H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I wanted to try out OOo 3.0.1 on Debian Lenny. From this web page: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Administration_Guide/Linux > > looks like all I have to do is: > $> dpkg -i *.deb > > to the downloaded deb file to get the installation in /opt. > > Now, the web page also says that to change the location of the > installation, I need to use "--instdir" (there is a typo on that web > page though). So, I think I need to use: > $> dpkg -i --installdir=/usr/local/opt *.deb
Yes, I think that is correct. > to get the installation in /usr/local/opt. Or am I supposed to use > --instdir=/usr/local ? > > The downloaded deb files all contain files starting with "./opt/" in > their contents. Example: > $> dpkg -c openoffice.org3-writer_3.0.1-15_i386.deb > drwxrwxr-x root/root 0 2009-01-09 09:40 ./ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2009-01-09 09:40 ./opt/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2009-01-09 09:40 ./opt/openoffice.org3/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2009-01-09 09:40 ./opt/openoffice.org3/program/ > -r-xr-xr-x root/root 63 2009-01-09 09:40 > ./opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter I've never used the --installdir directive, but my interpretation of the man page is that you should set it to /usr/local (by default it is set to /). That will then cause dpkg to install everything in /usr/local/opt/ like you want. > Also, man page of dpkg mentions "--root" option. What is the difference > between "--instdir" and "--root"? Is "--root" set to "." in the debs > of OOo that I listed above? --root changes both --installdir and --admindir. You don't want to do that. >From man dpkg: --admindir=dir Change default administrative directory, which contains many files that give information about status of installed or uninstalled packages, etc. (Defaults to /var/lib/dpkg) --instdir=dir Change default installation directory which refers to the directory where packages are to be installed. instdir is also the directory passed to chroot(2) before running packages installation scripts, which means that the scripts see instdir as a root directory. (Defaults to /) --root=dir Changing root changes instdir to dir and admindir to dir/var/lib/dpkg. - Chris B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
