openoffice

[chen li]

Hi all,

Just a quick question: Is it possible to install the
latest version of openoffice under fedora core1?

Thank you very much,

Li

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[Michael A. Peters]

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 13:23 -0800, chen li wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick question: Is it possible to install the
> latest version of openoffice under fedora core1?

Have you tried the binary installer from OpenOffice.org?
That probably is your only option, other than upgrading the core OS.

[chen li]

I just tried it out as a root user ( I already have
1.1 version installed)  but it looks that it will take
forever to install.

I don't know what is going on.

Li

--- "Michael A. Peters"  wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 13:23 -0800, chen li wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just a quick question: Is it possible to install
>
> the
> > latest version of openoffice under fedora core1?
>
> Have you tried the binary installer from
> OpenOffice.org?
> That probably is your only option, other than
> upgrading the core OS.
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chen li wrote:
> I just tried it out as a root user ( I already have
> 1.1 version installed)  but it looks that it will take
> forever to install.
>
> I don't know what is going on.
>
> Li

First go to http://openoffice.org and read the docs and download the
rpm's. It is easy to install the rpm's. The docs they have are easy to
understand. And yes I should install in FC1

~WILL~

[chen li]

Thanks Will, but do you mean this file:
OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz?

I decompressed it and cd to folder RPMS and issued
this command as a root 
rpm -Uvih *rpm (copy from the docs)

and it took forever to install and I stopped
installing it.

--- CodeHeads  wrote:
> chen li wrote:
> > I just tried it out as a root user ( I already
>
> have
> > 1.1 version installed)  but it looks that it will
>
> take
> > forever to install.
> >
> > I don't know what is going on.
> >
> > Li
>
> First go to http://openoffice.org and read the docs
> and download the
> rpm's. It is easy to install the rpm's. The docs
> they have are easy to
> understand. And yes I should install in FC1
>
> ~WILL~
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chen li wrote:
> Thanks Will, but do you mean this file:
> OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz?
>
> I decompressed it and cd to folder RPMS and issued
> this command as a root 
> rpm -Uvih *rpm (copy from the docs)
>
> and it took forever to install and I stopped
> installing it.
>
> --- CodeHeads  wrote:
> > chen li wrote:
> > > I just tried it out as a root user ( I already
> >
> > have
> > > 1.1 version installed)  but it looks that it will
> >
> > take
> > > forever to install.
> > >
> > > I don't know what is going on.
> > >
> > > Li
> >
> > First go to http://openoffice.org and read the docs
> > and download the
> > rpm's. It is easy to install the rpm's. The docs
> > they have are easy to
> > understand. And yes I should install in FC1
> >
> > ~WILL~
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OOPs, I forgot it does come into a tar.gz. Sorry about that.

That is weird, I installed it before and it installed in about 2 minutes
or less. Cannot remember.  How long is it taking??? What package is it
getting too???

~WILL~

[chen li]

Will,

I don't know: no start and no end,only the cursor
appears on the screen. It is different from what I
install other softwares before. It seems get stuck.

Li
> OOPs, I forgot it does come into a tar.gz. Sorry
> about that.
>
> That is weird, I installed it before and it
> installed in about 2 minutes
> or less. Cannot remember.  How long is it taking???
> What package is it
> getting too???
>
> ~WILL~

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[Charles Curley]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:51:19PM -0800, chen li wrote:
> Will,
>
> I don't know: no start and no end,only the cursor
> appears on the screen. It is different from what I
> install other softwares before. It seems get stuck.

You might have a bad RPM package. cd to a suitable directory, and see
if this turns anything up:

find -iname "*.rpm" -exec rpm -K {} ; | grep NOT

If that turns anything up, re-download the tarball.

[chen li]

Hi Charles,

Thanks. Nothing  shows up after I followed the command
you suggested.

If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
I got this message: Segmentation fault

If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm

I got the following on the screen and got stuck at 4%
forever.

Preparing...               
########################################### [100%]
   1:openoffice.org-core08 
########################################### [  4%]

Li

--- Charles Curley 
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:51:19PM -0800, chen li
> wrote:
> > Will,
> >
> > I don't know: no start and no end,only the cursor
> > appears on the screen. It is different from what I
> > install other softwares before. It seems get
>
> stuck.
>
> You might have a bad RPM package. cd to a suitable
> directory, and see
> if this turns anything up:
>
> find -iname "*.rpm" -exec rpm -K {} ; | grep NOT
>
> If that turns anything up, re-download the tarball.
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[Edward Dekkers]

chen li wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> Thanks. Nothing  shows up after I followed the command
> you suggested.
>
> If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
> I got this message: Segmentation fault
>
> If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm
>
> I got the following on the screen and got stuck at 4%
> forever.
>
> Preparing...               
> ########################################### [100%]
>    1:openoffice.org-core08 
> ########################################### [  4%]
>
> Li

I would not expect it to segfault that way, but you are contradicting 
the arguments.

1> U is for Updating a package.
2> i is for installing a package.
3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the console).
4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).

