On Tuesday 05 June 2001 23:37, Romanator wrote:
> I'm looking for the rpm version of Star Office 5.1
>
> Roman
>
> Ric Tibbetts wrote:
> > tester8080 wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 05 June 2001 19:50, Ric Tibbetts wrote:
> > >>Same problem here. StarOffice "used" to install itself into the KDE
> > >>panel. In fact the installation still claimes it does that, but it
> > >>doesn't actually work. I suspect that the problem is with KDE 2.x. Too
> > >>many changes.
> > >>
> > >>Ric
> > >>
> > >>Simon Zarate wrote:
> > >>>You can run StarOffice in konsole, go to directory and run ./soffice.
> > >>>You can make a shortcut to this link. Remember,is possible that
> > >>>staroffice take 1 or two minutes to start, depending on your machine
> > >>> and the speed of your hard disk.
> > >>>
> > >>>Simon
> > >>>
> > >>>>From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>>>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>>>CC: Barry Premeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>>>Subject: Re: [newbie] Why doesn't StarOffice 5.2 appear on KPanel?
> > >>>>Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 18:09:23 -0400
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Barry Premeaux wrote:
> > >>>>>Romanator wrote:
> > >>>>>>Hi everybody,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Has any one been successful in having StarOffice 5.2 appear on
> > >>>>>>KPanel after installation in LM8?
> > >>>>>>I can't get it to work.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Roman
> > >>>>>>Registered Linux User #179293
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>I had to go into the Menu Editor and manually
> > >>>>>add it.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>The executable for me was:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>/home/barry/office52/soffice
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Now if Sun would only come up with a KDE
> > >>>>>compatible icon, it would
> > >>>>>round it out nicely.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Barry :-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Hi Barry,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>The weird thing is that StarOffice 5.x used to install really well
> > >>>> with LM7.2.
> > >>>>Argh...
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Thanks for responding.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Roman
> > >>>
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> > >
> > > Well, try this
> > > KMenu->Configure Panel->Add->Button->Menu->Office->StarOffice
> > >
> > > Then you will have a panel button.
> >
> > Yes, but you shouldn't have to. That's the point. StarOffice "claims"
> > that it installed the icon to the panel during install, and it doesn't
> > work. The question from the original poster was more wondering if it was
> > just him/her, or if everyone was having the same problem.
> >
> > I think the answer is obvious:
> > Yes, everyone is having that problem.
> >
> > Ric
Yes you should have to unless you have the mandrake package. There have been
many changes in KDE and system and none in SO. So you need an RPM
specifically prepared for this particular version for a painless install. If
you had to add it to the menu--that is likely because you downloaded a bin
package directly from SUN and that hasn't been appearing on menus since 7.0.
Civileme
