Hi all As you probably know, at 2011-01-25 the Document foundation [1] has released the first LibreOffice [2] stable release (LibreOffice 3.3).
I have tested it on my gNS 2.3 machine and... it works perfectly! Please, let me suggest you to use LibreOffice (it comes from an independent Foundation) instead of OpenOffice (it comes from Oracle, a company which has not a properly "friendly" approach to the free software...). In the hope it could help, here below I have summarized the installation process I did successfully (downloading LO deb's archives directly from the LO site, without using any PPA or other external/unofficial repository): 1) Download [3] the general 'installer' archive and the localized 'langpack' and 'helppack' archives for your language, selecting in the downloading form: 'Linux x86 (deb)' and the localization for your language. The dowloaded files should be: - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz (~146 MB, installer) - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_it.tar.gz (~3 MB, it locale) - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_it.tar.gz (~10 MB, it locale) (note that 'it' is for the Italian localization... you should select the right locale your language instead). 2) Remove any previous installation of LibreOffice and OpenOffice, using your preferred package manager (usually synaptic, aptitude or apt-get). 3) Put the dowloaded LO archives within a (new) folder, naming it (the folder) something as: 'libreoffice-x86-deb-3.3.0'. Then unpack each of this archives. Unpacking will result in three folders (xx will be your language code): - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_xx - LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_xx 4) To install the "core" LO software: - open a terminal - cd to the 'LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US' folder - cd to its 'DEBS' subfolder - enter the command: sudo dpkg -i *.deb (this should install LO) - cd to the 'desktop-integration' subfolder in 'DEBS' - enter the command: sudo dpkg -i *.deb (this should install the LO incons it the application menu) 5) To install the LO localization for the xx language (being xx your language code): - cd to the 'LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_xx' - cd to its 'DEBS' subfolder - enter the command: sudo dpkg -i *.deb (this should install the xx localization) 6) To install the LO help files for the xx language (being xx your language code): - cd to the 'LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_xx' - cd to its 'DEBS' subfolder - enter the command: sudo dpkg -i *.deb (this should install the xx localization for the LO help sistem) That's all! Regards alexus References: [1] http://www.documentfoundation.org/ [2] http://www.libreoffice.org/ [3] http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ -- al3xu5 / dotcommon Support free software! Join FSF: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7535 ______________________________________________________________________ Public GPG/PGP key block ID: 1024D/11C70137 Fingerprint: 60F1 B550 3A95 7901 F410 D484 82E7 5377 11C7 0137 Key download: http://bitfreedom.noblogs.org/gallery/5721/dotcommon.asc [ Please, do not send my key to any keyserver! ]
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