[users] Ubuntu 9.04, OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and newest OpenOffice V 3.1.x

Hello!
I am using Ubuntu 9.04 together with Sun OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and would
like to upgrade to the latest OpenOffice Version 3.1.x because it has
better compatibility with MS Office 2007, essential to my work.
StarOffice has disabled the online upgrade feature, preventing me from
upgrading the easy way. Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest
version onto my ACER 4810T, please?
Diethard
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:08:10 +0100
Diethard Kaufmann dijo:
> I am using Ubuntu 9.04 together with Sun OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and would
> like to upgrade to the latest OpenOffice Version 3.1.x because it has
> better compatibility with MS Office 2007, essential to my work.
> StarOffice has disabled the online upgrade feature, preventing me from
> upgrading the easy way. Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest
> version onto my ACER 4810T, please?
The simplest solution would be to do a dist-upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10.
Ubuntu 9.10 will automatically upgrade OOo to 3.1. To do a dist-upgrade
go to System > Administration > Update Manager. There should be an icon
at the top of the window offering to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10.
If that doesn't work, post back and I'll offer alternative methods.
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote:
> Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T,
please?
If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
If you want the version produced by Novell, then upgrade to Ubuntu
09.10, and install the version of OOo in the Ubuntu repository.
My guess is that the Novell build is closer to what you want.
jonathon
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Hi,
See that tutorial:http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=68
Hagar
Le 22/11/2009 20:08, Diethard Kaufmann a écrit :
>
> Hello!
>
> I am using Ubuntu 9.04 together with Sun OpenOffice V 3.0.1 and would
> like to upgrade to the latest OpenOffice Version 3.1.x because it has
> better compatibility with MS Office 2007, essential to my work.
> StarOffice has disabled the online upgrade feature, preventing me from
> upgrading the easy way. Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest
> version onto my ACER 4810T, please?
> Diethard
>
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jonathon wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote:
>
>> Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T,
> please?
>
> If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from
> http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
>
> If you want the version produced by Novell, then upgrade to Ubuntu
> 09.10, and install the version of OOo in the Ubuntu repository.
>
> My guess is that the Novell build is closer to what you want.
>
> jonathon
Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
same question since I could not get things to work. I was
answered with the following URL.
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
This page will tell you how to get the latest version of
OOo from Launchpad easier that it was for me to get it
working from OOo's download site. As it was, I upgraded
to 9.10 a few weeks after, when it went beyond the RC.
I would upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 first. Then if not satisfied
with that version/flavor, then look into the Launchpad site.
To be honest, I have not used the latest version much with
MS 2007 files, so I do not know if it really is better than
the last 3.x.x version. All I know is MS Office 2003 with
the compatibility system MS puts out does a bad job on their
own files many times. If MS cannot do it right with their own
formats, then what hope does OOo have over the long run. Still
it works and it is cheaper than MS. Now that MS 2010 is in
beta release trials, I wonder what things they have changed
to mess with people's compatibility issues AGAIN.
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On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote:
> jonathon wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote:
>>
>>> Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T,
>> please?
>>
>> If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from
>> http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
>>
>> If you want the version produced by Novell, then upgrade to Ubuntu
>> 09.10, and install the version of OOo in the Ubuntu repository.
>>
>> My guess is that the Novell build is closer to what you want.
>>
>> jonathon
>
>
> Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
> same question since I could not get things to work. I was
> answered with the following URL.
>
> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>
You should have checked the ppa _before_ suggesting:

PPA description
Empty for now, will likely have OOo 3.2.0/3.2.1 debs for Karmic/Lucid
later in the cycle.
If you want OOo 3.1.1 upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).

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NoOp wrote:
> On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote:
>> jonathon wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 19:08, Diethard Kaufmann wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can somebody explain to me how to get the latest version onto my ACER 4810T,
>>> please?
>>>
>>> If you want the version produced by Sun, then download it from
>>> http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
>>>
>>> If you want the version produced by Novell, then upgrade to Ubuntu
>>> 09.10, and install the version of OOo in the Ubuntu repository.
>>>
>>> My guess is that the Novell build is closer to what you want.
