Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-30 Thread Justin Fletcher
Text inserted in quotes below Subject: R: net install of staroffice 5.2 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (marco frattola) Date: 25 Aug 2000 19:16:02 +0800 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org hi sergio, thank you for your

Re: R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-29 Thread hawk
> yeah, i think i know what you are talking about. are you sure > you did it with 5.2? it was a snap with 5.1 .. but i don't see > it as an option using 5.2 (i.e. running the big so52-..-.bin file) I didn't have any problems installing 5.2 as a /net install. However, as an act of paranoia, I fir

R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-28 Thread marco frattola
> I don't think this is possible. I have installed SO 5.2 on 3 different > machines with this switch and it always worked. Did yo download the > all-in-one file? I have the splitted package. i had the whole .bin on a cd with a magazine .. now i downloaded the whole .bin (and FWIW, the new bin is

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-25 Thread Robert Kasunic
I don't think this is possible. I have installed SO 5.2 on 3 different machines with this switch and it always worked. Did yo download the all-in-one file? I have the splitted package. On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:55:18AM +0200, marco frattola wrote: > hi, > and thanks for your answer .. > > > O

R: R: R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-25 Thread marco frattola
hi russ, > Marko: First what I can do is apologise for missinformation. > If your so- file runs it should accept the -net > suffix,and give you a net > install in your root directory as /office52. i still have to take home my english copy of staroffice, and try with that. i'm absolu

Re: R: R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread Russ Pitman
Marko: First what I can do is apologise for missinformation. If your so- file runs it should accept the -net suffix,and give you a net install in your root directory as /office52. I just went thru the install both ways to check. The instructions in the pdf file refer to usin

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread Robert Kasunic
Hi Marco, as Morten pointed out already, you just have to use the /net switch on the binary. On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:02:18AM +0200, marco frattola wrote: > hi all, > this is not debian specific, but maybe somebody can help me. i'm trying to > install staroffice 5.2 using > the 'net' switch, s

R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread marco frattola
> > Use /NET not /net. It is case sensitive. Tried it on > another distro (Suse > > 6.4) and it worked. > --- > I have done 3 installs of SO5.2 recently and I used the files from the > Sun main site. I used -NET as it indicates in the

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread John Foster
Schalk Klee wrote: > > Marco, > > Use /NET not /net. It is case sensitive. Tried it on another distro (Suse > 6.4) and it worked. --- I have done 3 installs of SO5.2 recently and I used the files from the Sun main site. I used -NET as

R: R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread marco frattola
hi russ, > Marco, You may have the same problem that i had initially. > I downloaded the file ftp from an the au. mirror and it would not run. well, my problem is that it runs :) > Then via netscape from Sun (after about four retrys and > overwrites 'cos > I am on a 33K dialup, finally it too

R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread marco frattola
hi schalk, > Use /NET not /net. It is case sensitive. Tried it on > another distro (Suse > 6.4) and it worked. thanks for the tip. i'll try that. we're talking about passing the switch to the so52-..-xx.bin thing, or to the setup script? FWIW, i checked again sun's docs and they state that yo

RE: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread Schalk Klee
Marco, Use /NET not /net. It is case sensitive. Tried it on another distro (Suse 6.4) and it worked. Schalk Klee -Original Message- From: marco frattola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2000 09:02 To: 'Debian User List' Subject: net install of staroffice 5.2 hi

R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-24 Thread marco frattola
hi sergio, thank you for your answer > One or two days ago I had the same problem. > First I installed SO *without* the /net switch. It generated you mean you ran the so52-..-xx.bin file, right? > two files in the home directory of every user that started > the setup program, the files being "

Re: R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread Russ Pitman
H On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:17:24PM +0200, marco frattola wrote: > > > > > -Messaggio originale- > > Da: Russ Pitman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Inviato: mercoledì 23 agosto 2000 14.09 > > A: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Oggetto: Re: net inst

R: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread marco frattola
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: Russ Pitman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: mercoledì 23 agosto 2000 14.09 > A: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Oggetto: Re: net install of staroffice 5.2 > I forget what I actually did to get a net install but I think > that t

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread Russ Pitman
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:02:18AM +0200, marco frattola wrote: > hi all, _SNIP_ I forget what I actually did to get a net install but I think that the option was offered during the install process. Just a thought- Sun has a pdf file of the all the install details on their web site. --

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread marco frattola
hi, and thanks for your answer .. > On 23, aug, 2000 at 09:02:18 +0200, marco frattola wrote: > > hi all, > > this is not debian specific, but maybe somebody can help > me. i'm trying to > > install staroffice 5.2 using > > the 'net' switch, so every user doesn't need to install > his/

Re: net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread Morten Liebach
On 23, aug, 2000 at 09:02:18 +0200, marco frattola wrote: > hi all, > this is not debian specific, but maybe somebody can help me. i'm trying to > install staroffice 5.2 using > the 'net' switch, so every user doesn't need to install his/her own copy of > staroffice. > i already did it successfull

net install of staroffice 5.2

2000-08-23 Thread marco frattola
hi all, this is not debian specific, but maybe somebody can help me. i'm trying to install staroffice 5.2 using the 'net' switch, so every user doesn't need to install his/her own copy of staroffice. i already did it successfully with so 5.1, but i'm unable to do that with 5.2. sun gives you a who