creating shortcuts in redhat

[nkd]

hi all,
I have installed openoffice 2.3 alongside openoffice 1.1.
The only way I can start impress of 2.3 is by cd to the dir and executing ./simpress.
I tried creating a softlink on the Desktop but it does nothing if I click on it.
I even tried creating a launcher by rt clicking on the desktop and then choosing the simpress program by browsing over to it - It doesnot work either.
I tried rt clicking on simpress and then choosing make link from the context menu - it created the link in the same dir - this time when i clicked on the link it worked fine. So I moved it to the desktop and expected all will be fine . But to my dismay ! the link stopped functioning from the desktop ?!?!?!
what should I do to create a shortcut on the desktop for the simpress which is in the /opt/oooffice2.3/program dir .
thanks in advance
nishith

[daark.child]

If you need menu entries, then I suggest you install the openoffice.org-redhat-menus package which is available on the desktop-integration of the OOo tarball.

If you want to create a link manually the command to start impress should be "openoffice.org2.3 -impress %U".

[nkd]

Thanks Dark.Child ,
That was easy and I have the shortcuts and the menu entries in the panel as I need them.
I have one more thing - can I now uninstall the OOO version 1.1 ? How to do it ?
thanks in advance
nishith

[daark.child]

Do something like,

rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice

A list of openoffice related packages will be listed, so choose the OOo packages for deinstallation. To avoid dependency issues, uninstall the OOo1 rpms like

#rpm -e rpm1 rpm2 rpm3 etc

[nkd]

That was really nice. Now I now the rpm options a bit better - courtsey you.
I think I will try writing a small script that shall findout all the ooo1 packages and pipe them to the rpm -e command.
that should be neat and I will be able to automate the uninstallation.
Thanks a lot.
Nishith

[daark.child]

I usually use

#for i in `rpm -qa | grep -i openoffice`;do rpm -e --nodeps "$i";done

[nkd]

That was gr8,
well it seems like somethig I can understand easily
Only one thing - don't we need to add the 1.1 stuff for the version somwhere ?!?!?
Or is it that rpm -e --nodeps will take care of that ?
I hope that no 2.3 file like the writer or any other, should get wiped out.
Thanks
nishith

[daark.child]

If you have two versions, then you need to include the 1.1 bit in the name of the rpms you want to uninstall. I usually just have one version, so I don't have to stipulate a version.