Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 and OpenOffice

[Collins]

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 09:11 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 February 2003 9:14 pm, someone claiming to be Collins wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 February 2003 07:30 am, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > Anybody try Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 and get the OpenOffice RPM to install?
> > > My son's having difficult getting the rpm to take. I don't have the
> > > specific error handy (sorry), so I'm just looking for verification that
> > > it can be done. I've tried the RPM from Mandrake's Cooker site, and
> > > that's failing, too.
> >
> > My approach would be:  get the binary package from OO.org, but then I'm
> > never a fan of RPM. <grin>
>
> heh...
> That's what we did. I prefer compiling source and installing as RPM via
> checkinstall. But I'm certainly *not* going to compile OOo...

Which part of "binary package" did you fail to understand?  I've never found a 
need to compile OO.  Just download, install, it's ready to fly in a few 
minutes.

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Collins Richey - Denver Area
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