I was using the beta version of Open Office on Windows for... I don't know how long, but many months now. I quite like it and would like to replace the current stable 1.1 build of OpenOffice that came with CentOS with the beta.
So i downloaded the RPMs from the OpenOffice site and dutifully followed their installation instructions, and it went well. I think. I mean, there were no errors and it did a whole bunch of unpacking and stuff. But any office document I try to open still opens with the previous OpenOffice, I can't find any icons for the OpenOffice Beta in any of my menus, and any documents I had created with OpenOffice Beta in Windows aren't recognized by CentOS.
In short, I think it's installed, but I don't know how to start it.
How do I do that, and how do I remove the "old" Open Office?
Dave
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 23:51 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
I was using the beta version of Open Office on Windows for... I don't know how long, but many months now. I quite like it and would like to replace the current stable 1.1 build of OpenOffice that came with CentOS with the beta.
So i downloaded the RPMs from the OpenOffice site and dutifully followed their installation instructions, and it went well. I think. I mean, there were no errors and it did a whole bunch of unpacking and stuff. But any office document I try to open still opens with the previous OpenOffice, I can't find any icons for the OpenOffice Beta in any of my menus, and any documents I had created with OpenOffice Beta in Windows aren't recognized by CentOS.
In short, I think it's installed, but I don't know how to start it.
How do I do that, and how do I remove the "old" Open Office?
The CentOS packages are "openoffice.org..." and the Beta I have on one machine is openofficeorg-base-1.9.113-1, etc. The CentOS version installs on the standard paths like /usr/bin /usr/lib, whereas the Beta is under /opt and will not be on your standard paths. The two can coexist, but that is probably not a good idea - too much room for error/confusion; although works-for-me on the test machine.
[root@hazard2 root]# yum remove openoffice.org ... snip ... Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Remove: openoffice.org.i386 0:1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4
Performing the following to resolve dependencies: Remove: openoffice.org-i18n.i386 0:1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4 Remove: openoffice.org-kde.i386 0:1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4 Remove: openoffice.org-libs.i386 0:1.1.2-24.6.0.EL4 Total download size: 0 Is this ok [y/N]: N Exiting on user Command Complete!
Answering yes above would presumably have cleanly removed the standard packages.
There are a whole slew of packages in the Beta. On my system they are on the KDE menus and the binaries can be found in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.113/program/ - this needs to be on your path.
My $0.02 - wait until somebody comes out with a set of CentOS4 upgrade packages.
Phil
There are a whole slew of packages in the Beta. On my system they are on the KDE menus and the binaries can be found in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.113/program/ - this needs to be on your path.
I can see all the programs in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.122/program/ but I can't figure out how to get them onto my panel or anywhere in the menus. It would be ncie to be able to access them from the panel.
When I right click on the panel, it gives me the option to "Add", and then I can select applications from drop down menus, but they're all the same applications available in the Applications drop down on the far left hand side of the panel.
How do I get my OpenOffice Beta available by clicking an icon? I'm using KDE.
And how to I associate .ods files with OpenOffice Beta? When I right click on them, I can select to "Open With..." and search in the directory, but I can't figure out which file is an executable program. They aren't labelled "calc" and "write" or anything like that.
My $0.02 - wait until somebody comes out with a set of CentOS4 upgrade packages.
Well, yes, I could do that. Except I'm impatient and demanding. And somewhat foolhardy... or perhaps just foolish. After all, I did install an entire operating system without really knowing what I was doing.
Dave
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 01:14 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
There are a whole slew of packages in the Beta. On my system they are on the KDE menus and the binaries can be found in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.113/program/ - this needs to be on your path.
I can see all the programs in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.122/program/ but I can't figure out how to get them onto my panel or anywhere in the menus. It would be ncie to be able to access them from the panel.
When I right click on the panel, it gives me the option to "Add", and then I can select applications from drop down menus, but they're all the same applications available in the Applications drop down on the far left hand side of the panel.
How do I get my OpenOffice Beta available by clicking an icon? I'm using KDE.
