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Article #389Re: File association
From: Bill Marcum
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:39
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:39
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:18:42 -0400, Harley <harley.james@sympatico.ca> wrote: > I'm new to Linux. I recently insstalled Red Hat 7.2 and everything installed > fine. I then downloaded "open office," on a windows machine and berned it on > a CD to install on my Linux machine. It a .tar file and it comes up in > Nautilus but when I try to install it I gwet this error: > > "Nautilus has no installed viewer capable of displaying > /mnt/cdrom/NewFolder/OOo_1.0.1_LinuxIntel_install.tar." > > Any help would be a appreciated. > I haven't tried OpenOffice, but if you can download it as a .rpm file, that would be easier to install. To install this .tar file, you will need to use the command line. Create a directory, cd into it and type tar xvf /mnt/cdrom/NewFolder/OOo_1.0.1_LinuxIntel_install.tar (you can copy and paste the filename, or use wildcards); then look for a README.
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