Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 2002-05-11T02:59:10Z, DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> IMO, OpenOffice is BAD (Broken as Designed) for multi-user operating > >> systems. > > > There's definitely *something* that still needs to be worked on. > > I'm not sure why people are saying this. In the last 24 hours, I've > installed OOo (yes, that's the new abbreviation for Open Office) on a > Windows 2000 Pro machine and a Debian workstation. I used the -net option > on Windows (as Administrator), and Debian seems to install OOo with -net by > default. Then, it's a simple matter of running the setup program as an end > user, letting it copy a couple of megs of data to that user's home > directory, and using Open Office in all its happiness.
Well, first off, I don't think I should have to copy 2megs of data into my home directory... a few K of config files? Sure. Two megs of who knows what, however, makes me very skeptical. Besides, and most important, this does *not work*! At least not after installing the .deb package. > > > _Can_ I install openoffice as an unpriviledged user (the deb, that > > is). Last I tried, regular users couldn't install packages via apt-get. > > No more easily than any other Debian package. Any other Debian package, however, tends to actually work after I install it as root... I said the above in response to someone who suggested installing as user (I wasn't quite sure what was meant by that). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
