[PROBLEM RECURRED] getopenoffice 1.4 can't find internet

[peter_pclos]

Thanks for you reply.  I can't follow  your exact instructions, since the vital first response window, where you opt to remove old versions of OpenOffice doesn't appear!  However, I see that the version of getopenoffice on my PC is 1.4-1pclos2010.

My OS has been regularly upgraded from 2007 through 2009, including the shift to kernel 2.6.27.31.tex5, and the repository I am currently using is

URI: http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/metalab/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/apt/
Distribution: pclinuxos/2007
Sections: main extra nonfree kde4

This is the one I switched to when shifting from kde3.5 to kde4, but it is now no longer giving  upgrades on 'Reload', so I assume I need to use another repository which has getopenoffice 1.6-1.  Any suggestions as to which repo would be suitable?

[pinoc]

Hi Peter,

you will need getopenoffice 1.6 to install OO. Since no updates can be placed in the old 2007 repo this version has been put in the new repo which you should not use on your current installation. If you do not feel comfortable with the instructions provided here then it is probably best to wait some days for the public 2010 beta where it works fine.
regards,
-p.

[peter_pclos]

Thanks for that advice, pinoc.  I'll keep my eyes open for the new 2010 beta version.

[peter_pclos]

BTW, pinoc, I followed the link in your last post to see if, pending 2010, an install of the new getopenoffice 1.6 would do the trick on my OS, and I got a 'not found 404' when I ran the first of the pasted lines in Konqueror.  Is this me, or has that repository changed since you posted the info?  If so, how should the command be edited?

Peter

[pinoc]

yes, many things are changing right now...  Please check this post for an updated procedure.
good luck,
-p.

[peter_pclos]

Pinoc,

I've now had another chance to look at this one after sorting out a major kde4 collapse.

Looking at the 'Requirements' comment at the top of the bash script of getopenoffice, I checked my system and found that I didn't have tee installed.  I presume that in the PCLinuxOS environment this means perl-IO-tee, which I installed, but found that I still got the same result (i.e. no data entry windows and an eventual crash out at line 560 of the script).  Also, awk in my installation is present as Gawk, but again I assume that this is OK.

Next I began to look at the roles played by the required packages in the script, the first one being zenity.  Since this is concerned with the creation of data entry windows, I read the man page and experimented as follows:

[peterh@localhost ~]$ zenity --info
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
[peterh@localhost ~]$

There was also an alert box which informed me that all updates were complete.

I presume therefore that since this is the recurrent error which occurs when I try to run getopenoffice from Konsole, the problem is probably triggered by my installation of zenity, since the bug is preventing the various windows from working, and so getopenoffice can't get the info it needs to run correctly.  I have tried a simple reinstall of zenity using synaptic, but it still performs in exactly the same way.  I am deterred from removing zenity (let alone doing a complete removal) because of the other packages which synaptic tells me would be removed, i.e. clamtk, getopenoffice, synaptic and synaptic-repair, although I presume I could restore synaptic with an 'apt-get synaptic' command line and work on from there - but I have a nasty feeling that even the complete removal of zenity, followed by a re-installation of all these removed items, would probably not bring about the desired outcome.

Any suggestions for mending my current pre-2010 PCLinuxOS environment, or is the only solution to go to the 2010 beta?

Peter 

[pinoc]

Hi peter_pclos,

no worries, tee is a base package and the Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0" is harmless as well.
If as mentioned in the title, no Internet is found by getopenoffice then you either might use a proxie-server (read Important Notes point 7 here) or some other problem independent of getopenoffice. Did you try to follow the link in my previous post and upgrade to/use the latest version valid for the pre-2010: getopenoffice1.6-2?

Alternatively, and if your Internet connection works, install OO this way: in your user-account open a konsole and enter:

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su -c 'echo "rpm http://ftp.nl.freebsd.org/pub/os/Linux/distr/texstar/openoffice/apt/ pclinuxos/2009 openoffice" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update && synaptic' Then search for "task-openoffice3" and install what you need.

Or play with the 2010beta, or wait for the final 2010 
good luck,
-p.

[peter_pclos]

Pinoc,

In answer to your specific question, I did follow your earlier instruction, and got no better result with getopenoffice.

However, I have followed your latest command line suggestion, and now have OpenOffice installed - apart from a brief hiatus after I found I had installed the Ukranian (uk) and not the British English version!  Anyway, I can now relax and wait for the final version of PCLinuxOS 2010, while continuing to use OpenOffice.

Looking at the space taken up by OpenOffice packages in my Synaptic list, I can quite see why Texstar decided to deal with it 'off-line' !

Many thanks for your assistance.

Peter