Script : Easy installing of StarOffice 8PP1 under Debian/Ubuntu
Hi,
I've develop a small bash-script, which automates the whole process of converting the RPM-packages SO8 and the PP1-Packages into a single DEB-package.
At the moment the script is only in german and is only working for the german version of SO8, but if there is enough interest i will modify the script, so non-german users can use it.
The english translation of the messages of the script would be relativily easy, for other languages (french, italian, etc.) i need help from a native speaker.
The script is available under the following link :
www.glasen-hardt.de/so8.html (only german!)
Email-adress :
mailto:glasen[at]web.de
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Glasen] at [2007-11-25 22:36:47]
# 2
See if your Ubuntu installation included RPM support; the copy of Kubuntu I have does.
If you have the RPM packages installed:
sudo mkdir /var/lib/rpm
sudo rpm --initdb
Then install SO8 the normal way. You will probably have to use sudo to run the installation script.
Leon at 2007-7-5 14:03:43 >
# 3
Post script: after installing RPM support in Kubuntu, I too get the java error with the setup script reported in another thread here.
Here is a sledge hammer solution that worked for me:
After installing the 2 RPM packages from the Kubuntu distribution CD (they are not installed by default); create /var/lib/rpm, then rpm --initdb.
Cd to the ~/RPMS directory of the CD, then rpm -Uvh --nodeps *
This will result in an avalanche of error messages and admonishments to use alien. When it is all over run /opt/staroffice8/program/soffice to create a user account.
It works for me. I can't test printing because Kubuntu freezes up solid whenever I run the printer utility.
Leon at 2007-7-5 14:03:43 >
# 5
Hi Glasen,
I tried your script with the offical enterprise CD set (only Linux CD).
I had to do some modifications because the script requires so-8-ga-bin-linux-en-US_de.sh (which seems to be a selfextracting tar shell script) and the official CD is already unpacked.
SO8 works great - on my machine (Debian 3.1) but on a set of clone Debian 3.1 machines SO8 crashes when using the fontselectorbox bar. (I had the same problem (but less fonts) with the rpm installed Versionof SO8).
Any help is welcome. (On my machine is runs rock solid - on nine others just crashes).
I'd like to ask for some minor improvements of the script. SO8 has some dependencies in woody libstdc++3.0, which where silently ingnored and the line in dselect looks ugly because there is just questionmarks but no "sarge extra homebrew" ....
Thank you for your script!
gonzo at 2007-7-5 14:03:43 >
