Open office

[riddor]

Hi i just downloaded Fedora and so far i like it however how do i install OpenOffice i downloaded it but cant figure out how to install it clicked on ever file in it still no joy can anyone assist?

[DukeNukem]

It is best to use the yum repo to acquire openoffice.

I believe the command is,

yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity"

Don't forget the -y switch to resolve any dependencies:

yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity" -y

[riddor]

thanks for the information but for someone new what is yum?

run info yum

You will find a great description.

[marko]

Originally Posted by motnahp00

Don't forget the -y switch to resolve any dependencies:

yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity" -y

I don't think -y has anything to do with installing dependencies, the -y flag just means "Yes, install this" if you don't add it, yum stops on the command line until you enter y at the prompt to continue or n to abort

From the 'manual' page for yum:

GENERAL OPTIONS
       Most command line options can be set using the configuration file as well
       and the descriptions indicate the necessary configuration
       option to set.
        ....
-y, --assumeyes
              Assume yes; assume that the answer to any question which would be
               asked is yes. Configuration Option: assumeyes

[kurtdriver]

Originally Posted by riddor

thanks for the information but for someone new what is yum?

Yum is an update manager, you'll find it by typing

su -c "yum -y groupinstall Office/Productivity"

into a terminal. You can get the terminal by clicking
Applications->System Tools->Terminal.
Yum is a great program, it resolves all dependencies on it's own, saving a lot of headaches.

A hint, rather than typing that, copy and paste it. Linux makes that very easy, just highlight that line, and middle-click into the terminal, a scrollwheel will work for a middle button, if you don't have a scrollwheel, try clicking with each button at the same time..

[riddor]

Sorry spent the last hour trying to install open office and trying to figure out what a yum is, as i cant find it cant even find run whatever that is. as much as i like this OS i think i will get ride of it as i want an OS that is simple to use.

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All i want is Openoffice for my work and a flash played its nearly impossible for someone new like me to install

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All is not lost just found that my neighbour has had the same problem and he is fixing it for me fingers crossed

[kurtdriver]

The posts above explain how to do it, easily too. Fedora has to be pretty simple for me, as I'm a bit thick at times. To setup Flash and all multimedia follow the Mjmwired guide, again it's quite easy, find what you want to do, and copy and paste. The guide is here, you'll find links to it and others by clicking on the yellow "Fedora Set-up Guides" at the top of every page in the forum. Welcome to Linux.

Hello marko,

As kurtdriver stated yum assists in resolving dependencies. The -y as you mentioned is a quick way of saying yes to the prompts.

[buckyb]

I have a question about Open Office. If I wanted to install the newest version, one that is not present in the repos, I would go the official website and download the latest version right?

But then, when I do try to install it, the default install goes to my home directory. How can I perform a "system" install, so that the applications within Open Office show up automatically in the panel menu, and .odt/doc files are open automatically by OpenOffice.

When I tried installing the latest version of OpenOffice that I had downloaded from the website it defaulted to:

/home/myname/opt

Thus, I had to manually add each application i.e. writer, impress to the menu and set .odt and .doc files to be opened by Open Office.

Any info will be appreciated.

I just finished downloading and installing the latest version of OOo (3.3.0).

The shortcuts to the applications are automatically created under Applications --> Office.

[SiliconSlick]

Just FYI... the non-repo OO (e.g. latest) packages from Oracle are not as well integrated into Fedora as the Fedora repo ones. Unless you _really_ have reason to use the non-repo ones you should avoid them (and if you use them, see the Oracle forums for support).

YMMV/FWIW

SS

[marko]

Originally Posted by motnahp00

Hello marko,

As kurtdriver stated yum assists in resolving dependencies. The -y as you mentioned is a quick way of saying yes to the prompts.

Read post #3, it implies that -y turns on dependency checking and that if someone
didn't type -y that software would install with broken dependencies. If yum did that it would be kind of pointless, yum always resolves and installs dependencies.

Got it. Thanks marko.