>>>
>>> jonathon
>>
>> Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
>> same question since I could not get things to work. I was
>> answered with the following URL.
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>>
>
> You should have checked the ppa _before_ suggesting:
>
>
>
> PPA description
>
> Empty for now, will likely have OOo 3.2.0/3.2.1 debs for Karmic/Lucid
> later in the cycle.
>
> If you want OOo 3.1.1 upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).
>
>
>
Well I just passed on what was given me.
I do not have time to recheck links that worked
last month or even last week. Remember the issue
was that 9.10 was stated in the thread as a different
version than what was provided by the OOo site and
what I found on the Launchpad site. For whatever
reason that may have been.
So, with that, anyone have an idea when the 3.2.x cycle
is to begin with a good working RC for Windows?
Till then, people like me would have to find a better
way to get the Sun version over the Novell version?????
Or am I mistaken by what was in the thread? I had
big trouble with getting the "Sun version" installed
on my Ubuntu system, and an archive/ppa system worked
better then for me to download and install from the OOo
site. Maybe this could be a service that could be
added to the OOo site, then the Ubuntu/Deb system would
look there during its auto-update search cycle. For now
it goes to its own Ubuntu archive site for updates [which
there has been at least 3 updates/upgrades days/week(s)
AFTER my 9.04 was upgraded to 9.10].
So, what it the "problems" with Sun vs. Novell version/disto/build
of OOo???? Is it like OpenOffice.org vs. OxygenOffice??
Well it would be nice to have it clearly spelled out without
going into code-speech [like friends did all the time to
make their point by confusion of the issue].
Or is it "My disto is better than yours, nah nah ah nah nah!"
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On 11/24/2009 06:31 PM, Web Kracked wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote:
...
>>> Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
>>> same question since I could not get things to work. I was
>>> answered with the following URL.
>>>
>>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>>>
>>
>> You should have checked the ppa _before_ suggesting:
>>
>>
>>
>> PPA description
>>
>> Empty for now, will likely have OOo 3.2.0/3.2.1 debs for Karmic/Lucid
>> later in the cycle.
>>
>> If you want OOo 3.1.1 upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).
>>
>>
>>
>
> Well I just passed on what was given me.
> I do not have time to recheck links that worked
> last month or even last week.
Click, check. How long does that take?
> Remember the issue
> was that 9.10 was stated in the thread as a different
> version than what was provided by the OOo site and
> what I found on the Launchpad site. For whatever
> reason that may have been.
Oh nonsense. You stated:

Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
same question since I could not get things to work. I was
answered with the following URL.
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
This page will tell you how to get the latest version of
OOo from Launchpad easier that it was for me to get it
working from OOo's download site. As it was, I upgraded
to 9.10 a few weeks after, when it went beyond the RC.

Also see:


Simple; just check links before posting. Added note: I've forgotten to
do this on occassion as well, so I speak from experience :-)
@OP/Diethard: It's quite easy to install standard OOo alongside your
Ubuntu OOo, see:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/202091
for how. Ignore all the other "advise" to uninstall/remove your (U)OOo
in the process, it's completely unecessary.

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Web Kracked wrote:
> So, what it the "problems" with Sun vs. Novell version/disto/build
> of OOo???? Is it like OpenOffice.org vs. OxygenOffice??
IIRC, contributing code to Sun OOo was quite a big paperwork. You need
to present blueprints, sign some kind of contract and wait for ages
until Sun accepted your patches. I understand that they have a easier
politic now.
Linux distros, lead by Novell, want a faster way to add their own code
to the suit. So they "forked" OOo into a Go-OO. A version of OOo with
more "open development", read "more open" as decentralized or bazaar.
Most of the "distro" OOo are just the GOo version, sometimes with minor
modifications.
There is good collaboration between Go-OO and OOo, so most of the code
(not all) that is accepted in Go-OO is later incorporated in OOo by Sun
and Go-OO keeps on with Sun OOo releases.
This is the go-oo web page.
http://go-oo.org/
So it's all about corporate politics and who is paying development.
Javier.
