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Is is possible to install libreoffice (base) on DSL?
Thanks!

Just found that openoffice is provided as a myDSL Application Extension (http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/mydsl/apps/) but totally outdated: version 1.1.4 from 03/11/2005 and 1.1 from 12/03/2004

How can I install openoffice or libreoffice myself?

Unfortunately the system requirements page (https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/#Linux) specifies that it requires Linux kernel 2.6.18 or higher. DSL uses the 2.4.31 kernel, and I believe DSL-N uses 2.6.11. This means that you probably won't be able to get the latest LibreOffice to compile on any version of DSL (unless you upgrade the kernel, which is a major project).

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 requires kernel 2.6 (http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html), so won't work with DSL but should with DSL-N. Version 3.3 is the last that will work with the 2.4.31 kernel in DSL (you will need to use 3.2 though if you don't want to compile glibc yourself, as 3.3 isn't compatible with the glibc libraries in the MyDSL respository (eg. compile.uci)).

I'll leave you to find out which, if any, past versions of LibreOffice are compatible with DSL. I vaguely remember checking myself using the release notes and finding that none supported the 2.4 kernel, but I may be mistaken.

Thank you for the detailed and fast answer!

Good morning. I have a new computer in my office ubuntu 11, but I cant find Libreoffice Base... Is there a way to reinstall LibO... or do something??

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