Ooo upgrade to 2.0 - Linux Forums

06-14-2006	#1 (permalink)
Dalani Linux Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 146	Ooo upgrade to 2.0 I use Unbuntu 5.04 Hoary and have Ooo 1.1.3 installed and want to upgrade to 2.0. My box runs on a pentium 2. How to upgrade or uninstall old version? With or without Java? Will it run? __________________ Dalani News http://dalani.com Open Design because some things are worth doing.

06-14-2006	#2 (permalink)
antidrugue Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,213	Yes it will run. You first need to configure java (jre or jdk 1.5.0 update 7) : http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debia...suns-java.html And then OpenOffice 2.02 (without JRE) : http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debia...office-20.html Or you could just upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 6.06. __________________ "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow." -Bruce Lee

06-14-2006	#3 (permalink)
Dalani Linux Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 146	Thanks But do I need java??? I heard it slows Ooo down considerably. __________________ Dalani News http://dalani.com Open Design because some things are worth doing.

06-14-2006	#4 (permalink)
antidrugue Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,213	Well, java is always handy to have anyway, so I guess you should install it. Once OO is installed you can disable java support (in OpenOffice) : ->Tools->Options->Java->"Use a Java runtime environment" (uncheck) OO will load faster too if you disable java support. __________________ "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow." -Bruce Lee

06-15-2006	#5 (permalink)
Dalani Linux Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 146	I tried installing OOo 2.0.2 I had downloaded from the OOO.org site. But it is a RPM package. Somebody remind me the syntax to do an alien install from any directory. Is it Code: <prompt>sudo alien -i <package name> ??? __________________ Dalani News http://dalani.com Open Design because some things are worth doing.

06-15-2006	#6 (permalink)
antidrugue Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,213	It's all explained in the links I gave you in my first post (how to install java, how to install OpenOffice). In bref, something like that will convert the packages : Code: fakeroot alien -d --scripts .rpm Then something like that will install them : Code: sudo dpkg -i .deb But of course you have to install "alien" and "fakeroot" first : Code: sudo apt-get install fakeroot alien __________________ "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow." -Bruce Lee

06-16-2006	#7 (permalink)
Dalani Linux Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 146	ok antidrugue I did Code: sudo alien -d OOo_2.0.2_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install_1-2_all.deb generated $ sudo dpkg -i ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install_1-2_all.deb (Reading database ... 63483 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install 1-2 (using ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install_1-2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install ... Setting up ooo-2.0.2-linuxintel-install (1-2) ... $ So something got installed but I think I am supposed to configure for local install. ANd that, my linux colloeague, is where I am stuck .There's no Openoffice in the menu... maybe I'll re-boot and see iff Ooo appears on the menu.. thanks again __________________ Dalani News http://dalani.com Open Design because some things are worth doing.

06-16-2006

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antidrugue

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Quote:

Originally Posted by antidrugue

You first need to configure java (jre or jdk 1.5.0 update 7) :
http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debia...suns-java.html

And then OpenOffice 2.02 (without JRE) :
http://technowizah.com/2005/12/debia...office-20.html

Did you read those links?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalani

I did

Code:

 sudo alien -d OOo_2.0.2_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz

You cannot do alien on a .tar.gz file. You need to uncompress the archive first.

Please refer to the links I gave you.

__________________
"To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."

-Bruce Lee

06-17-2006	#9 (permalink)
Dalani Linux Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 146	Ok here goes: I successfully installed OpenOffice2 burt the dran thing wont start up. I followed the HOW-TO links cited above and after converting all the RPMS to deb files , I installed the files with the dpkg command. The result: all the Ooo software are installed and with visible Openoffice icons in my menu. But Ooo does not startup with menu. I read the README files which advises inserting <unset SESSION ..> in the soffice startup script. I also beforehand, put myself in the users group and used vim to try update the DRI thing shown in your how-to. I doubt its a video driver problem and < /etc/X11/XF86Config-4> does not exist on my computer. SO what is preventing Ooo from opening??? (no pun intended) __________________ Dalani News http://dalani.com Open Design because some things are worth doing.

06-17-2006	#10 (permalink)
antidrugue Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,213	Can you post the error message you get when starting Code: soffice from the terminal ? __________________ "To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow." -Bruce Lee