hello, has some one faced this? I downloaded openoffice 2.2.1 as suggested on this list and then uncompressed it into a folder and then installed it with the following command. alien -i *.rpm. I did this after going into the RPMS sub directory of the main open office directory. I did not get any errors, just a warning that scripts are not being installed, use --script option for correcting this. I did it again and this time no problem. first I did alien -r *.rpm and then the first -i command along with --script. this time no errors and no warnings. but surprise! I don't have any thing in my applications/ office menu except evolution. I tried finding hard and eventually got /opt/openoffice2.2.1 and in the programs sub directory I found swriter, scalc etc. I can run them all right but now I can't create a shortcut in the office menu nor on the desktop. what should I do. did I install this in the wrong way? again my command was alien -i --script *.rpm. please correct me if I am wrong. regards, Krishnakant.
On 8/22/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
hello,
first I did alien -r *.rpm and then the first -i command along with --script. this time no errors and no warnings.
so far so good.
but surprise! I don't have any thing in my applications/ office menu except evolution.
oops. this is nothing very startling. Its just that the desktop shortcuts and perhaps some gnome integration isn't there. Don't worry too much.
I tried finding hard and eventually got /opt/openoffice2.2.1 and in the programs sub directory I found swriter, scalc etc.
Its easy to create a shortcut for any program by creating a app-name.desktop in /usr/share/applications. Refer existing ones for help.
I can run them all right but now I can't create a shortcut in the office menu nor on the desktop.
The app-name.desktop will appear in your gnome menu.
If you are the gui guy then System > Preferences > Main Menu should allow you to add the missing entries, assuming you are using gnome.
All said and done try using the openoffice-gnome package which contains all the necessary files.
regards, C
On 22/08/07, Chetan S cshring@gmail.com wrote:
oops. this is nothing very startling. Its just that the desktop shortcuts and perhaps some gnome integration isn't there. Don't worry too much.
Its easy to create a shortcut for any program by creating a app-name.desktop in /usr/share/applications. Refer existing ones for help.
Can you please explain the process?
The app-name.desktop will appear in your gnome menu.
I did not understand exactly.
If you are the gui guy then System > Preferences > Main Menu should allow you to add the missing entries, assuming you are using gnome.
ok I will try that, I only hope that I dont need to get in the sudo mode because then my screen reader will have a bit of a problem.
All said and done try using the openoffice-gnome package which contains all the necessary files.>
any url to download that will be very nice. regards, Krishnakant.
On 8/22/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
On 22/08/07, Chetan S cshring@gmail.com wrote:
Its easy to create a shortcut for any program by creating a app-name.desktop in /usr/share/applications. Refer existing ones for help.
Thanks for this info.
Can you please explain the process?
I think this is similar to adding a new grub menu entry: copy a template from older entry and change a few bits. I tried out adding a menu for KNetworkmanager thusly:
root@ZION:/usr/share/applications # cat knetworkmanager.desktop [Desktop Entry] Categories=System;SystemSetup Type=Application Name=Knetworkmanager GenericName=To start Knetworkmanager Exec=knetworkmanager
#X-SuSE-translate=true
I think it heps to take an existing .desktop file of a program from the same menu where you want to insert a new entry.
The app-name.desktop will appear in your gnome menu.
Works for me in KDE (OpenSuse 10.2)
Regards, Mohan S N
2007/8/22, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com:
hello, has some one faced this? I downloaded openoffice 2.2.1 as suggested on this list and then uncompressed it into a folder and then installed it with the following command. alien -i *.rpm.
There is debian package of OOo 2.2.1 available in the unstable.
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/openoffice.org
but you will need to upgrade to unstable if you want to use it. But you are lucky as there is a version available in backports, which you can use in stable without upgrading to unstable.
Using backports.org is very simple:
1. Add this line
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
2. Run apt-get update
3. All backports are deactivated by default. If you want to install something from backports run:
apt-get -t etch-backports install "package"
Of course, you can use aptitude as well:
aptitude -t etch-backports install "package"
For more about backports see http://www.backports.org
Hope this helps.
Cheers Praveen
On 8/22/07, Praveen A pravi.a@gmail.com wrote:
2007/8/22, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com:
hello,
There is debian package of OOo 2.2.1 available in the unstable.
For ubuntu users - try the bleeding edge 2.3.0~src680m224-1ubuntu2 in ubuntu gutsy. Its wonderful. If you are using feisty then either check the backports or backport it ( with a little prayer ) using prevu
regards, C
-
Chetan S -
krishnakant Mane -
Mohan Nayaka -
Praveen A