OOO 3.3

[PattiMichelle]

Couldn't find this on a search here or on Google - what Kubuntu repo has OOO3.3 in it? It appears to have been out a while, and OOO is evolving rapidly.

THANKS!
PattiMichelle

[Snowhog]

Re: OOO 3.3

OOo has been replaced by LibreOffice (at least here in Natty). Not sure how things are going in Maverick. However, you can download the appropriate 3.3.0 .deb package (compressed as .tar.gz) from OpenOffice. See OpenOffice.org - Download tested and stable builds. After you have downloaded the appropriate file, you will have to uncompress it and launch the .deb file. Assuming there are no dependency issues, it will install.

[PattiMichelle]

Re: OOO 3.3

Thanks - I tried that and it expanded to a massive directory structure - I was not sure what to do! It was not a simple ".deb" package I could install.

OOo has been replaced by LibreOffice (at least here in Natty). Not sure how things are going in Maverick. However, you can download the appropriate 3.3.0 .deb package (compressed as .tar.gz) from OpenOffice. See OpenOffice.org - Download tested and stable builds. After you have downloaded the appropriate file, you will have to uncompress it and launch the .deb file. Assuming there are no dependency issues, it will install.

[woodsmoke]

Re: OOO 3.3

If you are seeing a really huge set of files, you are in the "manually install" thing...and there is a critical file which must NOT be installed or the whole thing is doofed up.

Also there is a "desktop integration" file which MUST be installed or there are no menu entries.

There are several threads in several places about how to do it, I did it back when OO was first getting on the upswing and it is a big job.

I can noodle around, or somebody with much more experience here at the forum might and that person would get much better results.., but there is a thread somewhere on what to do, and it should work.

woodsmoke

[PattiMichelle]

Re: OOO 3.3

I finally hit on the correct set of search terms...

Instead of intalling the files one by one, try to install them all at the same time:
cd /path/to/files/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

EDIT: Well, almost...
patti@dv7t-Kubuntu64:~/Downloads/OOO330_m20_native_packed-1_en-US.9567/DEBS/desktop-integration$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: regarding openoffice.org3.3-debian-menus_3.3-9556_all.deb containing openoffice.org-debian-menus:
openoffice.org-debian-menus conflicts with openoffice.org-bundled
openoffice.org-core provides openoffice.org-bundled and is present and installed.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org3.3-debian-menus_3.3-9556_all.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing openoffice.org-debian-menus
Errors were encountered while processing:
openoffice.org3.3-debian-menus_3.3-9556_all.deb
patti@dv7t-Kubuntu64:~/Downloads/OOO330_m20_native_packed-1_en-US.9567/DEBS/desktop-integration$

Sheesh. There's always a gotcha!

Still cranking. Broke Java JRE Now I'm borked and nothing helps - I need a wizard to tell me a command to fix:
"An error occurred
E: sun-java6-jre: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting removal.'

But Synaptic/Adept/KPackageKit won't let me do anything like reinstall it.

[woodsmoke]

Re: OOO 3.3

yeah all those geeky guys like ME!!! We know EXACTLY what search terms to enter!

Yep, no matter how experty people may want to look, it sometimes just takes trying different thing.

As they say, the search engine is your friend!

I'm glad you got things done relatively quickly!

woodsmoke

[PattiMichelle]

Re: OOO 3.3

yeah all those geeky guys like ME!!! We know EXACTLY what search terms to enter!

Yep, no matter how experty people may want to look, it sometimes just takes trying different thing.

As they say, the search engine is your friend!

I'm glad you got things done relatively quickly!

woodsmoke

Nope - I'm in fact broke and wedged again...

Updater says... "subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2"

Wait a minute - synaptic stopped reporting an error (even though the updater does)

OK - now it seems to work. I guess there are a couple of tricks - one is to remove OpenOffice3.2 (NOT a simple task), then install jre from the repo. THEN when you do the dpkg command (including the desktop integration) it will complete as-expected. I wish I were a coder: I would write an installer for th OOO folks.

[woodsmoke]

Re: OOO 3.3

also a simple reboot puts many things right.

And the updates..yes.

woodsmoke

[tomp01]

Re: OOO 3.3

Thanks - I tried that and it expanded to a massive directory structure - I was not sure what to do! It was not a simple ".deb" package I could install.

OOo has been replaced by LibreOffice (at least here in Natty). Not sure how things are going in Maverick. However, you can download the appropriate 3.3.0 .deb package (compressed as .tar.gz) from OpenOffice. See OpenOffice.org - Download tested and stable builds. After you have downloaded the appropriate file, you will have to uncompress it and launch the .deb file. Assuming there are no dependency issues, it will install.

All I did to install Libre Office was the following.

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.* /Remove Open Office

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa /Add Libre Office PPA
sudo apt-get update /Update sources

sudo apt-get install libreoffice /Install Libre Office

[woodsmoke]

Re: OOO 3.3

tomp01

Those instructions have to be the least:
intrusive
bloviated
expansive
blowing my own horn
setting folks up to come back to me for more answers
redundant
circular in logic

and the most

pithy
erudite
well thought out
elegant
concise
too the point
focused

and just da$# GOOD!

instructions for installing libreoffice vs openoffice

that i have seen/sawn/seed... lol!



woodveryapprciativesmoke

[tomp01]

Re: OOO 3.3

tomp01

Those instructions have to be the least:
intrusive
bloviated
expansive
blowing my own horn
setting folks up to come back to me for more answers
redundant
circular in logic

and the most

pithy
erudite
well thought out
elegant
concise
too the point
focused

and just da$# GOOD!

instructions for installing libreoffice vs openoffice

that i have seen/sawn/seed... lol!



woodveryapprciativesmoke

Being basically lazy, I always try to look for the easiest way.

[oshunluvr]

Re: OOO 3.3

OK - now it seems to work. I guess there are a couple of tricks - one is to remove OpenOffice3.2 (NOT a simple task), then install jre from the repo. THEN when you do the dpkg command (including the desktop integration) it will complete as-expected. I wish I were a coder: I would write an installer for th OOO folks.

Just in case anyone is still wanting the real OOO - like me....

Remove all packages referring to open office or libre office (personally, using openoffice named packages as subs for libre office is disingenuous at best, but that's another thread...)

Then goto http://download.openoffice.org/other.html and download your language from the "Full Installation" sets. NOTE If you're using 64 bit Kubuntu, uncheck "Include Java..." near the top.

Once you have the file, a click in Dolphin should open it in Ark. Extract it somewhere and then open a terminal window in the folder you extracted to. Then type this command:

sudo dpkg -iR DEBS

This will install the whole thing including menus. Be patient, it takes awhile.
I already had sun-java6-jre installed so I got no java errors or messages.
Once it is complete you will have to log out and back in to allow the new menu items to show up.