On 05/09/2009 06:56 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 09 May 2009 18:20:32 -0700 > NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> dijo: ... >> You can, as previously, install both the PPA *and* standard OOo 3.1.0 >> and run them in paralell if you wish. > > I might install 3.1.0 PPA eventually, but I won't do a parallel > install. I did that back when I had 2.4.1 from Intrepid and I installed > the OOo 3.0.0 alongside it. It crashed every hour or so. Main problem > was that I couldn't install the desktop-integration deb if I wanted to > keep 2.4.1.
You *don't* install the standard OOo desktop-integration deb - it doesn't work. You install only the .debs in the /DEB folder. You then create menu items & icons to the /opt directory: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice to easily access the parallel install. Neither (U)OOo 3.0.1 or OOo 3.1.0 will have any affect on the other. I currently have installed on this machine: (U)OOo 3.1.0 (PPA) - previously had (U)OOo 3.1.0 OOo 3.1.0 OOo 3.2(dev) OOo 2.4.2 All run independent of each other. All can be run at the same time. I had more, but my hard drives are only 40Gb so I'm limited to what I can keep on the drive w/large applications. Later I installed the PPA version of 3.0.1 over 2.4.1 and > that stopped the crashing. The rest of the bugs remained. And they > still remain after the dist-upgrade to Jaunty replaced the PPA version > of 3.0.1 with U-3.0.1. > > I wish there was a live CD of 3.1.0 so I could open my files in it and > see if any of the problems are fixed before installing it. Keep watch of: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable and you might find a 3.1 version. However, your best bet is to invest in a test machine where you can install and test at will. I've 5 machines pulled out of bins that others didn't want simply because they didn't meet MS Vista specs. 3 are 2.4Ghz/512Mb-1Ghz RAM and all run just fine - all were free. Certainly on your campus you can find an old machine that someone is tossing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
