On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 00:27, Brian Parish wrote: > On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 23:19, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > > I (and many others) have had the same probles you describe, which was > > due to a bad installation. > > > > One correct installation procedure was posted by James_H_Covington on > > the Mandrake Club (and also, but later, summarized by Mandrake in a > > Mandrake Club web page). > > > > I will quote part of James' message here, in case you do not have access > > to the Club: > > > > " The article I found most helpful was at > > http://supportforum.sun.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@.ee9dd94 > > with the following caveat: The author said to use "setup -net" but when > > I tried to do this I got a set of installation choices that only > > included "modify, repair, or uninstall," even if I had just uninstalled > > the package. I found that if I omitted the "-net" flag, the installation > > went without a hitch. > > The short version goes like this: > > 1. Uninstall SO6 > > 2. Look for two files named .sversionrc and .user60.rdb (note the > > leading dots!) and delete them if you find them (I found them in my home > > path) > > 3. In an xterm window, log in as root (su) > > 4. Locate the setup file (in my 8.2 installation, this was located in > > /usr/lib/office60_en) > > 5. type ./setup to start the setup script > > 6. select the local (>200MB) installation. Change the path for this > > installation to /usr/local/staroffice6.0 > > 7. complete the installation (btw, if you don't have a Java runtime > > environment installed, you can do so by clicking the INSTALL button on > > the JRE screen) > > 8. exit su mode > > 9. execute the setup script again as a local user, and this time select > > network installation. > > 10. I noted in my installation that I had to browse to find the JRE that > > had just been installed; other than that there were no more problems." > > > > Good luck! > > > > raffaele > > > This looks promising, but Raffaele, wouldn't this procedure duplicate > the SO6 files. i.e. You install the rpms to get them on disk, then you > run the full install which (presumably) copies them all again, then you > run the local install which creates a per user installation. The last > step requires very little storage, but the first two are 200MB or so > each I think? Is this really what is intended? > > Brian > They say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so taking a big leaf out of Jason's book....
Brian: I tend to post these responses and then think - maybe I should have tried it out first. List: We noticed that. Didn't like to state the obvious. Brian: Well, I tried it out and it seems to work! And while it does mean some duplication it seems to mainly create links rather than copy the whole thing again. List: Well of course! Those sun guys aren't stupid after all. Brian: I guess not, but they did make it real easy to install in a way that screws up and there seems to be no obvious documentation to guide you in the right direction... List: True, but this is linux. It's about choice remember! Brian: Right List: So now you are happily using StarOffice 6? Brian: Nope. Looked at it. Looked at OpenOffice 1.0 Couldn't find a reason to go away from the open alternative. But at least I now know that it does work. List: zzzzzzzzzzz
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