On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:48 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your quick reply. I'm having problems way before that, > though. (Just responding to you since I'm attaching a screen shot and so > I can provide a cleaner solution in the end after all the questions.) >
First, download OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.ex that is the one with the working JRE. Note the .exe extension. This means it is executable. Put this on the server. The instructions you use below appear to be for 1.1.x and they may or may not work with 2.x. > On the server: > - I unpack the files. > - Should I run the whole install first? I'm assuming so but not sure. > - I cd to the unpacked directory on the server. Is that the correct > directory or should I go to the installed directory, to run setup /net? > - I type setup /net in the directory where the unpacked files are. I > get the attached screen shot. Should this happen? I'm not sure what > exactly to put in for each required variable. Why bother, simply double-click the exe or run it from a MSDOS command window. Do have a proper windows session going. You could do it by mounting the remote server filesystem on the local machine. In this case use the Custom install and select everything and use the target or whatever it is called to point to the remote filesystem. WARNING, no spaces in the name or you will have problems with your clients. > > On the client: > - I doubleclick the file installedprogramfile\program\soffice.exe on > the server, and the program just starts on the client. I don't get the > smaller client installation program I'm expecting. Also I can't save > files in OpenOffice.org format. > - And if I double-click the file unpackedprogramfile\setup.exe on the > server, I just get the normal installation program, not the smaller > client installation program I'm expecting. > On the client simply invoke soffice via the full path or mount the remote filesystem and then use that to get to soffice. The rest should be plain simple. Do check the new setup guide at http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf for window installation. The expectation in the document is that you are working on the server during installation. Hope this helps. If not let me know where you are getting stalled. > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:28 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have to admit I'm having trouble doing a multi-user installation, on > >>Windows. I get inconsistent results. The /net option gives me a huge > >>list of parameters or a message not use that approach depending on which > >>machine I use. I'm not sure which .exe to run on the client (neither > >>seems to yield the client install window though doing the /net install > >>correctly will fix this I assume), and as mentioned before if possible > >>would love to know where all the settings are stored on client and user. > >> > >>I've referred to the Setup Guide but was wondering if there was > >>something more step-by-step out there. > >> > >> > >> > > > >First, I should think that simply clicking install for all users or what > >ever it is called would do the trick assuming you are on the server. > >Works for me on the one XP box I have with multiple users. I would > >expect that you could do the same thing to, say, a Samba server using > >the customize installation. Have you tired this approach? The Setup > >Guide does recommend this for 2.0. For 1.1.5, using setup -net is the > >approach to take and the various screens should guide you to completion. > > > > > -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ -- 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]
