For those who are freezing during install, is it at the same point? (ie *every* time it freezes it's during registering components?
/me ponders an .rpm --jeremy Brian Wright wrote: > Unfortuneately, that didn't help me. :-( I did ./setup /net, installed > to /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0, and when it came to registering the > components, it froze my system. :-(. I'm pretty upset by the > experience.. as far as I'm concerned, this program is 100% worthless. > :-( > > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 19:19, Omer van der Horst Jansen wrote: > >>Unfortunately the OpenOffice README doesn't explain how the install >>procedure works. Google turned up this page: >> >>http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/setup-linux.html >> >>That page basically tells you to do a network setup using >> >># ./setup /net >> >>as root from the install directory as unpacked from the .tar.gz archive. >>This will install the application files in a directory of your choice, >>for example /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0. >> >>Then, run >> >>$ /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/programs/setup >> >>as a normal user. You'll have to select the option to put about 2 MB of >>files into a directory in your home directory. From that point on, >>everything worked. Run /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/programs/soffice to start >>the core application. >> >>I didn't get any symlinks or Gnome menu options, I had to create those >>by hand. >> >>Hope this helps, >> Omer >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Redhat-list mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list