[gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice2.0 Install

[James]

Rumen Yotov rumen_yotov at dir.bg writes:

 openoffice-bin-1.9.109 is in portage only being in testing (~x86).
 To emerge it do: #echo app-office/openoffice-bin ~x86 
 /etc/portage/package.keywords.
 Then 'emerge openoffice-bin -av' to emerge it. Haven't checked if it's
 in rpm-format.

I have:

app-office/openoffice
  Latest version available: 1.1.4-r1
  Latest version installed: 1.1.4-r1

So if I do this will I have both 1.1.4 (which is currently installed) and
1.9.109 or just the later?

What I'm concerned with is that I may need both. I can also put the 1.9.109
on another machine until it becomes more stable. I went to quite a lot of
trouble to set up an auto oulining template that may not work in 1.9.109.

(But I do need a newer version of ooffice)
Advice on this upgrade? 

James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice2.0 Install

[Zac Medico]

James wrote:
 I have:
 
 app-office/openoffice
   Latest version available: 1.1.4-r1
   Latest version installed: 1.1.4-r1
 
 So if I do this will I have both 1.1.4 (which is currently installed) and
 1.9.109 or just the later?
 
 What I'm concerned with is that I may need both. I can also put the 1.9.109
 on another machine until it becomes more stable. I went to quite a lot of
 trouble to set up an auto oulining template that may not work in 1.9.109.
 
 (But I do need a newer version of ooffice)
 Advice on this upgrade? 
 
 James
 

Make a tbz2 package of openoffice-1.1.4-r1 in case you want it back later.

quickpkg =app-office/openoffice-1.1.4-r1
emerge unmerge openoffice
echo =app-office/openoffice-bin-1.9.87  /etc/portage/package.unmask
echo app-office/openoffice-bin ~*  /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge openoffice-bin

When you are using openoffice-bin-1.9, save your files in openoffice 1.0 file 
formats so that you can still open them if you need to go back.  If you need to 
go back:

emerge unmerge openoffice-bin
emerge --usepkgonly openoffice

Zac
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[gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice2.0 Install

[James]

Zac Medico zmedico at gmail.com writes:


  So if I do this will I have both 1.1.4 (which is currently installed) and
  1.9.109 or just the later?

  What I'm concerned with is that I may need both. I can also put the 1.9.109
  on another machine until it becomes more stable. I went to quite a lot of
  trouble to set up an auto oulining template that may not work in 1.9.109.

 Make a tbz2 package of openoffice-1.1.4-r1 in case you want it back later.

 quickpkg =app-office/openoffice-1.1.4-r1
 emerge unmerge openoffice
 echo =app-office/openoffice-bin-1.9.87  /etc/portage/package.unmask
 echo app-office/openoffice-bin ~*  /etc/portage/package.keywords
 emerge openoffice-bin

 When you are using openoffice-bin-1.9, save your files in openoffice 1.0 file
formats so that you can still
 open them if you need to go back.  If you need to go back:

 emerge unmerge openoffice-bin
 emerge --usepkgonly openoffice

Well I just decided to run with the newer package a week or 2 on another system.
So I did this (part of what you suggested):

 emerge unmerge openoffice
 echo =app-office/openoffice-bin-1.9.87  /etc/portage/package.unmask
 echo app-office/openoffice-bin ~*  /etc/portage/package.keywords
 emerge openoffice-bin


Works like a charm!

Thanks

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