On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:24 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote: > Hi openoffice guys, > > Myself and the other 100 or so linux users at our institute who don't > have root on our linux boxes cannot install OO betas. Sysadmins here > will not permit widespread installation of beta software so this isn't a > solution either. Bring back the tarball installation method please! > Shoehorning OO distribution into a RPM-only distribution format for > Linux is a poor/shortsighted idea IMO. > > Otherwise thanks for a fantastic product. Hopefully I (and others here) > will be able to continue to test/improve it... > > Regards, > Matt Harrison >
There are some scripts available that will install the RPMS into user space. These might be useful to you. If you cannot find them on openoffice.org projects I keep a copy at http://www.pathtech.org/ in the HOW-TO section of the OpenOffice/StarOffice resources. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
