How to install OpenOficeOrg 3.0.0 in Ubuntu 8.04

[ernesthagger]

I have the 64 AMD version of Ubuntu 8.04 and have been trying to install OpenOffice.Org 3.0.0 alongside the 2.4.0 one already installed. I have followed the instructions posted by Falko Timme and can only get as far as:

... and go to the directory that contains all the .deb packages...

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/

the one I get does not have the /DEBS/ at the end. I can only assume therefore that these instructions are not for the Linux 64 Deb platform.

Can anyone help with installation instructions for this platform?

Ernest.

[sjau]

are there any features that you can't absolutely live without that are present in OOo 3?

[falko]

Try this download link: http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org...&version=3.0.0

[ernesthagger]

Hi Falko,
I did as you suggested and got as far as getting an icon on my Desktop with the words 000300_m9_native_packed_1_en-US.9358 but when I then tried to install with the command
in Terminal as per your instructions I get the message Command not found. You will note that the words above do not have cd in front or /DEBS/ at the end. However I do have an OpenOffice 3.0.0 Writer icon on my desktop for the first time and in Office in Applications.
When I tried to open it I get an error message which states:
Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/ernest/Desktop/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz" (Permission denied)

Any further help would be appreciated.

Ernest.

[falko]

Uncompress the file like this:

tar xvfz /home/ernest/Desktop/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Then install it as shown in the tutorial.

[ernesthagger]

Hi Falko,

Yes its me again, I uncompressed the file as suggested by typing in:tar xvfz /home/ernest/Desktop/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz and got a page full of directories including: OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/ I then typed in
sudo dpkg -i *.deb and got a message - command not found. Very frustrating as I am sure I must be very close to success. I have to admit I am an absolute newcomer to Ubuntu so perhaps it is may fault in that I am not doing something right. In your instructions you
state then go to the directory mentioned above and install them with one single command which I did, I think that I am not doing that last stage correctly. Help!!!

Ernest.

[falko]

What are the outputs of

which sudo

and

which dpkg

?

[ernesthagger]

Hi Falko,

After sending you my earlier email I decided to do some more investigating of the new icon that appeared on my desktop with the text:/home/ernest/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358 On clicking on to this icon four other icons appeared one of which had the textebs which in turn led me another icon-titled: desktop- integration. and then:/home/ernest/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb.Clicking on this opened the Package installer-openoffice.org-debian-menus with this message in red against Status: Conflicts with the installed package 'openoffice.org-core'

I trust that this might be of some help to you in solving the problem of trying to install the Version 3.0.0 alongside the installed one.

Ernest.

[falko]

Please do this:

cd /home/ernest/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

cd desktop-integration/
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb

[ernesthagger]

Hi Falko,

I did what you said and got this when I put my password in:
ernest@ernest-desktop:~$ cd /home/ernest/Desktop/
ernest@ernest-desktop:~/Desktop$
bash: command not found
ernest@ernest-desktop:~/Desktop$
Very depressing as we seem to be getting nowhere and I am becoming disillusioned!

Ernest.