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[kortni]

I am trying to install openoffice.org and i am having a bit of trouble. On the directions page it says to


Extract the downloaded archive and open a terminal into the resulting folder.
Browse to the DEBS sub-folder from that directory.
Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 by issuing the following command:sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite *deb
Install the menu entries by going into the desktop-integration folder:cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite *deb


I have no idea on how to open a terminal in the resulting folder.

Can someone please help me??

Thanks!!
Kortni

[lechien73]

What version of Ubuntu are you running? You can install OpenOffice.org through Applications > Ubuntu Software Centre, or System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.

Just search for openoffice and Ubuntu will handle the download of the .deb files, the installation, and the creation of menu items.

[dxc]

we have 10.4 something and i think i found out what we needed its installed. now she needs to be able to use it for access. how do we set that up now?

[lechien73]

If you mean that you need to open Microsoft Access databases, then you will need OpenOffice.org Database. This is not installed as standard, so to install it:


Go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Centre
Type openoffice into the search box
Click on OpenOffice.org Database and select Install

When this is installed, you should be able to open Microsoft Access databases.

[dxc]

ok thank you very much

[lechien73]

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