On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 23:19, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > I (and many others) have had the same probles you describe, which was > due to a bad installation. > > One correct installation procedure was posted by James_H_Covington on > the Mandrake Club (and also, but later, summarized by Mandrake in a > Mandrake Club web page). > > I will quote part of James' message here, in case you do not have access > to the Club: > > " The article I found most helpful was at > http://supportforum.sun.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] > with the following caveat: The author said to use "setup -net" but when > I tried to do this I got a set of installation choices that only > included "modify, repair, or uninstall," even if I had just uninstalled > the package. I found that if I omitted the "-net" flag, the installation > went without a hitch. > The short version goes like this: > 1. Uninstall SO6 > 2. Look for two files named .sversionrc and .user60.rdb (note the > leading dots!) and delete them if you find them (I found them in my home > path) > 3. In an xterm window, log in as root (su) > 4. Locate the setup file (in my 8.2 installation, this was located in > /usr/lib/office60_en) > 5. type ./setup to start the setup script > 6. select the local (>200MB) installation. Change the path for this > installation to /usr/local/staroffice6.0 > 7. complete the installation (btw, if you don't have a Java runtime > environment installed, you can do so by clicking the INSTALL button on > the JRE screen) > 8. exit su mode > 9. execute the setup script again as a local user, and this time select > network installation. > 10. I noted in my installation that I had to browse to find the JRE that > had just been installed; other than that there were no more problems." > > Good luck! > > raffaele > This looks promising, but Raffaele, wouldn't this procedure duplicate the SO6 files. i.e. You install the rpms to get them on disk, then you run the full install which (presumably) copies them all again, then you run the local install which creates a per user installation. The last step requires very little storage, but the first two are 200MB or so each I think? Is this really what is intended?
Brian
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