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Debian-based Installation
Note:
alien
versions 8.50 and earlier are known not to set the correct file permissions for
some files. Please refer to issue 54163 Solution : Use alien version 8.51 or newer or workaround the
problem by manually correcting the file-permissions
1. Run command '
alien -k *.rpm
' to produce .deb packages
2. Install .deb packages with command
dpkg -i -–force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb
Note: Using - –force-overwrite option can prevent errors where files belong to several packages.
3. Optionally install java runtime environment (j2re) from www.blackdown.org
4. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org (also converted to .deb format
with alien utility)
5. Exit from administrator (root) shell with command
'exit'
6. Now you can run OpenOffice with the command
/
opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice
.
Note : For those willing to accept development snapshots, there is another possibility, simply grab the debs from
ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/
in the 680 directory. Pick your
release and let us know which works for you.
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