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NoOp wrote:
> On 11/24/2009 06:31 PM, Web Kracked wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 11/24/2009 06:55 AM, Web Kracked wrote:
> ...
>>>> Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
>>>> same question since I could not get things to work. I was
>>>> answered with the following URL.
>>>>
>>>> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>>>>
>>> You should have checked the ppa _before_ suggesting:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PPA description
>>>
>>> Empty for now, will likely have OOo 3.2.0/3.2.1 debs for Karmic/Lucid
>>> later in the cycle.
>>>
>>> If you want OOo 3.1.1 upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Well I just passed on what was given me.
>> I do not have time to recheck links that worked
>> last month or even last week.
>
> Click, check. How long does that take?
>
>> Remember the issue
>> was that 9.10 was stated in the thread as a different
>> version than what was provided by the OOo site and
>> what I found on the Launchpad site. For whatever
>> reason that may have been.
>
> Oh nonsense. You stated:
>
>
> Before I moved to 9.10, I had the same trouble. I asked the
> same question since I could not get things to work. I was
> answered with the following URL.
>
> https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
>
> This page will tell you how to get the latest version of
> OOo from Launchpad easier that it was for me to get it
> working from OOo's download site. As it was, I upgraded
> to 9.10 a few weeks after, when it went beyond the RC.
>
>
Not everyone has perfect memory. After THREE strokes
that caused me to loose most of my ability to work, I
do have some troubles with my memory and my words.
The "for whatever reason" quote is the fact that I do not
know why it was easier to use the Launchpad site to get
OOo installed on Ubuntu than OOo's own links/system. Both
were the same version, just different sites and install
procedures.
As for time to click/check, AM I required to confirm
every link is working every time I tell someone that I
was given it for "whatever reasons"?? I just copied the
link from the old email and that was that. Many times
I do not have more than 2 weeks worth kept from this list,
and then just the ones that I may still be interested in.
I still do not know what the differences between the
"Sun" and the "Novell" version, as stated before by
someone else that there was two versions, plus not
referring to any other title like "Oxygen Office". I
was told months ago that the 9.04 Ubuntu distro was
based on Oxygen Office and I wanted OOo's version, since
I believe it will be the most up-to-date. So I asked
for help installing OOo's site download, but in the end
I was given information about Launchpad. That worked
very easy. Then as few weeks later, I think that was the
timing, 9.04 wanted to upgrade itself [through the
upgrade manager] to 9.10. I let it do so. It came up
with a Tan 3.1 "splash" screen and it stated it is
OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 OOO310m19 (Build:9420), in the
Help>About.. section. Plus it states
openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1, Thu Oct 22 20:13:41 UTC 2009.
If it is not the same version as was downloaded using
the Lanuchpad site, or is on the OOo site's mirrors,
you can let me know. If there is a more up-to-date
version, or whatever, then let me know.
I have NO problems with other versions. On Windows
I have tried several flavors of OOo, like Oxygen Office,
but always decide to go back to the version on OOo's site.
I just want to be using the most up-to-date, and not have
to wait for OOo's newest to be "modified" or recoded into
the other flavors.
So if you have your favorite flavor, good for you.
EuroOffice.org(?)may be big in Europe, but I just need
USA English - in Windows and Ubuntu [and maybe OpenSuSe,
or other Linux distro, depending which works best on my
HP laptop].
So give a guy a break. Three strokes. Memory damage.
Damage to neck/shoulders/low-back and spine/ legs,
with neuropathy in legs, feat, and hands. It can give
a guy trouble from time to time, a lot of time.
I know others worse than me, even on this list, but we all make
wording errors and can forget to add something or exactly
where the information came from.
I just wish, as stated in an earlier email, that it would
be nice to get the updates to OOo as easy as through the/an
update manager without having to deal with waiting for the
Linux distro to have their people "port" the updates to their
update archive system. Could there be some way to have it
done from a OOo "sister" site/mirror? It would make it easier
for Ubuntu and other Debian based systems. Then do the same
for the other distro's of Linux. Someone, some group should
take that task on for their favorite version/distro of Linux.
