[ooo-build] PCLinuxOS

[Petr Mladek]

On Tuesday 09 February 2010, Steve Brettell wrote:
> I am running PCLinuxOS.  I like it, but it seems to have some quirks.  I
> was running Ubuntu, but the sound issue became too irritating to me.
> Be that as it may. . .
> I have heard many good things about GoOo, and would like to try it.
> PCLinuxOS doesn't handle rpm files very easily, and I'm not very
> sophisticated about computin'.
> Can someone make a suggestion as to how to install GoOo on my computer?

Well, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS says that PCLinuxOS is able to 
install rpm packages. Also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=601564 
describes the normal rpm way.

I suggest the following steps:

1. Download http://go-oo.org/download/download-go-oo.py

2. run the command:

   	python download-go-oo.py --localization='en_US' \
                --system=linux-i586 --version=3.1.1

    Result: it will download all needed rpms to the current directory

   You could select another localization or system, ... Try the following
   command to get more help:

	python download-go-oo.py --help

   
3. install the packages using the command:

        sudo rpm -Uvh *.rpm

   Note that the command sudo causes that it will run "rpm" as user "root"
   (the system administrator). It will ask you for the root pasword before 
   installing the packages.


BTW: If you wait 1-2 more days, you will be able to download the version 3.2. 
It is just being uploaded to the mirrors.

-- 
Best Regards,

Petr Mladek
software developer
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