So for updating a package I use:

rpm -Uvh *.rpm

for installing a package from scratch (like what you should do with 
kernels) I use:

rpm -ivh *.rpm

I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and U in the same 
command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit much and I assume the 
programmers haven't debugged that parameter combination.

As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm database and clear 
the cache files - this smells like an old problem I used to have.

Regards,
Ed.

[chen li]

Hi Edward,

I am new to Linux. How do you rebuild the  rpm
database and clear thde cache?

Thanks,

Li
> 1> U is for Updating a package.
> 2> i is for installing a package.
> 3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the
> console).
> 4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
>
> So for updating a package I use:
>
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
>
> for installing a package from scratch (like what you
> should do with 
> kernels) I use:
>
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
>
> I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and
> U in the same 
> command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit
> much and I assume the 
> programmers haven't debugged that parameter
> combination.
>
> As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm
> database and clear 
> the cache files - this smells like an old problem I
> used to have.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.

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[Robin Laing]

Edward Dekkers wrote:
> chen li wrote:
> > Hi Charles,
> >
> > Thanks. Nothing  shows up after I followed the command
> > you suggested.
> >
> > If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
> > I got this message: Segmentation fault
> >
> > If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm
> >
> > I got the following on the screen and got stuck at 4%
> > forever.
> >
> > Preparing...               
> > ########################################### [100%]
> >    1:openoffice.org-core08 ########################################### 
> > [  4%]
> >
> > Li
>
> I would not expect it to segfault that way, but you are contradicting 
> the arguments.
>
> 1> U is for Updating a package.
> 2> i is for installing a package.
> 3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the console).
> 4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
>
> So for updating a package I use:
>
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
>
> for installing a package from scratch (like what you should do with 
> kernels) I use:
>
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
>
> I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and U in the same 
> command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit much and I assume the 
> programmers haven't debugged that parameter combination.
>
> As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm database and clear 
> the cache files - this smells like an old problem I used to have.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.

The usage of -i and -U at the same time should not be allowed in my 
books.  Time for a bug (enhancement) report on this.

The usage of -U will install a package that hasn't been installed yet 
so -i isn't required.

rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to
        a newer version.   This  is the same as install, except all
        other version(s) of the package are removed after the new
        package is installed.

openoffice installed well

[chen li]

Hi Edward,

Thank you very much.

I rebuild the rpm database using this command as a
root user:

rpm -vv -rebuilddb

then cd to the openoffice folder and type
rpm -ivh *.rpm

and my computer install openoffice within 2 min

Then I cd to desktop-integration folder and type

rpm -ivh  the_specifce_rpm_for_the_redhat.rpm

the file is installed in 20 seconds.

Finally I go back to the main menu/office/

I can see all the openoffices are on desktop.

Another question: How do I remove the older
version(1.1 version) away?

Li

--- Edward Dekkers 
wrote:
> chen li wrote:
> > Hi Charles,
> >
> > Thanks. Nothing  shows up after I followed the
>
> command
> > you suggested.
> >
> > If I install it this way: rpm -Uvih *.rpm
> > I got this message: Segmentation fault
> >
> > If I install it this way: rpm -vih *.rpm
> >
> > I got the following on the screen and got stuck at
>
> 4%
> > forever.
> >
> > Preparing...               
> > ########################################### [100%]
> >    1:openoffice.org-core08 
> > ########################################### [  4%]
> >
> > Li
>
> I would not expect it to segfault that way, but you
> are contradicting 
> the arguments.
>
> 1> U is for Updating a package.
> 2> i is for installing a package.
> 3> v is for verbose output (more messages to the
> console).
> 4> h is for the hash marking (progress bar).
>
> So for updating a package I use:
>
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
>
> for installing a package from scratch (like what you
> should do with 
> kernels) I use:
>
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
>
> I would expect an error in rpm if you use both i and
> U in the same 
> command as you've done above. A segfault is a bit
> much and I assume the 
> programmers haven't debugged that parameter
> combination.
>
> As to why it takes so long, I would rebuild the rpm
> database and clear 
> the cache files - this smells like an old problem I
> used to have.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
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openoffice installed well

[Tim]

On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 10:08 -0800, chen li wrote:
> cd to the openoffice folder and type
> rpm -ivh *.rpm
> and my computer install openoffice within 2 min
>
> Then I cd to desktop-integration folder and type
>  rpm -ivh  the_specifce_rpm_for_the_redhat.rpm
> the file is installed in 20 seconds.

You've "installed" it, which means it's installed as well as what was
already there.  If you "updated" it, older version would have been
replaced by the newer ones.

Generally you only install things like kernels (where you want to keep
more than one version on the system), or packages that have never
previously been installed on your system; and you update/upgrade
packages as you go along.  You can also use the update/upgrade
installation method for new packages, and RPM will install them with no
problems.

I would have used "rpm -Uvh" for installing the OpenOffice.org packages.
> How do I remove the older version(1.1 version) away?

You can try "erasing" the older versions, using "rpm -e" with the
specific package details.  But you might strike some problems that
require you to remove the old and new packages, then install the new
ones by themselves (again).