On Monday 19 November 2007, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Monday November 19 2007 08:37 am, bill purvis wrote: > > Drew, > > I finally decided to install the new version on the present system. > > Downloaded the tar file with the .deb's in it and unpacked them. > > Then removed all of the OpenOffice bits currently installed. > > Then I entered: > > > > apt-get install *.deb in the DEBS subdirectory. > > > > Got the usual stuff about Reading package lists, dependency > > tree, state information, then: > > > > E: Couldn't find package openoffice.org-base_2.3.0-5_i386.deb > > > > and it exits. There is a file of that name in the > > directory and it looks OK. Any idea what might be > > upsetting it? > > > > Bill > > Why did you use apt-get install *.deb in the DEBS subdirectory? What you > should have used was > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > This will install all the *.deb files in the directory. > > I am using Ubuntu Gutzy after having upgraded from Feisty. So, I also > use the DEB package from OOo. In my limited experience with Debian > distributions, I have found that apt-get goes to the internet to > download .deb files and install them. Perhaps, I am wrong. > Dan, see my latest reponse to Drew. I'm very much a novice at Ubuntu/Debian and my experience is still limited (but still willing to learn). I was brought up on RedHat! (Not actually true - I was brought up on paper tape based operating systems, about 40 years before Linux).
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