Re: open office install fails

[Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>]

On 6/22/2013 6:34 AM, Steven Post wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 06:17 -0400, Jeff Shearer wrote:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I am using Debian 7.  I "upgraded" from 6 recently.  My attempt to
> > install the open office productivity suite seems to have failed.
> > While synaptic indicates it is installed, I cannot find it on the
> > reall bad new GUI.  Also, I noted that none of the applications like
> > writer indicate they are installed.  Do I need to install each of them
> > manually?
>
> OpenOffice was replaced by LibreOffice [1], this migration normally
> occurs automatically on upgrades from Squeeze.
> Make sure the package 'libreoffice' is installed, this will pull in
> Writer, Calc, etc.
>
> If you are using Gnome 3, you can find the application in the activities
> menu under applications - Office.
>
> Regards,
> Steven
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110623

Maybe it was replaced in Debian, but Open Office is still very much 
alive and well (and owned by ASF).

I'm with Jeff - I prefer OpenOffice over LibreOffice.