Open Office 1.9.x

[Mark Jarvis]

Well, it's exactly what I downloaded before. So now the question is: 
"What SHOULD I have done to install it?"

As I said, my RPM skills are minimal. Obviously, I'm going to learn 
something here.

-mj-

Mark Jarvis wrote:

> 
> Thanks! I'll check it out.
> 
> -mj-
> 
> Matt Alexander wrote:
> 
>> Are you sure you followed the correct link?
>>
>> Try this site:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/developer/680_m113/OOo_1.9.113_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz 
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Jarvis wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Having used Open Office 1.9.x on the XP side of my box, I decided to
>>> install it on the CentOS side. (The default OO was 1.1.2, for heaven's
>>> sake!) I downloaded the Linux 386 version from the OO site.
>>>
>>> I immediately ran into problems--
>>>    1) The installation instructions were for OO 1.x.
>>>    2) The download appears to be source RPMs.
>>>
>>> Although I've used UNIX & Linux for over 15 years, there are still some
>>> almost empty spots in my toolbox--and dealing with RPMs is one of
>>> them. (YUM is SO much nicer!)
>>>
>>> Has anyone added OO1.9.113 to CentOS or other RHEL clone?
>>>
>>> Where can I find info on what I need to do to get OO1.9.x added to my
>>> CentOS installation?
>>>
>>> Any help will be much appreciated!
>>>
>>> -mj-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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