Re: Non-Debian Provided Packages
Hello.
Openoffice.org have .deb packages for debian, I have in etch and runs
well.
Josep
El sáb, 18-10-2008 a las 16:11 +0900, Osamu Aoki escribió:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:40:55PM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> > Is it advisable to install non-Debian provided packages?
>
> Advisable -- No
> Will it work -- probably if you read their documentation for
> requirement.
>
> > For example .deb files are out for openoffice3 but they haven't made
> > their way to lenny yet.
>
> We are freeze for lenny release so sid is not updated as frequently.
>
> > It seems like the Sun provided .deb files aren't quite so slick with
> > handling dependencies. That or I am missing some important bit of
> > understanding on how .debs work.
>
> I did not test them. (Some venders link software statically to avoid
> dependency issues.) Download link was pointing to tar.gz file.
>
> Let's see what we have:
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/o/openoffice.org.html
> Available versions
> Oldstable 1.1.3-9sarge8
> Oldstable Security Updates 1.1.3-9sarge9
> Stable 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
> Stable Security Updates 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
> Testing 1:2.4.1-11
> Unstable 1:2.4.1-11
> Experimental 1:3.0.0-3
>
> It looks like someone is uploading it to Experimental now.
>
>
> Osamu
>
>
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