THere is a draft setup guide on http://documentation.openoffice.org/ that explains how to install using your system native installation tools. Can you please point out where they are wrong.
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 10:10 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 15 May 2005 09:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > >On Sunday 15 May 2005 07:52, James Elliott wrote: > >>Hi Jeff > >> > >>Thanks for your reply. > >> > >>I have never had a problem before and have downloaded every version > >> of OOo that has been so far produced. > >> > >>Unless I missed something, this time there only seemed to be 2 > >> choices: 1. download the 1.9+ beta version, or > >>2. download the 1.1.4 Stable version using Bit Torrent - I > >> couldn't see any HTML option which, like you, is what I have used > >> in the past. > > > >I just now found the patch for 1.1.4 was available as an html > >initiated download, and the latest m100 beta is also coming in as I > >type, so maybe we were a bit premature? > > > >For those lamenting the lack of other versions, I cannot see > > anything wrong with restricting it to the latest beta and the > > latest stable versions. > > However, I was not prepared to find that when I un-tarred the m100 > download, that it was all in little pieces, in rpm format! And > apparently without anything that looks like an installer script so > one could choose where to put it by overriding the builtin rpm paths. > > I'm not too sure at this point, if I wanna let rpm overwrite my system > willy-nilly or not. The 1.9.79 I have now is installed in /opt, > which seems like a good place for beta software. > > The last time I tried to get rpm to override its builtin paths, it > failed, fortunatly before it actually wrote anything. We've had some > upgrades to rpm in the 3 or 4 years since I last tried that, does it > now work correctly? > > >>Many thanks, James Elliott > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Jeff Shrowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <users@openoffice.org> > >>Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:14 AM > >>Subject: Re: [users] Downloading OOo 1.1.4 > >> > >>> James Elliott wrote: > >>>> I thought I might update to the stable 1.1.4 > >>>> Unfortunately, since I had so many copies of OOo on my computer, > >>>> from 1.0 onwards, I decided to uninstall all of them before > >>>> downloading 1.1.4, not realising that OOo had switched over to > >>>> Bit Torrent downloads. > >>>> > >>>> I have downloaded and installed JRE 5.0 > >>>> I have downloaded and installed Azureus > >>>> I have had three goes at downloading OOo 1.1.4 with no success > >>>> > >>>> There does not seem to be an HTML download alternative - so now > >>>> I have no office software at all on my computer - can anyone > >>>> help! > >>>> > >>>> I would be obliged if anyone on this list could give me SIMPLE > >>>> instructions on how to downloading OOo 1.1.4 - I have tired > >>>> following the ones on the several Web pages (OOo, Bit Torrent, > >>>> Azures) without success. > >>>> > >>>> Many thanks, James Elliott > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>- ---- > >>> > >>> James, > >>> Perhaps I don't understand your problems but I've never had a > >>> problem downloading any version of OOo (Firefox is my friend) and > >>> I only have "copper wire access". > >>> Yes, it means a 5 or 6 hour download, but I initiate that last > >>> thing of an evening and am thus assured of not being woken at say > >>> 2 am with "Sorry, wrong number" :-) > >>> > >>> The method I use is this: > >>> Login to My Start Page on the OOo site > >>> Click on the link (right hand side of screen under DOWNLOADS) > >>> http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4 > >>> Select Language from the drop-down menu > >>> Select platform from the drop-down menu > >>> Select Download Site from the drop-down menu > >>> Click on Continue Download > >>> ... and go to bed :-) > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> > >>> Jeff > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> Windows are a pane > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>- --- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >>> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.10 - Release Date: > >>> 13/05/2005 > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
