On Friday 21 June 2002 07:10, Len Lawrence wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, poogle wrote: > > On Thursday 20 June 2002 08:30 am, Len Lawrence wrote: > > > Has anybody tried to install OpenOffice 1.0 from the CD/DVD cover disks > > > > I can't explain why your setup fails but I've installed from both LXM CD > > & LXF DVD into Mandrake 8.2, here's how I did it if it helps. > > > > 1) su to root > > 2) cd /tmp > > 3) tar -xzvf > > /mnt/cdrom/Office/OpenOffice/OOo_1.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz/ 4) cd > > /tmp/install > > 5) ./install > > 6) NOW back out of ROOT and back to myself as USER > > 7) made sure I was still in /tmp/install and typed ./setup > > > > >From there the installer worked properly > > Thanks for your help. Tried all that, to no avail. Permissions OK - 644 > on all the zip files. I also tried logging in as root - no dice. Tried > ./install --interactive. Placed trace statements in the install script - > everything appears to go OK but setup runs for five seconds only - > installer reports "Installation complete". No OpenOffice.org1.0 directory > in /usr/local, or anywhere else. No point in going back to user. > > I guess I shall have to wait until an RPM is available.
You want an RPM of OO1.0? You have plenty of bandwidth? Then try Rangers version http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2139 It works great, and has better font support than the generic version. derek
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