Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

[Kevin Philp <kevin@cybercolloids.net>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Rodolfo Medina wrote:
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> > > > > > How can I know if I'm running 64 bit Debian?
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> Javier Barroso wrote:
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> > > just run "uname -r"
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> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> writes:
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> > This will return the architecture of the kernel, but it is possible to
> > run a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland.
> >
> > dpkg-architecture will list the architecture that dpkg expects.
> >     
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> $ uname -r
> 2.6.18-4-k7
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> $ dpkg-architecture
> DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386
> DEB_BUILD_ARCH_OS=linux
> DEB_BUILD_ARCH_CPU=i386
> DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i486
> DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux-gnu
> DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i486-linux-gnu
> DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386
> DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS=linux
> DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU=i386
> DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i486
> DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux-gnu
> DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i486-linux-gnu
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> So, am I running 64 bit Debian?
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> Rodolfo
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OpenOffice 3 is available in Debian experimental. I added experimental 
to my /etc/apt/sources.list and then add something to 
/etc/apt/preferences such as (adjust to suit what you want and you 
probably need to create preferences )

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 50

Finally install with 

aptitude install openoffice.org/experimental

Worked for me - openoffice has few dependencies outside of its own files so you don't wreck your installation - but check and be careful, it took me a while to get it working.