Apps :: Installing OpenOffice from source

p4@1.6Ghz 256Mb

System Requirements

GNU/Linux ("Linux")2

>> * Pentium-compatible PC or higher
* Linux kernel 2.2.13 or higher, glibc2 2.1.3 or higher
>> * 64 MBytes RAM recommended
* 250 Mbytes hard disk space
* X Server with minimum display 800x600, 256 colours

do jou meet >>?
what do you expect?

Hmm, I am not sure why it is doable on my system and not yours to be honest. I must admit that I really don't use it much though (on that computer that is!). I prefer ted for word-processing, gnumeric for spreadsheets and magicpoint for presentations. They are all much faster than openoffice. With ted you can print you files as ps-documents and convert them to pdf with ps2pdfwr, which is already part of dsl. If you install antiword you will be able to deal with M$-word documents as well. You can view them, convert them to .txt (which you can work with in ted) or .ps, which you can convert to pdf again if you like. At least on a smaller system like yours (and like mine) you should really consider using other apps than openoffice!

-r

well I think I really should kick OO from my hd and use another app instead.
My new project which will blow up the forum the next time will be the "adventurous experience with abiword".

thanks for your knowledge. greats c

The *.uci files are "Compressed ISO" extensions. They don't install into RAM and run from your hard drive or CDROM. They are better than *.dsl packages for users with limited RAM although they run a little bit slower due to the decompression that is required from a compressed filesystem.

Your best bet is to do an install of the non-uci extension to your hard drive.

FYI, you can save yourself a little RAM by not booting up in "enhanced" mode. Those desktop icons and the little dockapps on the lower right side of your screen ALL use up RAM and for a 48MB user it is better to avoid starting them up.

For your computer, I recommend that you try out Henriqe's Siag Office mdDSL extension. Search the forums for the link to his site.

Siag Office runs great even on old computers with limited RAM.

I'm with CB.

I have been playing with Siag because of the exact same experiences you have with OO. Once I looked I realized that Pathetic Writer will save as .rtf (If you want to view and edit in Microsoft Word) and .pdf!! The only thing about .rtf is that any change in font colors will not carry over to MS Word but things like bold and underline will.

Similar with Siag spreadsheet program. You can save as a .csv file for MS Excel or .pdf.

It's really a cool little office app!!

reidar -

If you are using magicpoint, I would love to get some pointers on how you get it to run. I installed from Debian unstable but cannot seem to find how to start the darn thing! I did a whereis mgp but none of the mgp files seem to launch the app. I don't mean to cross-post. ( I also mention this in the MyDSL Wishlist thread). If you are an active user, I could sure use the tips! Thanks

Chris

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