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

Bill Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Mon Feb 26 20:37:16 WST 2001


On the contrary, isnt the /net install required to be run as root, so
you can then do a multi-user install (as an individual user) and save
disk space?

BillK.

Christian wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 03:48:44AM +0800, Peter Wright wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> And NEVER EVER run StarOffice as root...



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