Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> writes:

>>> Openoffice offers a package for Debian that contains all the
>>> necessary debs. You can get it by making your choice here:
>>>
>>> http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US
>>>
>>> I've installed Openoffice3 using this package (after uninstalling
>>> the default Openoffice packages on my lenny system), and everything
>>> seems to be working fine.



Rodolfo wrote:

>> Thanks for your suggestion, I'll try it. But, should I choose the
>> `Linux DEB' or `Linux 64 DEB' package? This is not clear to me.



Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> writes:

> It depends on your version: if you're running 64 bit Debian then use the 64
> bit OOo.


How can I know if I'm running 64 bit Debian?


> Don't forget that you need to completely remove any previous
> version(s): I did this via Synaptic with an "uninstall completely" operation
> for all the packages with openoffice in them.


Can you report the exact syntax to do that?

Thanks
Rodolfo