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Author Topic: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice  (Read 3241 times)

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[VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« on: November 08, 2011, 02:03:30 am »
I have installed VL 7.0-64 on my desktop and am looking for Thunderbird and OpenOffice for this machine:

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It was suggested in another thread that I post the requests here.  Thanks in advance.  Let me know what I can do to help.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2011, 02:18:02 pm »
While I was able to get Thunderbird from the Slackware repository, it would be nice to have that in our Vector repository.

Likewise, OpenOffice, though I was able to download and install it from openoffice.org directly.

Some users would prefer an easier button for this.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 02:33:33 pm »
I have thunderbird built for vl64 and am working my way through the other networking aps.
Should have time to upload some tonight.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 10:08:54 pm »
thunderbird 7.0.1 uploaded to repositories.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2011, 12:51:32 pm »
Thanks, mate!
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2011, 10:51:01 pm »
Would LibreOffice suffice or is OpenOffice necessary?
Sounds like LibreOffice is getting more development these days, Google and Red Hat are onboard with paid programmers. Oracle has dropped commercial support for OpenOffice.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2011, 11:23:12 pm »
Uploading libreoffice 3.4.4 as we speak. Give me 15 min or so to have it up and ready.

Really it is just a modification of this build from SlackBuilds.org
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.1/office/libreoffice/ which is not actually a build from source, but it works.

So if anyone has a build from source they are working on please continue and when done it can be used to replace this one.

In the mean time every thing here seams to work perfectly, but please let me know how it goes with your own testing.

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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2011, 11:03:10 am »
I will get this and test it post haste.
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2011, 12:53:00 pm »
So far, so good.  All applications are working as intended.  Thanks for getting this in the repository.  Good job!
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2011, 01:53:26 pm »
Quote from: ronnyquest on November 14, 2011, 12:53:00 pm
So far, so good.  All applications are working as intended.  Thanks for getting this in the repository.  Good job!

NP, enjoy. Once again, thanks for testing.
Ken
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Re: [VL 7.0-64] Thunderbird and OpenOffice
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2012, 08:27:31 pm »
Quote from: stretchedthin on November 14, 2011, 01:53:26 pm
NP, enjoy. Once again, thanks for testing.
Ken

LiberOffice is a great set of tools, but there is a slight compatibility issue.  I have been forced to reformat files I created using openoffice.  While this would be fairly minor, I am a writer and game designer, so I have LOTS of specially-formatted text documents and spreadsheets.  Would it be possible to have another go at an openoffice package?  I have been unable to get the Slackware package to complete an install.  Thanks.
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Compaq Presario 900Z (AMD Athlon MP, 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 30 GB HDD) - VL 6.0 Standard
Gateway Laptop (Celeron M 1.60 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD) - VL 6.0
2 x Homebrew PCs (AMD Phenom II X4 965, 4096MB RAM, 500 GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon HD 5700, ASUS M4A79XTD EVO) - VL 7.0-64