I had the same problem. A quick & dirty method may be to copy this directory to the harddisk. Then run ./setup. A good idea will be to run ./setup /net to install the binaries in one dir and just about 4 MB in your home-directory.
Sven On 06-Apr-2000 John Stevenson wrote: > The file is executable by all users and I do not have noexec opions on the > CD. I have set the umask to 222. > > I sill get the same problem and after reading through the readme on the CD > it seems that there is a problem with glibc libraries. It looks like star > office needs to have a specific version installed, which I beleve is older > than the current version in potato. > > I dont fancy messing around with libraries so I guess I will just bin star > office until someone comes up with an installer. > > Johnny. > > Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > >> > I am trying to install StarOffice 5.1 from the official sun >> > CD onto a debian potato system. However when I try the set >> > up program from inside the /cdrom/linux/office51 directory, >> > I get the following error: >> > >> > # ./setup >> > bash: ./setup: Permission denied >> > >> the file has probably no execute permissions. >> a "ls -l setup" should show up permissions like "r-xr-xr-x" or only >> "r-x------". >> have you mounted the cdrom with the noexec or umask options? >> umask should be 222 and noexec must not be used, if you want to install >> directly from cd. >> >> -- >> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! >> -- >> Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need. ---------------------------------- Please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- Date: 06-Apr-2000 Time: 22:47:07 ----------------------------------