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Use the default packages OpenOffice.org
There might be some problems using the distributions packages, so I recommend installing the original openoffice.org from their website.
Ubuntu/Debian
I like to use the official packages of openoffice due to a mixed computer environment. This is the only way to assure same funcitonality and certification. But I run into trouble doing this.
Download
Download the packages from openoffice.org and extract them into a directory. The package names may vary to depending to your version and download:
tar xzvf OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_de_deb.tar.gz cd OOG680_m5_native_packed-1_de.9221
Naturally, if I like to install the packages provided by openoffice.org in ubuntu/debian via dpkg, i get an error:
# dpkg -i openoffice.org-* dpkg - warning: downgrading openoffice.org-base from 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu2 to 2.3.0-5. dpkg: regarding openoffice.org-base_2.3.0-5_i386.deb containing openoffice.org-base: openoffice.org-base conflicts with openoffice.org-bundled
Remove distribution packages
That's why I have to uninstall the ubuntu openoffice org packages:
# apt-get remove openoffice.org-common The following packages will be REMOVED: openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-help-de openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-l10n-de openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-report-builder openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-thesaurus-de openoffice.org-writer python-uno 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 20 to remove and 2 not upgraded. After unpacking 275MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y [...]
I am than able to install the packages:
# dpkg -i openoffice.org-* Selecting previously deselected package openoffice.org-base. (Reading database ... 316754 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking openoffice.org-base (from openoffice.org-base_2.3.0-5_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package openoffice.org-calc. Unpacking openoffice.org-calc (from openoffice.org-calc_2.3.0-5_i386.deb) ... [...]
Configure apt for unattended upgrades
If I then upgrade my machine, ubuntu tries to uninstall my openoffice packages and upgrades them to the distribution ones.
So I have to manually edit the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades. Add the part Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist followed by a list of packages - one per line. This list is surrounded by {...}-brackets. Don't forget the quotation marks around the package name and the semicolon (;) at the end of each line.
Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
// "package_with_is_commented_out";
"package_name-will_be_not_upgraded";
};
Let's do it:
vim /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
// allowed (origin, archive) pairs
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
"Ubuntu gutsy-security";
// "Ubuntu gutsy-updates";
};
// never update the packages in this list
Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
// "vim";
"openoffice.org-bundled";
"openoffice.org";
"openoffice.org-base";
"openoffice.org-common";
"openoffice.org-hyphenation";
};
Test it
When I then try to update, the system won't bother any more:
# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-headless openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-writer
TIP
You can use this to hinder ubuntu/debian from automatic kernel updates ;)
Troubleshooting
Distribution upgrates
If you are going to make a distribution upgrade, it might happen, that ubuntu uninstalls the packages. You have to install them again.
Automation of OpenOffice and Java
Some Links
(some in german language)
Basic
- OpenOffice.org Scripting Framework
- Writing Scripts in BeanShell, JavaScript and Java
- Developing Scripts in NetBeans
- How to create a Java component with Eclipse
- OpenOffice.org application programming interface
- This is the Uno Project
- Was sind Beans? (german)
Practical
- Writing Scripts in BeanShell, JavaScript and Java, PDF(1)
- How to create a Java component with Eclipse, PDF(1)
- GERMAN - Open-Office-Dokumente mit Java verarbeiten, PDF(1)
- GERMAN - Openoffice.org mit Java automatisieren, PDF(1)
(1) Password saved - for private use only. Do not download without permission, crack, copy or (re)distribute.
Develop with Netbeans
Best for developing java applications for openoffice is with sun's netbeans. The openoffice plugin - accessible via the update function of netbeans - is the fastest way to get ready.
Increasing the fontsize
Add the following to the /netbeans_install_dir/etc/netbeans.conf
netbeans_default_options=" [...] fontsize 14"
ODBC, Postgres and Openoffice
According to PostgreSQL-Datenbanken in OpenOffice.org 2.0 unter Linux.
Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10)
Openoffice <-> ODBC
For connection between openoffice and odebc:
apt-cache search odbc | grep unix unixodbc - ODBC tools libraries unixodbc-bin - Graphical tools for ODBC management and browsing apt-get install unixodbc unixodbc-bin
With the command ODBCConfig you can manage the configuration files (part of the package unixodbc-bin). Start it as superuser with gksu or use it to manage your local database configuration files - stored in your home directory.
But for nowe, we will - later - edit the configuration files by ourself.
ODBC <-> Postgresql
For connection between the odbc layer and the database:
apt-cache search odbc odbc-postgresql - ODBC driver for PostgreSQL apt-get install odbc-postgresql
Configuration files
Ubuntu installs its odbc libraries in /usr/lib/odbc. There are two versions of the postgres odbc driver: an ascii version (psqlodbca.so) and a unicode version (psqlodbcw.so). We are using the latter.
vim /etc/odbcinst.ini
[PostgreSQL] Description = PostgreSQL ODBC Driver Driver = /usr/lib/odbc/psqlodbcw.so Setup = /usr/lib/odbc/libodbcpsqlS.so
For system wide database location you have to edit the /etc/odbc.ini file.
There is a section Driver. You have to insert exactly the same name as defined in the odbcinst.ini between the braces, e.g. use PostgreSQL, if your odbcinst.ini is defined as [PostgreSQL]:
vim /etc/odbc.ini
[pgTestDBSource] Description = PostgreSQL Test Database Driver = PostgreSQL Servername = localhost Database = pgtest Port = 5432 ReadOnly = No
Establish connection
If you like to connect to an database via openoffice you should use a string like:
odbc://servername/databasename
Don't forget to allow connections in /etc/postgresql/8.2/main/pg_hba.conf (see above) to your database server!
The rest is really self explanatory within the openoffice database assistant ;)