It has been awhile...but, if you installed StarOffice as root and without the /net switch, only root will be able to use it. In /usr/local there should be a StarOffice directory. Within this directory, there should be a program directory. In program, there should be a binary called "soffice". You can create a symlink to it in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin as you wish.
I would suggest, if you did NOT install SO with the /net switch, that you delete the staroffice directory and reinstall with with the /net switch so that regular users can use it. Staroffice no longer works with the KDE menu system, by the way. It used to install its icons in a subdirectory in your kmenu but no longer. You will have to manually create your kmenu entries. I just downloaded StarOffice 6.0 beta myself. DAMN! It's frickin' HUGE! 118MB. That's right, 118 MEGABYTES in size. It's size has nearly doubled since the last time I downloaded it. I was going to install it on my laptop but I don't have the hd space to permit something that big to take up residence. On Tuesday 02 October 2001 08:51 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > > I usually use Star Office and have version 5.2 on my Linux-Mandrake 8 PC > > I recently read that StarOffice Base is available and that it can handle > > MS Access database files. I have downloaded a .bin file, changed the > permissions > > and then run it as root. I cannot figure out what I am supposed to do next. > > It seemed to be installing and yet I cannot see what I can launch so I can > > proceed to use it. > > Can anyone help please? > > Norman
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