Re: OOo problems with rpm

From: Larry I Smith (larryXiXsmith_at_verizon.net)
Date: 06/15/05


Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:47:51 GMT

jim wrote:
> posted a message a few days ago, still not quite solved problem, but found
> an earlier post ......
>>>Suse rpms for 1.9.104 are on the ftp mirrors. Example:
>>>
>>>ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu//pub/suse/projects/OpenOffice.org/9.3/
>>>
>>>Karen
>>Version 1.9.108 is now on the mirrors.
>>
>>Larry
>
> dowloaded and ran rpm but nothing happened, no error message from yast and
> suseconfig didn't run. should the rpm for 9.3 run on 9.2?
> Jim
>
>

No, the rpm for 9.3 should not be installed on 9.2.

Your original post asked about the OpenOffice update
for SuSE 9.3.

1) Download the rpm
2) open a command line
3) su to root
4) use 'rpm -U' to install the rpm you downloaded

Regards,
Larry



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