Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-22 Thread doug bash
--- Olivia Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't want their standard installation either. > I want software > to reside where I put it and there to stand alone -- > untangled into > the system. I don't/won't load, for example, > Netscape or Firefox or > RealPlayer or Opera (trash anyw

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Sat October 22 2005 16:44, + Olivia Jensen wrote: > I don't want my systems to look like yours. And it's fair to say that the vast majority of people who know what they are doing would not like a system link yours. Best of luck with it. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your questio

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-22 Thread Olivia Jensen
I wouldn't want their standard installation either. I want software to reside where I put it and there to stand alone -- untangled into the system. I don't/won't load, for example, Netscape or Firefox or RealPlayer or Opera (trash anyway) into their intended directories because it screws up the s

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-22 Thread CPHennessy
On Fri October 21 2005 03:23, + Olivia Jensen wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *** > I've spent about 3 hours trying to install version 2.0 on my office > linux system. Because your current version uses the incredibly > primitive *.rpm installer, Please contact your Linux distributor

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread paul sutton
What mirror did you download from I got a tar.gz archive from secs-up, Paul Sutton Andrew Fisk wrote: I have been watching this list for quite a while, and have never seen anyone else with this kind of problem, I am sure that you have built a decent solid system for your self at the expens

Re: [users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread Andrew Fisk
I have been watching this list for quite a while, and have never seen anyone else with this kind of problem, I am sure that you have built a decent solid system for your self at the expense of having the software needed by the 2.0 on your machine. Quit whining and install MSO on your linux

[users] Installation just doesn't work....

2005-10-21 Thread Olivia Jensen
I've spent about 3 hours trying to install version 2.0 on my office linux system. Because your current version uses the incredibly primitive *.rpm installer, I tried to hack it into the 21st century by changing the *.rpm model into a *.tar.gz one. I don't and we won't, here, use the dreadful dis