Windows might make this process easier, but it still does
not make Windows better. As soon as I get the rest of my
"Win" only narrow-marker software replaced by a Linux version,
there goes my last need for Windows. What a day it would be.
But for now, I am a 3 OS person, Ubuntu, Win XP/pro, and
Win Vista (the worst OS I have ever used).
Tim L., USA
Forced to retire, but will do as much as I can for as long as I can.
After that, I will be worm food and will not care.
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On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 00:16, Web Kracked wrote:
> The "for whatever reason" quote is the fact that I do not know why it was=
easier to use the Launchpad site to get OOo installed on Ubuntu than OOo's=
own links/system. Both were the same version, just different sites and ins=
tall procedures.
The version of OOo on launchpad is from Go-oo (Novell), not Sun.(For
various reasons, Ubuntu is going to stick with Go-Oo, rather than
Sun's.
> I still do not know what the differences between the "Sun" and the "Novel=
l" version,
Novell's version is infested with Mono, but:
* has slightly better compatibility with MSO;
* has a couple of features in Calc that make it marginally more
suitable for corporate use;
I _think_ that there is also a difference in Max page size.
> that the 9.04 Ubuntu distro was based on Oxygen Office
OxygenOffice is based on Go-Oo, but includes a couple of things in
Sun's version, that aren't in Go-Oo.
> I believe it will be the most up-to-date.
Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term.
>=C2=A0Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister" site/mir=
ror?
You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a repository
to your package management system.
jonathon
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jonathon wrote:
>> Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister" site/mirror?
>
> You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a repository
> to your package management system.
>
> jonathon
OK, tell me more about where to find this repository?
Where do I find this, and should I keep the Novell version
on Ubuntu, while I use OOo's site version on Windows machines?
Or should I make them all the same version.
>Novell's version is infested with Mono,. . . .
What is Mono? Not up on the newer programming stuff
I am from mainframe programming days, like cost accounting
in COBOL, Fortran, and alike. Lost most of my C and C++ skills with my
strokes.
>Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term.
How would you define this and where would you look for the
latest non-RC versions? Ubuntu and Windows? I have been looking
at the OOo site. Also, I may be using OpenSuSe on one of my
laptops, since it works the best over other "Live CD" distro tests.
Where would it be best to look for the latest for that Linux
flavor? I may even change the server's distro if I find a better
working version for it.
Also any suggestions for Linux distros I can test with a
"Live CD" to see which one works the best for my
HP Pavilion zv6123 AMD64 Athlon laptop? Need to make sure
the WiFi, sound, USB/Firewire, Card-reader, and other onboard items
work. Right now Ubuntu, on my IBM P4 server has trouble
with the USB card and onboard ones as well [for some reason].
I need everything to work on the laptop[s] when I change over
to a 64-bit Linux distro from the 32-bit Win XP/pro. The
Win 64-bit drivers were scarce back when it came out.
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On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:34, Web Kracked wrote:
> OK, tell me more about where to find this repository?
Wherever you download your Sun build of OOo.
> Or should I make them all the same version.
That is entirely up to you.
What features do you need?
What features do you use?
Sometimes features are removed from OOo. If one of those features is
something you find useful, you may want to keep a version with those
features, on one or two systems.
> What is Mono?
A programming platform that Microsoft has more or less promised to
sue users for using, unless they have paid the Danegeld.
>>Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term.
> How would you define this and where would you look for the latest non-RC =
versions? =C2=A0Ubuntu and Windows?
Personally, I think that getting the most recent version ---
regardless of how one defines that term --- purely because it is the
most recent version, is absurd.
Upgrade versions only when the new version has a feature that you
need, and will use, and others have thoroughly tested it out.
> Also any suggestions for Linux distros I can test with a "Live CD" to see=
which one works the best for my HP Pavilion zv6123 AMD64 Athlon laptop?
Download and burn the live ISO images for the first hundred listings
at http://distrowatch.com/
Use the first fifty purely to establish a baseline. A means of
evaluating the performance on various parameters that are of
importance to you. None of these distros will be your "final cut".
The first distro whose performance exceeds the best in that first 50,
is the distro that will, statistically speaking, work best for you.
