloved of liver-sausage fans) and extracted the package to my home folder. But when I open it I see a couple of read-mes, licenses, an update, plus a debs package folder containing 47 - I counted'em - subfolders ! Where do I go from here ?... Henri
