Linux / OpenOffice help needed!
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Linux / OpenOffice help needed!
I am so new to Linux it's not even funny.
I'm running SUSE SLES 9 on a Virtual PC. I wanted to install OpenOffice on there to poke around and see what it's all about. I downloaded the file from OpenOffice.org (.tar file by the way). Now I want to install it. And stupid me can't figure it out.
Must it be done using the command line or something? Maybe with bunzip2 or something similar?
Or, is there a way to install it uses some sort of graphical utility. FYI, I'm running in KDE.
I'm running SUSE SLES 9 on a Virtual PC. I wanted to install OpenOffice on there to poke around and see what it's all about. I downloaded the file from OpenOffice.org (.tar file by the way). Now I want to install it. And stupid me can't figure it out.
Must it be done using the command line or something? Maybe with bunzip2 or something similar?
Or, is there a way to install it uses some sort of graphical utility. FYI, I'm running in KDE.
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If there's a .bin file in the folder, usually you must make the file excecutable.
This can be done on the command line with the following command:
sudo chmod a+x /<pathname>/filename.bin
Unless you're logged in as root, you'll need to add the sudo command and then type the root password when prompted. Once you've run the command, then you can run the .bin file by typing the filename.
SUSE should also support package based install, which is much easier. Poke around your applications and see if there's a package manager. It will download and install the program automatically, kinda like Windows Install/Remove programs.
This can be done on the command line with the following command:
sudo chmod a+x /<pathname>/filename.bin
Unless you're logged in as root, you'll need to add the sudo command and then type the root password when prompted. Once you've run the command, then you can run the .bin file by typing the filename.
SUSE should also support package based install, which is much easier. Poke around your applications and see if there's a package manager. It will download and install the program automatically, kinda like Windows Install/Remove programs.
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Originally Posted by Bart99GT
SUSE should also support package based install, which is much easier. Poke around your applications and see if there's a package manager. It will download and install the program automatically, kinda like Windows Install/Remove programs.
I'll poke around tonight when I'm home from class to see if I can find anything. Would YaST be helpful?
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Originally Posted by Caplax40
By package install are you talking about something like RPM? When I downloaded the file a window popped up saying something like "Linux doesn't know to handle this file." So that basically told me there wasn't any software installed to handle that type of file format.
I'll poke around tonight when I'm home from class to see if I can find anything. Would YaST be helpful?
I'll poke around tonight when I'm home from class to see if I can find anything. Would YaST be helpful?
You need un-compress it. At the command prompt type man tar
That will give you the help for the tar command. If you have no luck, I'll post the tar commands tomorrow when I get home from work.
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Originally Posted by Caplax40
By package install are you talking about something like RPM? When I downloaded the file a window popped up saying something like "Linux doesn't know to handle this file." So that basically told me there wasn't any software installed to handle that type of file format.
I'll poke around tonight when I'm home from class to see if I can find anything. Would YaST be helpful?
I'll poke around tonight when I'm home from class to see if I can find anything. Would YaST be helpful?
You might want to try: sudo apt-get update at a command line and see if it starts trying to update the local package database. If so, then you have that command available to you. If that is available, then you can use this command: sudo apt-get install openoffice.org base (this installs the openoffice database program) and it'll go out and download, then install the package without any further intervention on your part. At least in the distro I'm using, this is the preferred way (or use Synaptic) to install applications, because either tool goes out and checks for and downloads any dependencies that the application may need.
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