(If you want to argue that 25, or 33 is equally suitable, then use
that, but be fully cognizant of the issues involved in creating a
base line, using a lower number of samples.)
jonathon
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jonathon wrote:
>> Also any suggestions for Linux distros I can test with a "Live CD" to see which one works the best for my HP Pavilion zv6123 AMD64 Athlon laptop?
>
> Download and burn the live ISO images for the first hundred listings
> at http://distrowatch.com/
>
> Use the first fifty purely to establish a baseline. A means of
> evaluating the performance on various parameters that are of
> importance to you. None of these distros will be your "final cut".
> The first distro whose performance exceeds the best in that first 50,
> is the distro that will, statistically speaking, work best for you.
> (If you want to argue that 25, or 33 is equally suitable, then use
> that, but be fully cognizant of the issues involved in creating a
> base line, using a lower number of samples.)
>
Thanks.
I have been burning the Live CDs and running/installing them
to test if they work with all the onboard devices. Takes time, and
a few CDs, but worth the work and waiting to get the one that works
the "Best" with the laptop. Then I will decide which one works the
more user friendly. I am using Gnome mostly, but in the 90's used
KDE mostly. Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSe (open to out then) were the
ones on the servers/desktops used by the college and the later by the
a company's computer center, including Unix on the "big machines".
But that was a life-time ago for me.
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Le 28/11/2009 13:34, Web Kracked a écrit :
> jonathon wrote:
>>> Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister" site/mirror?
>>
>> You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a repository
>> to your package management system.
>>
>> jonathon
>
> OK, tell me more about where to find this repository?
> Where do I find this, and should I keep the Novell version
> on Ubuntu, while I use OOo's site version on Windows machines?
> Or should I make them all the same version.
There is no repository for the Sun version. See http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=68
Hagar
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On 11/28/2009 01:15 AM, jonathon wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 00:16, Web Kracked wrote:
>
>> The "for whatever reason" quote is the fact that I do not know why
>> it was easier to use the Launchpad site to get OOo installed on
>> Ubuntu than OOo's own links/system. Both were the same version,
>> just different sites and install procedures.
The PPA site was populated with (U)OOo 3.1.1 by Chris Cheney. It was an
excellent source to upgrade (U)OOo to 3.1.1 when the code was there. It
is no longer there. Keep in mind that PPA stands for "Personal Package
Archive" and is just that, a *personal* package archive. PPA's have been
discussed here previously; you use at your own risk and understand that
the packages are *not* supported by anyone but the person (and not even
then always) that put them up.
>
> The version of OOo on launchpad is from Go-oo (Novell), not Sun.(For
> various reasons, Ubuntu is going to stick with Go-Oo, rather than
> Sun's.
As are multiple other linux distros that use it as well:
http://www.go-oo.org/download/
>
>> I still do not know what the differences between the "Sun" and the
>> "Novell" version,
>
> Novell's version is infested with Mono, but: * has slightly better
> compatibility with MSO; * has a couple of features in Calc that make
> it marginally more suitable for corporate use;
Really? And you can cite which parts are of the Ubuntu OOo are "infested
with Mono"? I very much doubt it.
But even if you could, that's an issue, why?
http://www.mono-project.com/Licensing

Pretty amazing to bring up Mono when the Windows standard OOo version
relies on the Windows Media Player for sound & video rather than an open
source alternate; perhaps you missed the "MP4 Files & OOo" thread...
Which linux distribution are you using? Does it include Evolution, OOo etc?
>
> I _think_ that there is also a difference in Max page size.
>
>> that the 9.04 Ubuntu distro was based on Oxygen Office
>
> OxygenOffice is based on Go-Oo, but includes a couple of things in
> Sun's version, that aren't in Go-Oo.
>
>> I believe it will be the most up-to-date.
>
> Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term.
>
>> Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister"
>> site/mirror?
>
> You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a
> repository to your package management system.
Really? Please provide details.
>
> jonathon
You also stated in another post:
> Sometimes features are removed from OOo. If one of those features
> is something you find useful, you may want to keep a version with
> those features, on one or two systems.
