Newbie needs to install KOffice, etc...please help.

Jamaa · 10-30-2005, 08:53 PM

I just installed SUSE Linux 10 running with KDE desktop. Okay, now I want to use KOffice instead of OpenOffice which came bundled with Linux. I'd also like to install GIMP and Kopete. Unfortunately I can't get online with my Linux system yet (wireless card not supported) but I've managed to downloaded the tar.bz2 files for each program to a CD, and now I can't figure out what commands to input into the terminal window so I can install them from my CD. I don't even know how to find the files on my CD. The KOffice website has this bunzip2 thing, but I don't understand it. Please help me if you can. I know the code for each program is probably different, but whatever help you can offer would be appreciated! Thanks.

microsoft/linux · 10-30-2005, 09:59 PM

the tar.bz2 extension means it's source code, whice means you have to compile it. Since you said you were new I wouldn't recommend that. Do you have the 3 CD set for SuSe? If so, look on there. I don't use SuSe, so I don't know how to help you more specifically. I think there might be an installation tool in YaST

Jamaa · 10-30-2005, 10:48 PM

I used the autoinstallation tool in YaST (YaST - Miscellaneous - Autoinstallation - Software - Package Selection) and found KOffice files on my system. I also found GIMP, but apparently you need Gnome files to install them. I checked the KOffice files found, then saved the new configuration but when I restarted they still weren't installed. Am I doing this wrong???

reddazz · 10-30-2005, 11:36 PM

You don't need to have all of gnome installed to run gimp, just a few gnome libs.

microsoft/linux · 10-30-2005, 11:51 PM

Let YaST install anything it says the programs you want(Koffice, GIMP, etc) depend on. Did you actually install KOffice, or did you just select it for installation?

Jamaa · 10-31-2005, 04:29 AM

I must have just selected it, but I meant to install it. That was the only tool in YaST that said anything about installation. There's also a software management tool, but I'm not sure it's what I need. I checked the 5 SuSE CD set but couldn't find either KOffice or Gimp.

reddazz · 10-31-2005, 06:57 AM

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Originally posted by Jamaa
I must have just selected it, but I meant to install it. That was the only tool in YaST that said anything about installation. There's also a software management tool, but I'm not sure it's what I need. I checked the 5 SuSE CD set but couldn't find either KOffice or Gimp.

You can add more repos and you should be able to get the packages missing from the 5 CD set. The instructions are on the opensuse website and numerous threads in the Suse forum.