How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Feb 17 2010

I have blogged the installation of OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 a few months ago.

OpenOffice 3.2 is not available on launchpad at the moment. Download it from the OpenOffice Website or use this direct links instead.

* German 32-Bit

* German 64-Bit

* English 32-Bit

* English 64-Bit

Extract the file after download and install the paket: (Uninstall old version of OpenOffice if you have already installed version 3.0 or 3.2 !!)

tar vfx OOo_3.2.0_LinuxX86-64_install_de_deb.tar.gz
sudo dpkg -i OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_de.9483/DEBS/*.deb
sudo dpkg -i OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_de.9483/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb

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Version 1.4.0 of Tiny Tiny RSS

Jan 26 2010

New version of Tiny Tiny RSS (1.4.0) is available. Look my previous article about it.

Upgrade is very esay,  read the instructions here.

Release Notes:

  • Bugfixes
  • Catalan translation
  • JSON-based API; XML-RPC API server is deprecated and moved to utils/
  • Classic mobile moved to mobile/classic
  • New mobile version based on iUI
  • Special feed for archived articles
  • Support for settings profiles
  • Support for changing feed icons manually
  • Improved OPML import dialog
  • Some speed improvements
  • Improved support for themes

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Samba Error on Ubuntu Karmic

Jan 25 2010

There is an error in the current version of Samba on Ubuntu Karmic you find in the samba log file (/var/log/samba/log.smbd) this message:

[2009/12/07 12:26:26,  0] smbd/server.c:456(smbd_open_one_socket)
  smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use

The best solution is a downgrade to version 3.3.2:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i --force-all samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb

Update:
Problem solved (Version 3.4.0)

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Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

Jan 13 2010

Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu with paketmanger.

Add the repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa

Add repository key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE

Installation:

sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.1 thunderbird-3.1-gnome-support

Older Ubuntu versions:

Edit “/etc/apt/sources.list” and add the following lines:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Add the GPG key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.1 thunderbird-3.1-gnome-support

Note: Replace “jaunty” with your Ubuntu version.

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