[kde-linux] Getting KDE apps to open files with most recent OOorg version

Jim Philips philips_jim at bellsouth.net
Mon Jan 5 22:50:33 UTC 2009


Jim Philips wrote:
> john d. herron wrote:
>   
>> Hi, all.
>> On my kubuntu box there are two versions of the OpenOffice.org office
>> suite: 2.2 and 3.0.
>> I'd like to have KDE apps see OOo 3.0 as the default one; but
>> currently if I have, say, Krusader open a document for me, it will
>> always open it in OOo 2.2. How can I tell KDE (or should I tell
>> kubuntu instead?) to automatically target OOorg 3.0?
>> Thanks for helping.
>> jdh
>> ___________________________________
>> kubuntu 7.04 - intel P4 - 512 MB
>>
>>     
>
> Well, OOO is not yet supported in Kubuntu, not even in 8.10. So, how did
> you install it? Anyway, if you open Konqueror and go to Settings-->File
> Associations, you will have some options for controlling which
> applications are called by KDE when you go to open a file.
> ___________________________________________________
>   

Doh! I meant to specify OOO 3.0. Version 2.4 is currently supported in
Kubuntu 8.10.



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