On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 14.08.2012 15:05, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> I just noticed this new article. It seems to have a complete > >> description, including uninstalling LO and blocking future updates: > >> > >> http://www.tecmint.com/**install-apache-openoffice-3-4-** > >> 0-on-rhel-centos-6-3-5-8-and-**fedora-17-16/< > http://www.tecmint.com/install-apache-openoffice-3-4-0-on-rhel-centos-6-3-5-8-and-fedora-17-16/ > > > >> > >> Does anyone see any technical errors? If not we might want to link to > it. > >> > > > well, not all Linux distros use "yum"...this is a RedHat gui for package > management. So, as general instructions, hmmmm... > > The current install guide -- > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#linux > This one is applicable for most linux platforms, but it's not so easy as the above one to be followed by a non-experienced linux user. > > tells about "disabling" what LO may have setup, but not how to completely > "uninstall" it. [I was attempting to be "kind" with this approach]. > > I think most popular linux distros are inherently either RPM or DEB package > management. It would be pretty easy to include the appropriate command line > instructions to actually "deinstall" LO if we wanted to go that route. > > But, we could certainly link to this ... not a problem > > > > I did not read everything in detail but what I read looks good. > > Except maybe step 4: the disabling of automatic updates of openoffice > > from the package repository. > > Should we ever setup our own repository (see below) or add our packages > to > > the official repositories then the changes had to be undone. > > But who would remember these changes to /etc/yum.conf? > > > > -Andre > > > > PS: I have been playing around some more with metapackages (deb and rpm) > > and are now able to setup a local repository for Ubuntu 12.04 and Fedora > 17 > > and install Apache OpenOffice from them. This is pretty simple. If we > > would try to setup an "official" Apache package repository we would have > > more problems with integrating download mirrors. > > > > YAY! Great news, Andre... I'm still hoepful I can get to eh openSUSE build > service soonish. So far, just some preliminary investigation. > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think." > -- > Niels Bohr > -- Regards, Lou QingLe
