A Question about Database Software on Vector - ANSWERED

[conductor56]

Thanks to responders!

I am working with a group currently using aging hardware and MS Office versions.  Vector looks like it will work on the hardware and it comes with Abiword and Gnumeric.  I assume these would be reasonable substitutes for MS Word and Excel but please correct me if I am wrong.  

MS Access is more heavily used so I am asking for recommendations / suggestions for an alternative that works well on Vector.  Open Office would be my first guess but is it available for Vector?  If so, I hope the installation is straightforward because my skills in that respect are minimal.

Looking forward to your thoughts on this.  Thanks in advance.

[nicdm]

Hi conductor56,

Libreoffice is available in the repo.
U can install it using the package manager Gslapt.

cheers,

nicdm

[MarkGrieveson]

I don't think Gnome-Office (which has abiword and gnumeric) includes a database program like Access or Paradox or Approach.  However, both OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice do.  The equivalents in these programs are:
Writer = Word
Calc = Excel
Base = Access
Impress = Powerpoint

As nicdm mentioned, LibreOffice is packaged in Gslapt, so it is very easy to install. 

For the latest or for localized builds (IE, in a different language) of either LibreOffice or OpenOffice.org, see this post (it's easier to just use Gslapt, though).