It's been VERY frustrating, to say the least! :-( This also happens with SOT Office, which is derived from the OpenOffice.org code. There is an RPM, but it will only install the distribution package, requiring you to still run the setup script and watch your system freeze. <sigh> :-(
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 22:03, Brandon Dorman wrote: > Didn't work for me either. I guess I'll just have to wait until someone > makes some RPM's or something, but it is quite disappointing. > > -Brandon > > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 21:43, 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 > > -- > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Brian Wright Aturna Communications > > Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet > > Services > > AIM: BigBY2K ICQ: 21221328 WWW > > http://www.aturna.net > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- _________________________________________________________________________ Brian Wright Aturna Communications Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Services AIM: BigBY2K ICQ: 21221328 WWW http://www.aturna.net _________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
