Query re: newest openoffice and YDL 2.3

[Alex Hanzlik-Green]

I'll go ahead and apt-get 3.0.  Looks like I should do that rather than 
monkey with 2.3.  My knowledge of Linux is far from expansive, and I 
need the newest version of Open Office, not a broken system.

Many thanks.

A

On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 01:43 PM, nathan r. hruby wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Alex Hanzlik-Green wrote:
>
>> I tried to install the newest version of OpenOffice on my 333iMac
>> running 2.3.
>>
>
> 2.3 has been end-of-lif'ed by yellowdog, meaning they are not producing
> any more updates for it.  Your best alternative would be to set apt to
> point at the 3.0 mirors and do a "apt-get upgrade; apt-get 
> dist-upgrade".
> this will get you current and get you a newer OopenOffice that is being
> supported by YDL or a number of the other build out there.
>
> Additionally, upgrading glibc is not fun, and is certianly not 
> something
> you really want to take on by hand without a good bit of knowledge.  If
> you're loath to upgrade to 3.0, you're better off trying to build
> OpenOffice instead of glibc.
>
> -n
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> nathan hruby <nhruby@uga.edu>
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