On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>wrote:
> Kay Schenk wrote: > >> Well, it seems I did NOT install all RPMs the first time. RPMs are now a >> mix of names starting with "aoobasis4.0" and "openoffice4". Installs of >> "aoobasi4.0" caused dumps of libraries to "/program". >> > > I couldn't reproduce the problem installing the latest 32-bit RPMs from > http://people.apache.org/~**arielch/developer-snapshots/** > snapshot/linux_x86/Apache_**OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86_** > install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz<http://people.apache.org/~arielch/developer-snapshots/snapshot/linux_x86/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz> > > but I always install with an explicit prefix, i.e., something like > > sudo mkdir -p /opt/openoffice-snapshot/.rpm > sudo rpm -ivh --dbpath /opt/openoffice-snapshot/.rpm --nodeps --prefix > /opt/openoffice-snapshot *.rpm > > Anyway, if you install the full set you don't end up with anything in > "/program", right? Otherwise the packaging must be revised. > > > Now, since I actually ust installed the "openoffice4" RPMS, "/program" >> has >> normal binaries in it, so I can run AOO 4.0. But...still don't know why >> other stuff is in this directory. >> > > This should be normal since the 3-layer office is now removed. By > comparison, a 3.4.1 setup would have this structure: > > /opt/openoffice-341/ > |-- openoffice.org > `-- openoffice.org3 > > while the OpenOffice 4.x-snapshot setup would only have the "openoffice4" > folder, containing stuff that used to be in other folders (in my case, > "program" has about 400 files in the snapshot, as opposed to about 30 in > 3.4.1). > Oh! Well this explanation certainly helps! Thanks. No wonder. Maybe something we should make former users aware of too. I, too, usually just do an install with *.rpm option, but I had some other old rpms in this same location, so I just tried to pick off the AOO4 ones. But I missed some. Anyway, all good for now. I am looking forward to some testing now! :) > > Regards, > Andrea. > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing." -- Leonard Peltier