All I did was install pretty much every possible package - a bit hard to figure out which one does what - and the entries showed up on my menu. Here's my list of packages:
openofficeorg-base-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-calc-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core01-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core02-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core03-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core03u-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core04-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core04u-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core05-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core05u-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core06-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core07-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core08-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core09-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-core10-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-draw-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-gnome-integration-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-graphicfilter-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-impress-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-javafilter-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-math-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-pyuno-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-redhat-menus-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-spellcheck-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-testtool-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-writer-1.9.113-1 openofficeorg-xsltfilter-1.9.113-1
And how to I associate .ods files with OpenOffice Beta? When I right click on them, I can select to "Open With..."
Haven't actually done that, but should be possible to do the associations.
and search in the directory, but I can't figure out which file is an executable program. They aren't labelled "calc" and "write" or anything like that.
All executables in my directory:
[prs@hazard2 program]$ /bin/ls -alF /opt/openoffice.org1.9.113/program/ | grep "*" -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1512 Jun 28 17:17 cde-open-url* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3677 Jun 28 17:17 configimport* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 70036 Jun 28 17:17 configimport.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2685 Jun 28 17:17 crash_report* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 56060 Jun 28 17:17 crash_report.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1358 Jun 28 17:17 gnome-open-url* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4580 Jun 28 17:17 gnome-open-url.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4692 Jun 28 17:08 gnome-set-default-application* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 414026 Jun 28 17:13 hid.lst* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10916 Jun 28 17:17 javaldx* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1394 Jun 28 17:17 kde-open-url* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 23296 Jun 28 17:17 libnpsoplugin.so* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 20384 Jun 28 17:17 msfontextract* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 43080 Jun 28 17:17 nsplugin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3098 Jun 28 17:17 open-url* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5936 Jun 28 17:17 pagein* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jul 14 15:09 pkgchk -> unopkg* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 111584 Jun 28 17:17 pkgchk.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 29676 Jun 28 17:17 pluginapp.bin* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 14 15:20 python -> python.sh* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4106 Jun 28 17:16 python.sh* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 61 Jun 28 17:12 sbase* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 61 Jun 28 17:11 scalc* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 61 Jun 28 17:12 sdraw* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 6361 Jun 28 17:17 senddoc* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3677 Jun 28 17:17 setofficelang* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 25656 Jun 28 17:17 setofficelang.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 64 Jun 28 17:12 simpress* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 61 Jun 28 17:12 smath* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 7429 Jun 28 17:17 soffice* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 287348 Jun 28 17:17 soffice.bin* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 14 15:09 spadmin -> soffice* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 24328 Jun 28 17:17 spadmin.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 63 Jun 28 17:10 swriter* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 567336 Jun 28 17:13 testtool.bin* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Jul 14 15:09 uno -> unopkg* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 166428 Jun 28 17:17 uno.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4676 Jun 28 17:17 unopkg* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 93540 Jun 28 17:17 unopkg.bin* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 783 Jun 28 17:17 uri-encode* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 61 Jun 28 17:17 viewdoc*
There is a wrapper script /usr/bin/openoffice.org-1.9 that is used in the menus, e.g. for writer "/usr/bin/openoffice.org-1.9 -writer %U". There are also the scripts above, e.g. swriter that call up the applications.
[prs@hazard2 program]$ pwd /opt/openoffice.org1.9.113/program [prs@hazard2 program]$ file swriter swriter: Bourne shell script text executable [prs@hazard2 program]$ cat swriter #!/bin/sh
cmd=`dirname "$0"`/soffice exec "$cmd" -writer "$@"
[prs@hazard2 program]$
Don't know why they've deviated from the "oowriter", etc. found in the RH/FC packages. Back to the StarOffice roots I guess.
My $0.02 - wait until somebody comes out with a set of CentOS4 upgrade packages.
Well, yes, I could do that. Except I'm impatient and demanding. And somewhat foolhardy... or perhaps just foolish.
I can relate to that.
After all, I did install an entire operating system without really knowing what I was doing.
That's pretty much how we all got here. We're all learning.
Phil
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