KOffice and OpenOffice

[Samuel Clough]

Thanks!  Did you have to uninstall the old OpenOffice?  If so, what's the
most painless way to do it?

On 9/18/2003, "Harvey Ussery" <huboxwood@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hi Samuel,
>
>I just this minute got my new ver of OpenOffice installed--
>
>  OOo_1.1RC_LinuxPPC
>
>
>I'm still thrashing around with assorted chores e.g., config'ng my
>printer, but youbetcha, the first thing I checked was that C&P was
>functional. It is. Hallelujah!
>
>I got my download
> OOo_1.1RC_LinuxPPC_installer.tar.gz
>from
>http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/?N=3DA
>
>Note that they also offer for LinuxPPC the stable ver 1.0.3 (however, I
>was not able to find out anywhere I looked whether C&P was fixed in that
>ver) & the 1.1Beta2, though don't know why you'd want the Beta at this
>point.
>
>By the way, it is recommended that you have java functional before
>installing OO 1.1RC. I got my
>
>j2re-1.3.1 <http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/yellowdog/software/openoffice/j2re=
-1.3.1-02d-FCS-linux-ppc.bin>
>
>as an rpm off my YDL CD's; but it is also available at the same site.
>
>The download was a pain (I'm on dial-up) & I had to do it twice because
>the md5sum wasn't right the first time for some reason. But once I
>actually started the install it was very easy.
>
>Good luck.    --Harvey
>
>Samuel Clough wrote:
>
>> Has the OpenOffice cut/paste problem been solved? If so, which
>>package do I need to download.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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