-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Pepperdine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 7, 2007 1:10 PM >To: users@openoffice.org >Cc: William Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [users] Launching OpenOffice/Linux after Installing > >On Sunday 07 January 2007 13:35, William Ellis wrote: >> I followed the "Installation Instructions at: >> http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.4/instructions.html : 1. Unpack the >> downloaded image into a directory. For example, currently, the following >> command would unpack into the current directory: 2. tar xvzf >> OOo_2.0.4_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz >> 3. su to root, if necessary. >> 4. cd into the directory with the unpacked image. This could be RPMS. >> 5. Delete any rpm files that do not apply to your system. For example, >> on a Fedora Core 3 system, delete any rpms specific to another distribution >> such as openofficeorg-suse-menus-1.9.79-1.noarch.rpm. 6. Then execute rpm >> -Uvih *rpm. > >It is not completely clear. There is also a directory under RPMS called >desktop-integration. In there you should find another rpm suitable for your >system (I don't know what you have). Then run (as root) > rpm -Uvih <your-selected-rpm> > >This will create menu entries for you to find the applications. > >If that fails, then you should find an executable with the name soffice. (Try >the command > which soffice >initially in a terminal.) You can then start it through that program. >-- >Andy Pepperdine > >On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. >Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, >and reply only to the mailing list. > >For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > Thanks - navigating to soffice.bin did the trick. I have subscribed, but I didn't think about that when I came across a web page somewhere that said to e-mail to the address I used. Incidentally, do you know if I can insall Eclipse on OpenSuse 10.2? Thanks. - Bill ellis
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