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:ReallyLinux: Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian
ReallyLinux: Installing OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Debian
Nov 9, 2005, 05 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (8078 reads)
(Other stories by Jon Watson)

[ Thanks to Mark Rais for this link. ]

"While the recent release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 (OOo) was eagerly anticipated by the open source community, it has been received with some chagrin. The OOo group released 2.0 in rpm format only. Needless to say, this has some non-rpm GNU/Linux users up in arms. What if you're a poor Debian user like me? Will I ever get to run OOo 2.0?

"Yes! Take heart, for what follows is a tale of how I installed OOo 2.0 on my Kanotix Debian box..."

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
OpenOffice.org 2.0 had a very speedy rel ...   OOo 2.0 was in Sid October 20   
Arthur Marsh
Nov 9, 2005, 07:44:56  
I'm on Debian unstable and was pleas ...   It's there in Unstable   
Richard
Nov 9, 2005, 08:38:26  
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/edit ...   Huh? Why not just install it from the Debian r   
mark
Nov 9, 2005, 09:23:34  
you could just simply "apt-get install o ...   Or...   
Paul
Nov 9, 2005, 10:19:20  
Actually I miss the old simple tar.gz in ...   installer   
John Helms
Nov 9, 2005, 16:26:10  
I remember answering this question a whi ...   I remember doing this a while ago...   
Joe User
Nov 9, 2005, 19:54:31  
Thanks JoeUser for the answer regarding ...   Joe User Thanks apt-get is another reasonable way   
techfan
Nov 10, 2005, 02:11:54  
Because not anyone wants to run unstable ...   Re: Huh? Why not just install it from the Debi   
Onan the Barbarian
Nov 10, 2005, 10:23:49  
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