OO.o or Go-oo?

I might be a bit slow on the uptake, but I've just discovered that there's a "new" fork of OO.o out in the wild, Go-oo.

Before downloading and installing the latest OO.o (3.0.1), I'd like to hear if anybody here have any experiences with the new OO player?

Is it worth it, or should I just stick with OO.o?


/Thomas

I've used OxygenOffice Professional, which is the only Go-OO package that can be installed easily under Slackware.

At the time, it could open DocX files while OpenOffice.org could not. There were no other differences that mattered to me though.

I believe Go-oo need mono?? I recall reading that somewhere, could be wrong.

Originally Posted by TL_CLD I might be a bit slow on the uptake, but I've just discovered that there's a "new" fork of OO.o out in the wild, Go-oo.

Not really that new...

Before downloading and installing the latest OO.o (3.0.1), I'd like to hear if anybody here have any experiences with the new OO player?

Well, if you mean by "new OO player", Go-oo, anyone who uses SuSE for example (that'll be me then). Seems to work. Can't really compare the two as I haven't done any benchmarking, but SuSE's OO looks better than kubuntu's OO, but then that's often the case with kde comparisons under SuSE and Kubuntu (so I don't know whether that's strictly due to the Go-OO part of the comparison).

I use GO-OO, and it's significantly faster than regular openoffice, you can also open the evil OpenXML format, and it has 3D rendering speedups. It also crashes somewhat less.

I have it installed on slamd64, not really Slackware, but I also have a slackware machine with it, and it works fine on there. I installed it locally, so I wouldn't know how to integrate it properly.

H_TexMex_H, you please post a HowTo for downloading and installing Go-OOO? The exact steps (even which files to download) are not obvious.

I tried installing go-oo, but it requires pam

Originally Posted by tramni1980 I tried installing go-oo, but it requires pam

Did you try installing it from source or downloading a precompiled version? I'm trying to build from source.

I just downloaded ooo-build-3.0.0.3.6.tar.gz and could get it to configure by adding "--disable-pam".

I did not try the next step as I'm still exploring other configure options.

If someone can recommend some options for slackware, I'd love to see them here!

Originally Posted by dugan H_TexMex_H, you please post a HowTo for downloading and installing Go-OOO? The exact steps (even which files to download) are not obvious.

Alright, here we go, also it does NOT require PAM.

1) Make a new directory where you want to download the packages.

2) Go into there and make a new file called 'packages.txt', and paste this into there:

ooobasis3.0-base-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-binfilter-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-calc-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core01-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core02-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core03-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core04-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core05-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core06-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-core07-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-draw-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-base-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-binfilter-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-calc-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-draw-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-help-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-impress-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-math-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-res-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-en-US-writer-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-gnome-integration-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-graphicfilter-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-images-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-impress-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-javafilter-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-kde-integration-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-math-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-ooofonts-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-ooolinguistic-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-pyuno-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-testtool-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-writer-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
ooobasis3.0-xsltfilter-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org-ure-1.4.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-base-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-calc-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-draw-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-en-US-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-impress-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-math-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm
openoffice.org3-writer-3.0.0-9358.i586.rpm

3) Open a terminal here and run:

wget -i packages.txt -B http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/linux-i586/3.0/

4) When that finishes run:

for i in *.rpm
do
	rpm2cpio $i | cpio -id --quiet
done

5)
Global install:

This will result in an 'opt' directory. You can now make a new directory, move 'opt' into there, then run 'makepkg go-oo-2.0.tgz' (or similar) inside that new directory to make an installable package. 'installpkg' the package.

Or you may be able to put the rpms in a tgz and use a Slackbuild as they have the same titles as openoffice ones. These rpms would have to be in an RPMS subdirectory.

Local install:

Copy the 'opt' directory somewhere stable and symlink 'soffice' into your PATH.

Thanks for the howto, I'm going to have a bash at modifying the OO.org Slackbuild for this. Just a quick question first - won't a non-KDE user also need the freedesktop package?

./openoffice.org3.0-freedesktop-menus-3.0-9358.noarch.rpm

Originally Posted by Eternal_Newbie Thanks for the howto, I'm going to have a bash at modifying the OO.org Slackbuild for this. Just a quick question first - won't a non-KDE user also need the freedesktop package? ./openoffice.org3.0-freedesktop-menus-3.0-9358.noarch.rpm

I'm not sure, but either way, you can choose as many of those packages as you need, that's just the packages that come standard with openoffice.

Also, note that you will need an extension in order to spellcheck english text. Use the extension manager to install it.

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H .... 3) Open a terminal here and run: wget -i packages.txt -B http://go-oo.mirrorbrain.org/stable/linux-i586/3.0/ 4) When that finishes run: for i in *.rpm do rpm2cpio $i | cpio -id --quiet done 5) Global install: This will result in an 'opt' directory. You can now make a new directory, move 'opt' into there, then run 'makepkg go-oo-2.0.tgz' (or similar) inside that new directory to make an installable package. 'installpkg' the package. Or you may be able to put the rpms in a tgz and use a Slackbuild as they have the same titles as openoffice ones. These rpms would have to be in an RPMS subdirectory. Local install: Copy the 'opt' directory somewhere stable and symlink 'soffice' into your PATH.

Good Morning,
Thought I would give it a go with the latest version, 3.1.1, so I made the appropriate changes to the text file and ran "wget ...." and that ran well, no problems
.
Ditto the second step and the "opt" directory was created.

I then made a directory, in this case, go-ootwo and moved the new opt directory to it. However, when I ran 'makepkg go-oo-3.1.1.tgz' it returned the error message, "ERROR: Can't make output package in current directory."

So where do I go next? I'll try and make another folder and direct the make package to it and see what happens.
Thanks.

try:

makepkg /tmp/go-oo-3.1.1.tgz

Originally Posted by speccy try:

Thanks. That did it. I tried variations on that theme, but didn't hit the correct combination. Again, Thanks.

BTW, Go-OO is faster and "smoother" than the "original" OpenOffice.
I did have to manually add it to the KDE menu.
"They" claim it is suppose to bit more "multi-media friendly," so I was hoping it would do a better job of playing the sound files in pps/ppt slideshows, but that was not the case, unfortunately.

FYI:
Just for chuckles I removed the go-oo package, downloaded the freedesktop menus file mentioned by Eternal Newbie, added it to the list, and rebuilt and installed the new package. This time the menus were automatically created.

Thanks H_TexMex_H, External Newbie, Speccy, and everyone in this thread!