On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 17:22 +0530, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > I tried installing OOo 3.x on an updated Centos 5 desktop (stock OOo > 2.x was there), It had the following problems: > > 1. Installation of JRE 1.6.0 step failed citing dependency issues > (relating to JRE 1.4 being required by OOo 2.x and the such) See http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS > 2. after installation, It did run as root ok. but as a user keyboard > practically freezes during the first run username entry requiring the > process to be killed. > > I need OOo3 calc for its solver functionality for staff scheduling. > > Any similar experiences? better yet any solutions (a la Go-oo)? 1. Rebuild from Fedora SRPMS. 2. Install Fedora or another distro in a virtual machine. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/59370 http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/68068 http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/64505 Phil