OpenOffice gone from repositories after update

[Stevo954]

I just did a new install, and everything went fine. Whet I updated she system as recommended in the required reading, OOo vanished from the list. Does anybody know how to fix this or how to install OOo from their own website?

[Lord UnR34l]

Go to Synaptic, and install back openoffice. If it shows that it is installed, just reinstall it then.

[Stevo954]

It's not in Synaptic. And it was never installed on this machine.

[RossK]

I've noticed this, too: OpenOffice seems to be absent from the repository since I updated my system this morning.

A Google took me to the following thread on the PCLOS forum; I wonder whether it's of relevance:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=56125.0

[KDulcimer]

Normally I wouldn't recommend this, but you can go to the OpenOffice website or go-oo.org and download their package, which is a bunch of RPMs in a tarball. Download the tarball to inside a new folder. Then right-click on it in the file manager and choose "extract here". Press F4 to open a terminal and run this:

Code:

su
#[give root password]
rpm -Uvh *.rpm

Next, we'll fool RPM/Apt/Synaptic into thinking that OpenOffice isn't installed. I think this command should do that:

Code:

rpm -e --justdb `ls *.rpm`

[ka9yhd]

After reading that thread over at PClinuxOS forums................ Now I understand why OO is not in the repos.

I wanted to use this older laptop at the court house for searching their records and typing my search results into a spreadsheet, and since they will not let me bring my newer laptop in because it has a web cam on it.

I can wait for OO to appear in the repos again.

KDulcimer  any updates on the progress of Unity Linux?