david, thx again for your suggestion. :) i installed staroffice (under root) with the /net switch. when i logged out of root and logged back in under a normal user and tried running s.o. from the home directory, the same message (as before) was displayed. however, this time when i proceeded, it asked me if i wanted to do a "workstation install" (1mb) or "local install" (256mb). am i correct in assuming that the "workstation install" is what i should select when each user wants to run his/her own s.o.?
thx. At 21:27 01/11/10 -0600, you wrote: >On Sat, 2001-11-10 at 20:56, tek1 wrote: > > i installed staroffice6beta in /usr/bin/staroffice6beta/ when logged in > as root. > > > > when i log in using my (non-root) normal user account to try to run > > staroffice, i get the following message: > > > > "the program cannot be started. the configuration file '.sversionrc' does > > not support the current version. start setup application to check > > installation?" <Yes/No> > > > > also, when i install staroffice, is it suppose to automatically create a > > "program group" called "staroffice" on the kmenu (for kde desktops)? if > > not, how should i do this? > >Did you install Star Office with the /net switch? That is, did you run >the installer from the command line, like this: > # so-6_0-beta-bin-linux-en.bin /net > >Using the /net switch will setup Star Office in "network" mode, so that >each user may then have their own personal configuration of Star Office. >You may then run Star Office from the link in the staroffice6.0/ >directory, which resides in your home directory. > >Star Office tries to create menu items in your KDE menu, however because >Mandrake uses a special menu system, Star Office menu items will not >appear -- you need to create them yourself, with Mandrake's menu editor. >I should mention that in Gnome, a Star Office sub-menu with several >items did appear, under the "Favorites" menu (which is part of Gnome, >and not related to the special Mandrake menu system). > >Dave >-- >I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the >guts >to bite people themselves. > -- August Strindberg
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