[plug] install problems with StarOffice 5.2, what would this command do, moving around....

[Ari Finander]

A bit more info: the book I'm using said in an example of installing
star office 5.1 from the cdroms that come with red hat (obviously I do
not have said cdroms, as I downloaded star office) that package
installation is priveledged and I'd have to be logged in as the super
user (root) to do it (hehe, blame the book, it's not my fault! *grin*)

Ari

Original message from: Peter Wright <pete at cygnus.uwa.edu.au>

>No! No no no no no no no no no.
>
>You shouldn't install StarOffice 5.2 as root. Well, I'd recommend you
not,
>at least :). During the install of Linux you _did_ create an ordinary
user
>(eg. "ari"), didn't you? Log in as ari and run the StarOffice install
>program.  It'll try to make a directory called 'office52' in your
home
>directory and install itself there.
>
>Note that you'll need (from memory) around about 150-200 megabytes of
free
>space on whatever partition you try to install it. If that doesn't
make
>sense, try installing and if it comes up with a "you've run out of
space"
>error, you don't have enough space. :)
>
> From memory, I've found StarOffice to not work out very well if you
try to
>install it as root and make it accessible for all users. At least,
this
>certainly applied to earlier versions of it.
>



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