Question about open office

lellyville · 03-04-2005, 11:16 AM

how do i make other ppl on the computer use open office, i used root to installed open office, but my dad said he can't find it.

slackie1000 · 03-04-2005, 11:22 AM

hi there,

afaik the suggested directory is not in the standard PATH.
find your openoffice installation directory and add to the global bashrc/profile files.
if you don't know how to find

Code:

cd /
find . -name *office* -print

regards

slackie1000

shengchieh · 03-04-2005, 04:14 PM

If this helps, mine is in /usr/lib/openoffice/....

Sheng-Chieh

lellyville · 03-05-2005, 11:10 AM

found mine at /usr/local/openoffice
how do i add it to global bashrc/profile

slackie1000 · 03-05-2005, 01:36 PM

hi there,

edit the global file /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile depending of your shell adding the directory to the PATH

Code:

..
..
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/OpenOffice/"
export PATH

or making an alias

Code:

alias oofice="/wherever_it_is/oofice"

regards

slackie1000

digitalhead · 03-05-2005, 10:05 PM

You can also simply copy the OOo directory from /root/.kde/share/applnk/OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 into /home/<user>/.kde/share/applnk/OpenOffice.org 1.1.4
This creates the shortcuts in the KMenu. Also be sure to change the permissions for the newly created directory because there might be problems accessing OOo if you NEED root permissions and don't have them.

-digitalhead

encore · 03-05-2005, 11:38 PM

thx y'all