Since rpm from openoffice.org was not nicely integrate with Centos, what is the best way to make OO uptodate, can i use (or depend on) package from fedora (it slightly outdate but not too far from OO release).
Having see the huge spec file (around 3700 lines), building it ourself is really not fun :(
--beast
On 7/27/07, beast beast@ldap.or.id wrote:
Since rpm from openoffice.org was not nicely integrate with Centos, what is the best way to make OO uptodate, can i use (or depend on) package from fedora (it slightly outdate but not too far from OO release).
Which version of centos? Why do you need to do this? The version in centos provides bug/security fixes.
Having see the huge spec file (around 3700 lines), building it ourself is really not fun :(
No, OOo is a huge PITA to build and takes forever, even on some really powerful systems.
beast wrote:
Since rpm from openoffice.org was not nicely integrate with Centos, what is the best way to make OO uptodate
I have not tried to integrate the newest OOo2 into CentOS-5 (or even CentOS-4.5) since both have OOo-2.0.4 integrated. Are there REALLY that many new features that you MUST upgrade from a Stable 2.0.4 to a new 2.2.x?
I can try to do it on CentOS-5 (Use the OOo RPMS from the openoffice.org site) and post how it went here.
, can i use (or depend on) package from
fedora (it slightly outdate but not too far from OO release).
Well ... you would have to rebuild a newer version other than the one on FC6 ... which MIGHT still work on CentOS-5. However, in the future as tomcat, glibc and other build requires diverge between FC6 and CentOS-5 it will be less likely to work.
In a 8 months when there is no more FC6 support, that will stop working anyway.
So, the best bet would be to either use the CentOS version (which will get security updates for it's lifetime ... and which MAY get some enhanced features) === OR === create a process to use the OOo RPMS directly from the OpenOffice.org website.
Having see the huge spec file (around 3700 lines), building it ourself is really not fun :(
And building a NEWER one from Fedora7 / Rawhide will be quite hard because of the Versions of packages for the Requires and BuildRequires.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
Johnny Hughes wrote:
beast wrote:
Since rpm from openoffice.org was not nicely integrate with Centos, what is the best way to make OO uptodate
I have not tried to integrate the newest OOo2 into CentOS-5 (or even CentOS-4.5) since both have OOo-2.0.4 integrated. Are there REALLY that many new features that you MUST upgrade from a Stable 2.0.4 to a new 2.2.x?
I can try to do it on CentOS-5 (Use the OOo RPMS from the openoffice.org site) and post how it went here.
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WRT OOo2 from the openoffice.org site .. it seems to play perfectly well in my setup.
I removed all openoffice and tomcat RPMS (also any java that I had installed as it also contains JRE) from CentOS-5 and downloaded the latest Linux version from the OpenOffice.org website.
I then did this to install it:
1. Untarred the tar file ... it creates a directory full of RPMS.
2. Edit my yum.conf and set gpgcheck=0 ... since OOo does not (for some unknown reason) sign their RPMS.
3. Change directories to the the RPMS dir and issue this command to install the RPMS:
yum localinstall *.rpm desktop-integration/openoffice.org-redhat*.rpm
4. Log out and log back in to restart my X server
5. Create any shortcuts I want on my toolbar from the "Applications -> Office" menu.
So far, it seems to work great.
6. Edited the my /etc/yum.conf to set gpgcheck=1 ... and exclude=openoffice.org* jre-* (so as to not accidentally upgrade these accidentally in the future).
So far ... it all works great with build 9161 of version 2.1.1
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On 27/07/07 10:13 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I have not tried to integrate the newest OOo2 into CentOS-5 (or even CentOS-4.5) since both have OOo-2.0.4 integrated. Are there REALLY that many new features that you MUST upgrade from a Stable 2.0.4 to a new 2.2.x?
Not today, but next year OOo 2.0 will be outdated and if asking for a support most people will ask to get the latest version. My reasons is because the recent OO provides better compatibility with the latest MS Office, since it is a critical to our company which exchange the document in MS office format with the customer.
Well ... you would have to rebuild a newer version other than the one on FC6 ... which MIGHT still work on CentOS-5. However, in the future as tomcat, glibc and other build requires diverge between FC6 and CentOS-5 it will be less likely to work.
In a 8 months when there is no more FC6 support, that will stop working anyway.
This is what i'm worry about...
=== OR === create a process to use the OOo RPMS directly from the OpenOffice.org website.
I also thinking this is the best possible solution. Get the OO package from openoffice.org site and then add desktop integration ourself. But, will it mess up the whole thing when we i do 'yum upgrade'?
--beast
On 7/27/07, beast beast@ldap.or.id wrote:
On 27/07/07 10:13 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I have not tried to integrate the newest OOo2 into CentOS-5 (or even CentOS-4.5) since both have OOo-2.0.4 integrated. Are there REALLY that many new features that you MUST upgrade from a Stable 2.0.4 to a new 2.2.x?
Not today, but next year OOo 2.0 will be outdated and if asking for a support most people will ask to get the latest version. My reasons is because the recent OO provides better compatibility with the latest MS Office, since it is a critical to our company which exchange the document in MS office format with the customer.
Well ... you would have to rebuild a newer version other than the one on FC6 ... which MIGHT still work on CentOS-5. However, in the future as tomcat, glibc and other build requires diverge between FC6 and CentOS-5 it will be less likely to work.
In a 8 months when there is no more FC6 support, that will stop working anyway.
This is what i'm worry about...
=== OR === create a process to use the OOo RPMS directly from the OpenOffice.org website.
I also thinking this is the best possible solution. Get the OO package from openoffice.org site and then add desktop integration ourself. But, will it mess up the whole thing when we i do 'yum upgrade'?
--beast
It won't mess up the whole thing if you exclude openoffice in your yum configuration. Yum will happily ignore openoffice from that point forward.
HTH,
Alex White
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