On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 11:50 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > Res wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > > >> Has anyone tried installing OpenOffice from the OpenOffice website > >> (rather than using the Fedora version)? I have the Fedora 8 version > >> installed but would like to go back to using the non-Fedora version. In > >> the past, I have always run into problems installing the non-Fedora > >> version (but could always get it running). I would appreciate hearing > >> peoples' current experiences and recommendations. > >> > > > > I have always only used their version since fedora also hack out bits of > > openoffice code they dont want in for their as per usual political > > BS, so using OO directly from OO you actually get the complete full > > OpenOffice, it alsoc performs more smoothly I've found. > > > > > No x86_64 version AFAICT. > Would you install with openoffice's java, or not? > How do you install the latest ooo on Fedora 8? Every time I've tried to install in the past something got messed up, like being listed in the menu. I never know which interface rpm to install? Gnome? Rick B.
