Hullo there,
I've been setting up a new computer with debian. I'm using the deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main mirror.
I can't install openoffice.org, as it depends on openoffice.org-bin. However, openoffice.org-bin doesn't seem to be available for amd architecture in this mirror.
I had a go at downloading the openoffice.org deb file (all_arch) from debian, hoping to fool it somehow, but it still asked for the -bin deb. On looking at the info on debian.org, it doesn't seem that there is an openoffice-bin deb made for amd at all.
Can anybody help?
Thanks, Jenny (pie-eyed)
On Thursday 19 October 2006 21:55, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
I've been setting up a new computer with debian. I'm using the deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main mirror.
/me takes a quick butchers at openoffice.org source... Looks like you'll need version 2.0.4 for complete amd64 support. No -bin package, instead you get -core, -base, and a whole bunch of other stuff... Rather a monster of an application just to write a couple of letters.
Regards, Paul.
P.S. If you don't have to use the box, install emacs ;)
At least on Ubuntu OpenOffice versions prior to Openoffice 2 were hopelessly broken when built as a 64bit package anyway.
There were some fixes that Ubuntu (and maybe Debian) managed to get in with varying degrees of success. Mostly printing issues (prints would vanish into a black hole and spadmin would crash before you could do anything with it)
I used to have to resort to printing to a file and then lpr'ing that to the printer manually.
On 19/10/06, Paul lists@bulldoghome.com wrote:
/me takes a quick butchers at openoffice.org source... Looks like you'll need version 2.0.4 for complete amd64 support. No -bin package, instead you get -core, -base, and a whole bunch of other stuff... Rather a monster of an application just to write a couple of letters.
I know. It's a necessary evil in order to avoid having to use Windows at work though. I'll download that version and let you know if I have success.
Wayne:
I used to have to resort to printing to a file and then lpr'ing that to the printer manually.
Yes, my previous desktop incarnation I used to export to pdf then print that. Right old pain.
Thanks,
Jenny
On 19/10/06, Paul lists@bulldoghome.com wrote:
/me takes a quick butchers at openoffice.org source... Looks like you'll need version 2.0.4 for complete amd64 support. No -bin package, instead you get -core, -base, and a whole bunch of other stuff... Rather a monster of an application just to write a couple of letters.
Looking at this now, I have the choice of 1. downloading and installing each dependent package and the oo itself one by one 2. finding a backport with this version of oo in and adding it to sources 3. finding an amd testing mirror and upgrading the entire sodding box to testing.
Is that right?
If I add debian testing sources just to download 2.0.4 openoffice then return to the stable amd mirror source, I'm going to break things, right? :-)
Thanks Jenny
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:29:10AM +0100, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
On 19/10/06, Paul lists@bulldoghome.com wrote:
/me takes a quick butchers at openoffice.org source... Looks like you'll need version 2.0.4 for complete amd64 support. No -bin package, instead you get -core, -base, and a whole bunch of other stuff... Rather a monster of an application just to write a couple of letters.
Looking at this now, I have the choice of
- downloading and installing each dependent package and the oo itself
one by one 2. finding a backport with this version of oo in and adding it to sources 3. finding an amd testing mirror and upgrading the entire sodding box to testing.
Is that right?
If I add debian testing sources just to download 2.0.4 openoffice then return to the stable amd mirror source, I'm going to break things, right? :-)
You'd need to use pinning to only drag in OO.o from testing, and you'd need to set the default release, the relevant files (which may or may not exist) are: /etc/apt/apt.conf Which would look something like: --- Start of file --- APT::Default-Release "stable"; --- End of file ---
And /etc/apt/preferences Which would be something like: --- Start of file --- Package: openoffice.org Pin: origin www2.backports.org Pin-Priority: 999 --- End of file ---
You might need to add more packages to that ;)
Cheers,
On 20/10/06, Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
- finding an amd testing mirror and upgrading the entire sodding box
to testing.
Is that right?
If I add debian testing sources just to download 2.0.4 openoffice then return to the stable amd mirror source, I'm going to break things, right? :-)
You'd need to use pinning to only drag in OO.o from testing, and you'd need to set the default release, the relevant files (which may or may not exist) are:
Thanks, Brett.
Also, mostly though, thanks for the irc advice telling me that there is no longer a debian_amd in etch, but they are all as one big happy family. No wonder I've been having problems finding a debian_amd testing mirror :-)
Etch and RTFM it is.
Jenny
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