On 2021-06-08 10:08, Carl Marcum wrote: > Hi All, > > Would sharing the "installed" type builds work for Linux testing of > small changes as long as the architecture was the same? > That way Linux testers wouldn't need to integrate with the system > similar to Windows users having the option of an administrative install. > > I've tested sharing a build from CentOS 7 to Ubuntu 18 and CentOS 8 > without any noticeable issues. > It seems the user profile is kept in a sub-directory so I like that also. > > I didn't know if this had been tried before or if there is a downside. > > After a build I copy the office out to a new directory and then copy the > SDK into it. > > $ mkdir <path-to-new-dir>/AOO450 > $ cp -r > <path-to-source-dir>/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/unxlngx6.pro/Apache_OpenOffice/installed/install/en-US/openoffice4 > <path-to-new-dir>/AOO450/ > $ cp -r > <path-to-source-dir>/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/unxlngx6.pro/Apache_OpenOffice_SDK/installed/install/en-US/openoffice4/sdk > <path-to-new-dir>/AOO450/openoffice4/ > > Then the openoffice4 dir gets archived from there. > Users could unpack and test then delete. > > Thanks, > Carl Carl, ET AL;
There is this mwiki page for doing just what you are asking: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel#Installing_3..2A_versions_.28three_layer_OpenOffice.org.29. It is marked as outdated and may need some updating. As I do not use Linux I have never tried it myself. Regards Keith
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