Slackware 10.2.
KDE desktop

I need help, I downloaded OpenOffice from the Open Office website, the tar extraction went fine but when I run the RPM file "rpm -Uvih *rpm" I get error:

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error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by openoffice.org-core10-2.0.3-7
libgnomevfs-2.so.0 is needed by openoffice.org-gnome-integration-2.0.3-7
libgconf-2.so.4 is needed by openoffice.org-gnome-integration-2.0.3-7
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Any suggestions on how to fix this?

There's a Slackware package at http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=7951 which might be easier to install.

Or you can pass the --nodeps switch to rpm. In other words, use this instead:

rpm -Uvih --nodeps *rpm

That will do the trick. I really wish OOo would stop packaging things in RPMs.

I really wish people would stop suggesting the use of rpm on Slackware...

Bad, marnold, Bad!!!

You know, it's not overly bad to compile either.. Takes forever and a day on an old system but works good. The only problem I had when I built it was I had no help files... I like abiword better anyway so I uninstalled it. OOO is too bloated for my tastes/needs.

I found the install package from linuxpackages for OpenOffice 2.0.3, I d/l'ed it and ran "tar xvzf <the file name>", it unpacked a lot of stuff, is there something else that I am supposed to do?


-Jim

The package you get from linuxpackages.net (or any package for that matter) should be installed with installpkg.You can man installpkg for extra options if you wish. Run as root of course. That should get you going.

Ironically, OpenOffice is the only package that I won't compile and install myself. I'm sure I'll come across another at some point but OpenOffice is one of those ridiculously time-consuming installs that I just don't wish to deal with.

I used rpm2tgz on all the rpms, then installed as usual. Worked quick and perfectly.

Thanks Zetabill, that worked great, had no idea it was that easy!!

I know.. It took about 40 hours on my G3 Pismo... My source directory was at 2, 3 or possibly 4 Gb when finished...

I know (I think) that you're joking, but I didn't suggest using it. I was just telling him how he could get the RPMs to install. One of the chief reasons I'm using Slackware is so that I don't have to deal with RPMs. I like OOo and use it almost every day, but the RPM packaging thing has to be the Worst Decision Ever.

Having said that, if there was no unofficial Slackware package for it, I would use the RPMs. I simply don't have the time or the patience to compile that whole beast.