Anyone have any luck installing libre office?
I downloaded it, is the intent that you just install all of the RPMs in the RPM directory? There isn’t too much documentation yet.
Figured it out. You just install ALL of the RPMs and the desktop integration rpm.
where did you download it?
Looks interesting. I’ll give it a go in a virtual machine
How to install:
tar -xvf LO_3.3.0-beta1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
cd to the newly created en-US/RPMS/ directory
zypper install *.rpm
Thanks for info 
Forgot one other thing:
after you install all the RPMS in the RPMS directory cd to desktop-integration (within the RPMS directory) and issue the command:
zypper install libreoffice3.3-suse-menus-3.3-9526.noarch.rpm
Its not pretty and I haven’t had much time to use it but it looks promising and I would like to see a branch away from Oracle.
OK Thanks
ahathaway21 wrote:
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> How to install:
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> tar -xvf LO_3.3.0-beta1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
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> cd to the newly created en-US/RPMS/ directory
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> zypper install *.rpm
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Should you uninstall OpenOffice first?
Thanks
Russ
openSUSE 11.3 (2.6.34-12-default)|KDE 4.5.1|
Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|4GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS
That is up to you. I am not sure what the difference is between the two since I am really not a power user. I did not and LibreOffice works just fine with OpenOffice installed on the same system.
My understanding is that the version of OpenOffice actually used in most Linux distros is Go-OO. Go-OO is closely linked to Novell as some of the developers are supported by Novell and the Novell edition of OpenOffice is based on Go-OO. Some of the developers associated with Go-OO had issues with Sun’s management of OpenOffice. The idea of establishing an independent Foundation to manage the project has been around for years. It is no surprise that some of the Go-OO people show up in the list of team members on the LibreOffice site. My guess is that Go-OO will be superseded by LibreOffice.
From the LibreOffice FAQ:
We are delighted to announce that the enhancements produced by the Go-OOo team will be merged into LibreOffice, effective immediately.
To understand the significance you have to know that when Sun managed the project nothing the Go-OO team came up with was ever “merged immediately” or even close.
Installed, thanks to instructions. And it works. Opened some docs, wrote them back, read them in OO.o. Compared to the current looks of OO.o in openSUSE it looks a bit ancient, but hey, this is a beta. I hope they will spend some attention to polishing the interface.
I support the initiative, will do so on FB. If ever this could be done to java, i.e fork it to borneo or which ever indonesion island’s name…That would leave ORACLE with a lot of expensive software, all available in better and open source editions. Dreaming out loud.
Future Ubuntu Releases Will be Shipped With LibreOffice
Thats a pretty good sign it will mature and find support quickly.
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:36:02 +0530, dale14846
<dale14846@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> also openSUSE ‘Index of /repositories/LibreOffice:/Unstable’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Unstable/)
just tried to install libreoffice from that repo, but choosing the first
rpm (libreoffice) immediately threw an un-solvable dependency at me; some
icon-theme wasn’t available in the repo. i’ll wait a few days, figuring
this repo is new and may need some time to get up to speed, then i’ll try
to file a bug somewhere.
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phani.
I installed from the libre-office sight which went quite smoothly. Download the tar ball unpack to a folder of your choice. added that folder as a repository via yast and installed no problem
Using the opensuse repo caused major head aches
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:36:02 +0530, dale14846
<dale14846@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> I installed from the libre-office sight which went quite smoothly.
> Download the tar ball unpack to a folder of your choice. added that
> folder as a repository via yast and installed no problem
> Using the opensuse repo caused major head aches
i want to keep looking at libreOffice, but as i read in other messages,
it’s very much a ‘work in progress’ ATM, and openOffice works better
still. (don’t use much office anyway.) once openSUSE repos work, it’s
easier to keep up with it, even if it’s a little behind the latest tarball.
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phani.
I uninstalled the packages from the LibreOffice site, added the LibreOffice openSUSE 11.3 repo. Lots of manual interference was needed. I canceled. In a flash of sheer enlightenment I thought “why not give the ‘switch system packages’ option a go, I can always cancel”. And yep, a change from OO.o to LibreOffice was accepted without any complaint. Opened some large spreadsheets, made some changes, no difference from OO.o
Only point is that most of the language files are there, mine (dutch) is not 
Do file a bug report if you haven’t. However if the dependency is about “libreoffice-icon-theme” just choose to “break” the install by ignoring it. The software will still install and it will still have icons. Just make sure you select the “libreoffice” package, it will drag in everything else you need/expect for the suite to work.