Yum Notes

[Charles Curley]

It works better if you attach the URL. Thank you, Doncho N. Gunchev,
for pointing this out. Doh.

http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html

I've had an interruption in email service, so I may not see all the
comments folks have posted to this (if any :-).

I've taken my notes on building a yum repsitory and expanded them to
include notes on upgrading using a yum repository. I have not yet released
document under the GDFL, but will do so when it is in suitable shape
for release. I would appreciate your comments on the notes.

yum list readers: I'm not on the yum list, so please CC me with your
comments.

Thanks

Open office install - knock it off!

[Maxwell Bottiger]

Hi,
    I upgraded my RH 9.0 install yesterday to the Fedora Test 3 
distro.  I decided my work machine would have to be the sacrificial test 
bed before I start in on the rest of th network.

So far most of the apps are working without any problems, but Open
Office is giving me trouble.  With the new version the install program has
returned and I can't run any of the apps without going through the
installer.  I'm using the rpm version of it distributed with Fedora, so
why does it want to install 200+ MB of stuff into my home directory?

How do I get rid of this installer and go back to simply being
able to use the executables from their installed locations?

--

-Maxwell Bottiger

This thing is like a wolf
This thing is a wolf
Thus, it is a thing to be bansished

Open office install - knock it off!

[Joel Barrios]

Update to latest OO RPM packages from RawHide.

El mar, 28-10-2003 a las 12:03, Maxwell Bottiger escribió:
> Hi,
>    I upgraded my RH 9.0 install yesterday to the Fedora Test 3 
> distro.  I decided my work machine would have to be the sacrificial test 
> bed before I start in on the rest of th network.
>
> So far most of the apps are working without any problems, but Open
> Office is giving me trouble.  With the new version the install program has
> returned and I can't run any of the apps without going through the
> installer.  I'm using the rpm version of it distributed with Fedora, so
> why does it want to install 200+ MB of stuff into my home directory?
>
> How do I get rid of this installer and go back to simply being
> able to use the executables from their installed locations?
>
> --
>
> -Maxwell Bottiger
>
> This thing is like a wolf
> This thing is a wolf
> Thus, it is a thing to be bansished

Joel Barrios D.
Linux Para Todos
http://www.linuxparatodos.net/

Open office install - knock it off!

[Doncho N. Gunchev]

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 20:03, Maxwell Bottiger wrote:
> Hi,
>    I upgraded my RH 9.0 install yesterday to the Fedora Test 3
> distro.  I decided my work machine would have to be the sacrificial test
> bed before I start in on the rest of th network.
>
> So far most of the apps are working without any problems, but Open
> Office is giving me trouble.  With the new version the install program has
> returned and I can't run any of the apps without going through the
> installer.  I'm using the rpm version of it distributed with Fedora, so
> why does it want to install 200+ MB of stuff into my home directory?
>
> How do I get rid of this installer and go back to simply being
> able to use the executables from their installed locations?

--- cut ---
Try removing .openoffice from your home directory, it worked for me
when when I got old one into my home (RH9, not fedora). Hope this helps...

Open office install - knock it off!

[Maxwell Bottiger]

Hey, that got it!  Thanks!

I still have an error printed if I start off the console, but it can't be 
too terrible since everything still works.

[sleepylight@host65-239 ~]$ oowriter
sed: can't read 
/home/sleepylight/.openoffice/user/config/registry/instance/org/openoffice/Setup.xml: 
No such file or directory
Starting OpenOffice.org ...
> --- cut ---
> Try removing .openoffice from your home directory, it worked for me
> when when I got old one into my home (RH9, not fedora). Hope this helps...

Open office install - knock it off!

[Ted Kaczmarek]

Have you tried latest Gnumeric and Abiword?
I abandoned OO for spreadsheets and Abiword is useable, only time I see
Abi crash is when saving docs to a samba box.

But latest OO seems to be usable for me for spreadsheets but Gnumeric is
much faster and haven't crashed on anything. It also 
has better import handling of xls which I get stuck dealing with.

Ted

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 13:52, Maxwell Bottiger wrote:
> Hey, that got it!  Thanks!
>
> I still have an error printed if I start off the console, but it can't be 
> too terrible since everything still works.
>
> [sleepylight@host65-239 ~]$ oowriter
> sed: can't read 
> /home/sleepylight/.openoffice/user/config/registry/instance/org/openoffice/Setup.xml: 
> No such file or directory
> Starting OpenOffice.org ...
> > --- cut ---
> > Try removing .openoffice from your home directory, it worked for me
> > when when I got old one into my home (RH9, not fedora). Hope this helps...