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tassa74 Posted messages 5 Status Membre -  
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Hello my friends
I want to know how to change the language in OpenOffice since I have Ubuntu.
Thank you in advance for your help
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mamiemando Posted messages 33541 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 935
 
Install the French support: 
sudo aptitude install openoffice.org-l10n-fr

Then in the OpenOffice options (tools, options, language settings, languages), choose to switch to French.

Good luck.
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Marc
 
I have the same problem, I tried your method and it doesn't work: It can't find the famous package.
Downloading it is a real nightmare, you never find the link, just links to pages that open other pages... worse than porn sites!!!

I have nothing against Linux, but honestly, struggling like this just to get OOo in French is a disgrace.

I installed Ubuntu and I have this problem + no sound + can't get a recognized printer to work (Brother DCP-153C)

Windows may be crap, but at least you plug in any device and it works right away: you plug and it plays.

Linux is starting to piss me off. I should clarify that I am a network administrator.
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mamiemando Posted messages 33541 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 935 > Marc
 
Well, if it's pissing you off, I don't really see what good it does to complain here. You have two options: either you contribute to improving Linux by helping the developers (who are not necessarily paid for what they do, so please respect the time they have spent), or you go back to Windows.

I suggest you focus on mastering the apt package manager, as an administrator it might come in handy (and the day you find yourself on Debian or when you buy an Eee PC running Xandros, you'll know how to do it). I remind you that Ubuntu has excellent documentation, which you probably had the chance to consult:
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/apt

In particular, among the interesting tools:
- apt-cache: package search
- apt-file: search within package content
- aptitude (apt-get): package manager (installation, removal, update...)
- dpkg: lower-level package manager
- deborphan: detects broken packages

In your case, take a good look, it's actually very simple. First, let's do a little update 
sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

Then a small search (I add greps to avoid getting lost in the list): 
(mando@aldur) (~) $ apt-cache search openoffice | grep openoffice | grep fr docbook2odf - XSLT based conversions from docbook to Oasis Open Document (openoffice.org) openoffice.org-l10n-za - South African language packages for OpenOffice.org openoffice.org-help-fr - Help in French for OpenOffice.org openoffice.org-hyphenation-af - Afrikaans hyphenation files for OpenOffice.org openoffice.org-l10n-af - Afrikaans language package for OpenOffice.org openoffice.org-l10n-en-za - English language package (South Africa) for OpenOffice.org openoffice.org-l10n-fr - French language package for OpenOffice.org

Well, we found the package we're interested in, it's called openoffice.org-l10n-fr. To install it:
openoffice.org-l10n-fr: 
sudo aptitude install openoffice.org-l10n-fr

End of the story, it really wasn't complicated... Oh yes, but I remember that under Ubuntu there is a package manager (synaptic) that allows you to do the same thing in a clicky way, just like under Windows.

For the printer, open a new thread.

Good luck.
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