oppurtunity could you mention wich commands to follow installing staroffice for debian? That is that I wasnot able to find a "convention" for installing non-debian software. Reading dutch manual bij Bezemer. www.dddi.nl (there is a part in english).
Thanks in advance Frans Schreuder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nuhn Yobiznez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "joe golden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 9:10 PM Subject: Re: star office debian-correct installation > > --- joe golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I last checked Star Office was not a package in > > the stable > > distribution. > > > > For our small school, which I am about to switch > > from NT to Linux, Star > > Office appears to be the answer to our need for a > > bundle of stable office > > programs. We mainly need a smooth switchover from > > MS Word, Excel and > > Internet Explorer. > > > > Is there anything special in the Star Office install > > process that will > > conflict with debian package management? I have > > been very pleased with > > package management with debian. It has made my life > > easier and my system > > more sane. Any references for Debian Star Office > > installs? > > > > Thanks for previous help from list. > > Joe Golden > > The Stevens School > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hi, > > The Star Office binary installer from Sun does a > very nice job as a source installer. I have not yet > tried to alien it so it can be recognized by the dpkg > package system but it installs on a debian system w/o > problems. > The only thing that I wish it would do is to make > a default entry in each users home directory > for a system-wide install (installed as root). Right > now for a system-wide install each user must install > it as well choosing an option that does a minimal user > install referencing the system-wide install. > > P.S. You might want to change your email website. > Since MickeySloth (micros*ft) bought the service it > has some rather icky riders in the end-user aggreement > (as in anything sent thru the service becomes the > intellectual property of MS). I've been fairly happy > w/ linuxfreemail.com . It doesn't have all the nicer > features of hotmail, but it is a good service that is > almost always up (now that MS has switched from BSD > servers to Win2K w/ IIS 5.0 the reliablity of the > service is somewhat lacking IMHO. > > > ===== > Regards- Tim Stetson Whiskey Sour Nuhn O. Yobiznez > > Licq # 14373626 > > Why?.........Why not?..............Why not try? > > The rule of an inquisitive mind. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
