installing ooo 3.0.0 from debian tar.gz package

[NoOp]

On 12/14/2008 03:36 AM, dwain wrote:
> i have been learning how to do things like copy and rename directories and
> files.  now i would like to install ooo 3 from a debian package.  i have it
> unpacked from the tar.gz, but there are other archives that need to be
> installed inside the extracted tar.gz package.
> 
> the package is in my home folder.  i have been hacking, but getting no where
> fast.  hacking works when you know what you are doing, which i don't.
> 
> would someone be so kind as to show me how to install this package from the
> command line?
> 
> cheers,
> dwain
> 
> 

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04
[applies to 8.10 as well]

Looks like you are at this stage:
... and go to the directory that contains all the .deb packages...

When the install is finished, you need to jump ahead to this stage:
2 Creating A Launcher

Note: there are _two_ pages of instructions.