[CentOS] Open Office 1.9.x

[Phil Schaffner]

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 22:36 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> Having used Open Office 1.9.x on the XP side of my box, I decided to 
> install it on the CentOS side. (The default OO was 1.1.2, for heaven's 
> sake!) I downloaded the Linux 386 version from the OO site.
> 
> I immediately ran into problems--
> 	1) The installation instructions were for OO 1.x.
> 	2) The download appears to be source RPMs.
> 
> Although I've used UNIX & Linux for over 15 years, there are still some 
> empty spots in my toolbox--and dealing with RPMs in one of them. (YUM is 
> SO much nicer!)

Yup, but "rpmbuild --rebuild <path_to_src.rpm>" isn't too bad unless you
get into dependency hell.  I usually put the RPMS in a local repo and
use yum to install.


> Has anyone added OO1.9.113 to CentOS?

Well, I see FC4 updates is at openoffice.org-1.9.112-1.1.0.fc4.src.rpm

Rawhide/development has openoffice.org-1.9.116-3.2.0.fc5.src.rpm

Will give a CentOS 4 build of .112 a shot if the DL ever finishes.

> Where can I find info on what I need to do to get OO1.9.x added to my 
> CentOS installation?

Any luck with smart?

Phil