Installing OpenOffice 3.0

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joel Hammer wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> I am still running an old linspire distro (debian), but I have modified
>> it so it can use rpm's as well, some how.
>>
>>
>
> Mini how-to for installing RPM's or RPM-based installers, e.g. Applix, Star
> Office, etc. in a Debian:
> Install the rpm Deb.  Create /var/lib/rpm, then run the command rpm
> --initdb.
>

Many folks just use alien to convert an rpm to a deb package. You may
still need to force installation due to different understanding of
where libraries are located on the system for which the native
packaging is done.

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Collins Richey
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