Re: [gentoo-user] Here is an amazing thing re OpenOffice:

[Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com>]

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Uninstall the standard OpenOffice first?

Martin S

2005/9/8, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com>:
> 
> Actually, when I do what you say, I get
> 
> treat portage # emerge -a openoffice-bin
> 
> These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [blocks B ] app-office/openoffice (is blocking app-office/openoffice-
> bin-1.9.122)
> [ebuild N ] app-office/openoffice-bin-1.9.122
> 
> !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be 
> installed
> !!! on the same system.
> 
> treat portage # 
> 
> 
> On 9/7/05, Michael Crute <mcrute@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 9/7/05, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com > wrote:
> > > 
> > > I am using gentoo because I want to be able to compile the latest and 
> > > greatest.
> > > How odd it is that I can only find OpenOffice 1.1.4, where the 
> > > FedoraCore
> > > machines at my school have had OpenOffice 2.0 all (Summer) term.
> > > 
> > > I've not done a lot with masked versions, but I do have universe, 
> > > multiverse and
> > > backports. I see no signs of 2.0.
> > > 
> > > How can this be, gen-too-ers? Surely, I'm missing something. What did 
> > > I mess up?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
> > > 
> > 
> > Actually your Fedora boxes weren't running 2.0 they where running 1.9which is the beta for 
> > 2.0. If you want to run that on Gentoo you need to add 
> > `app-office/openoffice-bin` to your /etc/portage/package.unmask and 
> > `app-office/openoffice-bin ~x86` to your /etc/portage/package.keywords file 
> > then emerge openoffice-bin. You didn't miss a thing, its just hard masked 
> > development. because it's not stable and it does crash often enough but its 
> > well worth the install.
> > 
> > Also as far as I know there is no such thing as universe, multiverse, 
> > and backports gor Gentoo. In any case good luck getting it running, once you 
> > get it unmasked its just as easy as the "real deal" (if you will).
> > 
> > -Mike
> > 
> > -- 
> > ________________________________
> > Michael E. Crute
> > Software Developer
> > SoftGroup Development Corporation
> > 
> > Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.
> > "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Go back to the top: I almost always top-post
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
> 



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Regards,

Martin S

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