OpenOffice.0rg.1.0

dai · 08-15-2002, 02:35 AM

Hi all Ive untarred (as root) OOo1.0 in /usr/local/openoffice1.0

Ive run setup (as root) and all went well I have the icons setup in my KDE meu as required.

However I am now trying to manually add them to my user profile and am unable to find them

I installed the software to /usr/local/OpenOffice.org.1.0

does anybody here know the paths to the write, database, spreadsheet programs etc....

also when I open write the blank page appears on the far left side of the screen is there any way of placing it in the centre of the page please???

Aussie · 08-15-2002, 09:45 AM

You should just do the install as a user to your home directory.

Mara · 08-15-2002, 10:12 AM

Log in as a normal user, the browse to /usr/local/OpenOffice.org.1.0/program/setup
And install your local files.

lolmc · 08-15-2002, 04:07 PM

I think perhaps that you have erred in installing the packages as root.I've installed OO 1.0 on both laptop and desktop and both times followed the install instructions and done it as a normal user in my home dir.This is both in Slack 8.1 and Mandrake 8.2.
I had no problems and even had all icons etc set up correctly in KDE as part of the install.You can also install the OO1.0 quickstart utility as well which gives you a tray icon to start each OO app from there.
Unless you really want to do it as root i.e a multiuser machine I suggest you delete what you've done and try again as a normal user and unpack it to your home dir and run the setup script from there.

Hope this helps

Lol ;-)

dai · 08-18-2002, 03:12 PM

cheers all, much appreciated

twk · 08-18-2002, 03:22 PM

Just a question, if I have several users on my system, if each user has to install their own copy(in their home dir), doesn't that waste a lot of space?

dai · 08-18-2002, 03:49 PM

Which is why I thought installing to /usr/local/ as root and then finding the paths to the programs as usr and adding them to KDE menu would be a good idea.

Aussie · 08-18-2002, 04:12 PM

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/i...ons.html#linux

dai · 08-19-2002, 03:26 AM

cheers Aussie thats exactly what I was after

brian_eye · 08-19-2002, 10:15 AM

In a multi-user system, I recommend doing a "server" install as root. As root, run ./setup -net . The "-net" command is what gives you the server install. Once, I couldn't get the "-net" to work off a StarOffice (basically same as OpenOffice) CD-ROM, so I had to copy the installation files to the hard drive.

You know the "-net" command is working because the server install won't ask you for personal information like your name and address.

Now, each user can do their own personal install. Each user should go to /opt or wherever the root installation is. Each user should find and run ./setup (no extra command this time). When asked if you want a full installation or "workstation" installation, choose "workstation". This time, the installation will give you the opportunity to enter personal information such as your name and address.

This "workstation" installation shares files with the root "server" installation, thus saving hard drive space. However, each user gets their own personal "settings" files for OpenOffice.

dai · 08-19-2002, 10:23 AM

And once again thank you, I will try that when I get home later