Can you cite those as well?
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NoOp wrote:
> On 11/28/2009 01:15 AM, jonathon wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 00:16, Web Kracked wrote:
> The PPA site was populated with (U)OOo 3.1.1 by Chris Cheney. It was an
> excellent source to upgrade (U)OOo to 3.1.1 when the code was there. It
> is no longer there. Keep in mind that PPA stands for "Personal Package
> Archive" and is just that, a *personal* package archive. PPA's have been
> discussed here previously; you use at your own risk and understand that
> the packages are *not* supported by anyone but the person (and not even
> then always) that put them up.
>
>> The version of OOo on launchpad is from Go-oo (Novell), not Sun.(For
>> various reasons, Ubuntu is going to stick with Go-Oo, rather than
>> Sun's.
>
> As are multiple other linux distros that use it as well:
> http://www.go-oo.org/download/
>
> Which linux distribution are you using? Does it include Evolution, OOo etc?
>
>> OxygenOffice is based on Go-Oo, but includes a couple of things in
>> Sun's version, that aren't in Go-Oo.
>>> I believe it will be the most up-to-date.
>> Most up-to-date is a matter of how one defines that term.
>>> Could there be some way to have it done from a OOo "sister"
>>> site/mirror?
>> You should be able to add the (Sun) OOo download site as a
>> repository to your package management system.
>
> Really? Please provide details.
>
My question still stands, could someone setup a repository for
OOo's web site's [Sun's] version for the "Deb" versions of Linux?
How much bandwidth would it need - GUESS? How hard would it be
to do so for every update that comes out? I would love to be able
to easily install OOo on Ubuntu, but without a repository or PPA,
I seem not to be able to get my server to install via the OOo
website's linked files. I use Ubuntu 9.10 "desktop", not server,
since I only need Samba for file and printer sharing. Maybe some
day I will set one on as a full server for offline web site creation
with server site operation like PHP and MySQL, but not for awhile.
Still my original question, long ago, was to install OOo [Sun] on
my Ubuntu. Since Linux is not my primary machine's OS, it is not
a sticking point. Hopefully soon I will be converting my backup
laptop to some flavor of Linux. Then later, I hope to get the laptop
I am typing on to be a dual boot Linux and Vista/Win7 machine. I
still need Windows for some low-market software and the "can you do this
for me?" using their Windows software.
Thanks everyone for your assistance, comments, and such.
To answer the Evolution question, even though it was asked
to someone else, I use the following software on Win machines
and will most likely use Linux version on my default Linux machine:
[Please no comments, fighting, bashing, etc. of which Linux software
is the best. At this point, I am not ready for such a battle of wits.
I will be picking the distro of Linux by which one works best with the
onboard devices, so will have to base everything off from that distro.]
... Firefox browser
... Thunderbird [if find better Linux software, I will switch]
... OpenOffice.org
... Inkscape [use Corel Draw 12 now - started with C.D.6]
... Kompozer [if find better Linux software, I will switch]
... open-source photo editor
[used Paint Shop Pro and others - used them for years]
... FileZilla FTP client
... Jalbum
... DeVeDe / Brasero Disc Burner
[only use Ubuntu machine for DVD work at this time]
... BOINC [use Win and Linux version now]
... security software for spam, ad-ware, malware, etc.
... Lightscribe disc printing/burning
... and other odds and ends as well
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Web Kracked wrote:
> My question still stands, could someone setup a repository for
> OOo's web site's [Sun's] version for the "Deb" versions of Linux?
> How much bandwidth would it need - GUESS? How hard would it be
> to do so for every update that comes out? I would love to be able
> to easily install OOo on Ubuntu, but without a repository or PPA,
> I seem not to be able to get my server to install via the OOo
> website's linked files. I use Ubuntu 9.10 "desktop", not server,
> since I only need Samba for file and printer sharing. Maybe some
> day I will set one on as a full server for offline web site creation
> with server site operation like PHP and MySQL, but not for awhile.
No such repository. Simply download, extract, install. Using the command
line, this process takes less time than clicking through the Windows
installer.
Tutorial:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=68
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