Re: Aptitude wants to remove OpenOffice.org

Hi Bob,

On 6/8/07, Bob Proulx <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Then you are not aware of the Debian OOo 2.2.x packages available as a
backport for Etch?

http://www.backports.org/



No, I was not. I've seen this url passing by every now and then, but simply
did
not grasp it's importance. I've checked it out now, though. I'm certainly
gonna
use this. Nevertheless I've learned now how to install an .rpm package. (As
a
Debian newbie, I still have to learn a lo-o-o-o-ot)

Thank you very much for this info.

Greetings, Manon.

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