StarOffice8 Install problem with Suse 10
I've been searching the net for a couple hours now trying to find SOMETHING that will give me a clue as to what I'm CERTAIN I'm doing wrong here...
Here are the instructions... 1. Open a shell or terminal window (No problem there) 2. Enable graphics display for the superuser. As a normal user, enter the following command: "xhost +" (I don't THINK I screwed that up but I've never done it before so ...who knows...in any case, no errors) 3. Become superuser. enter su - to become superuser (I usually just type su and hit enter not sure what the dash is for but I tried it both ways and it didn't seem to make a difference) 4. Set the DISPLAY variable to point to your machine. "export DISPLAY=your_machine_name:0.0" or enter the equivalent commands for your shell environment. (I think this is where I screwed the pooch...I'm not even 100% sure what my machine name is nor am I certain where to find it. As for the :0.0 <shrug>) 5. Change to the directory that contains the StarOffice 8 installation program. (not a problem) 6. Start the setup script "./setup" and here's where I run into problems... I get the following and have no idea how to fix it. I'm a newbie (I've been playing with different distros but I'm still pretty green so I'd appreciate not getting flamed for not doing my "research" when I have no idea what other research I can do besides googling the error message and searching for it on here) linux:/var/tmp/unpack_staroffice # ./setup Unpacking... Checksumming... Extracting... Done. Running installer The Installation Wizard can't run in GUI mode. Maybe the DISPLAY environment variable isn't set correctly. linux:/var/tmp/unpack_staroffice # I'm tired and ticked...anybody think they have the answer? (Just so long as it doesn't include slapping me upside the head with a dead fish that's been laying in the hot sun all day) I'd REALLY appreciate it! -Ryan |
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Have you tried to install without X running? I do not know anything about StarOffice I use OpenOffice but your error says it can't run in a GUI. You can kill X with Ctrl-Alt-F1 then command "etc/init.d/kdm stop" without the quotations and assuming if you are in SuSE you are probably using KDE. Alternately you can just reboot in safe mode. Once you have killed X and logged in as root navigate to the file and run setup again. If install goes then either reboot or "etc/init.d/kdm start" then "startx". Again, without the quotation marks.
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Nope...no love. Same error as before. Thanks though.
anybody else know what it is I might be doing wrong? (and actually I'm running gnome if that makes a difference) Quote:
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try not doing step 4 and seeing what you get. |
FWIW, I recently installed an evaluation version of StarOffice in SUSE 10.0 (using KDE) and did not follow the instructions. :tisk: (They look as though they were written for a network setup, not a local setup.) It still worked though. ;) Here are the steps (as I recall).
1. Open a terminal window. 2. Become superuser by entering su and then entering your password when prompted. You should get the # prompt. 3. Move to the directory that included the installation shell script, which was so-8-pp2-eval-bin-linux-en-US.sh in my case. 4. Enter sh so-8-pp2-eval-bin-linux-en-US.sh the system will run. 5. Move to the directory created (/opt/staroffice8) and run the setup script by entering ./setup 6. Follow the instructions. Good luck in any case. :) |
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THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HUNG BY THEIR F*CKING TOES!!! THAT WORKED!!!! I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT ALL MY TROUBLE AND FRUSTRATION WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS!!!! OH MY GOD!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! |
For some people, in order to run anything as root in X, you have to enter the xhost local command.
That's why that step is included. I don't really see the point of pointing it to a specific screen though, unless you're on a server or have multiple screens set up... Glad you got it working though! |
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PS: Following the directions is good, but if they don't work you can always come to LQ for the real information. ;) |
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Thanks again! |
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