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.
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