Re: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/27/2009 05:14 AM, Angus Auld wrote:
> --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Problems with installation of OpenOffice 3.0
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 11:20 PM
> > >From openoffice web site I downloaded the tarball
> > OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz and
> > installed it in my Debian
> > system.  But then, when I start openoffice, it fails with
> > the following error
> > message:
> >
> > $ openoffice.org3
> > /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice: line 124:
> > /opt/openoffice.org3/program/../basis-link/program/pagein:
> > No such file or directory
> > /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin: error while
> > loading shared libraries: libuno_sal.so.3: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > .  Anybody who has a direct experience on the matter, who
> > installed OpenOffice
> > from tarball?
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> > Rodolfo
>
> 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.

OP might also like the packages from http://www.go-oo.org

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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