Hi Marc, 2010/12/2 Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com>
> Le 2010-12-02 02:29, Jean-Baptiste Faure a écrit : > >> Although a good idea, I would still like to see an installer do this > >> rather than the language pack. > > Hmm, on MS-Windows language packs are installed by an installer in the > > same way as the core application. > > The difference is that this installer is localized. There is nothing to > > add in the language packs, only to modify them in order they are able to > > drive the installer of the core application. > > > > Best regards > > JBF > > > > Ah .. I am just looking at the language packs for linux distributions. > Could anyone on the list explain how users install language packs on LO > (I'm using the .rpm version as reference point here). It looks like they > come in a ".tar.gz" file and when uncompressed a folder is created with > a lot of .rpm files. There doesn't seem to be an installer that comes > along with them and the user is left to use console to install. It this > right? > Why ship an installer, when it is preferred to use the package manager from your Linux distribution? For Mandriva (on the console) do the following: - go to the directory that has all the rpm packages - su - (enter password) - urpmi *.rpm That installs all packages in the necessary order, you don't have to do anything else. As alternative, it should also be possible to use the gui: (I did not test this, but it should be easily doable) - Use konqueror / nautilus / dolphin or any other file manager, change into the folder, that has all your rpms you want to install - Mark all the files you want to install - Do a right click and choose "Open with Software installer" - Enter your root password in the popup - Installation should be done automatically. [...] Sigrid -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
