installing openoffice 3.0

[Tyco]

Hiya, I am running ubuntu 8.04, and found a guide to install openoffice 3.0, however ran into a snag. at basically the final point to install it, i use the commmand:

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9379/DEBS/

but, it says DEBS does not exist. As far as i can tell, everything has downloaded correctly, so I am not sure what is wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Neo_The_User]

Open up a terminal.



cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9379
ls


If what you're looking for isn't in there, it's not in there.

Check my thread out. The topic is off but a person posts a link on how to get OpenOffice 3.0 in that thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1080993 Good luck.

[Tyco]

alright, i'll give it a go, thanks.

any other issues, and i will shout!

[Neo_The_User]

I'll be here waiting for any problems you have. Take care and good luck. ;)

[Tyco]

hiya, back again. found out the initial problem (i.e. i was trying to install .deb and they were rpm do-dahs (sorry, vocab failing me atm)). anyway, now we have a new and fun problem.

having tried to install the stuff again, i received the following from the terminal:

error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/basename is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/cat is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/cp is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/gawk is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/grep is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/ln is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/ls is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/mkdir is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/mv is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/pwd is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/rm is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/sed is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/sort is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/touch is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/cut is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/dirname is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/expr is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/find is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/tail is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/tr is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/usr/bin/wc is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
/bin/sh is needed by jre-1.6.0_11-fcs.i586
libfreetype.so.6 is needed by ooobasis3.0-core04-3.0.1-9379.i586
libgnomevfs-2.so.0 is needed by ooobasis3.0-gnome-integration-3.0.1-9379.i586
libgconf-2.so.4 is needed by ooobasis3.0-gnome-integration-3.0.1-9379.i586
/bin/sh is needed by openoffice.org3-dict-en-3.0.1-9379.i586
/bin/sh is needed by openoffice.org3-dict-es-3.0.1-9379.i586
/bin/sh is needed by openoffice.org3-dict-fr-3.0.1-9379.i586

erm.......help?
basically, what does it mean, and how do i finally sort it out and install openoffice 3.0 at last?

any responses guys are, as always, welcome.

[gomadtroll]

I am new to this thread so pardon if this is old news. To get Openoffice in Ubuntu I would suggest Ubuntu's own packages from :
http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu/. You can add it to your sources list and let the package manager do all the work.

greg

[Tyco]

now THAT sounds like a plan....:D