Re: Openoffice network installation
Hi-ho, Looks like for openoffice they may have removed that command line option in favor of the seperate binaries.. Setup dosn't appear to have any command line options, and install has the following: [root@chris install]# ./install --help Usage: install [options] Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions] Configuration: --help print help message (this message) --version print the version of OpenOffice.org to be installed --prefix=PREFIX install OpenOffice.org into PREFIX [/usr/local] --singleinstall single user version of OpenOffice.org --interactive install OpenOffice.org using interactive mode Staroffice 6.0 from memory just worked :-) . Cheers, Chris H. Ryurick M. Hristev wrote: For system-wide install you have to use the '/net' CLI switch. Then run the setup again for each user individually. Unfortunately AFAIK it is currently undocumented, it was IIRC in the StarOffice 5.2
Re: Openoffice network installation
From: Chris Hellyar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looks like for openoffice they may have removed that command line option in favor of the seperate binaries.. Setup dosn't appear to have any command line options, and install has the following: [root@chris install]# ./install --help Usage: install [options] Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions] Configuration: --help print help message (this message) --version print the version of OpenOffice.org to be installed --prefix=PREFIX install OpenOffice.org into PREFIX [/usr/local] --singleinstall single user version of OpenOffice.org --interactive install OpenOffice.org using interactive mode How about ./setup --help Am I right to assume that install and setup are different beasts? The process so far as I can tell is 1. as root expand the tarball and from the install directory run ./setup /net 2. as a regular user run /usr/local/openoffice60/program/setup -- Paul Wilkins | /\ Inform yourself | Paul Wilkins | When you ask a computer person to | /__\ Project Mayhem | Christchurch | fix your machine, they will first | http://tetrica.com/ | (03) 3433097 | spend hours downloading upgrades.
Openoffice network installation
I'm trying to install openoffice so multiple users can use it. It is proving to be a very frustrating exercise. vent [deleted after re-reading it] /vent I can't get it to work. Not even google is helping me this time. Has anyone done this? Cheers, -- Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 University of Canterbury, |Fax:+64 3 364 2569 Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc Christchurch, New Zealand. |
RE: Openoffice network installation
In the tar there are two installers.. one is called setup, the other install. setup does a single user install, and the default path is ~/Openoffice.org install does the shared install into /usr/local/Openoffice.org (I think that's where it went).. So, run install as root, and then as each user run /usr/local/Openoffice.org/setup which will create the per user ~/Openoffice.org directory with settings etc.. Then you can discover the joy of not having an English UK dictionary.. Mutter mutter... Cheers, Chris Hellyar. Selwyn District Council Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office -Original Message- From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 12:25 p.m. To: linux Subject: Openoffice network installation I'm trying to install openoffice so multiple users can use it. It is proving to be a very frustrating exercise. vent [deleted after re-reading it] /vent I can't get it to work. Not even google is helping me this time. Has anyone done this? Cheers, -- Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 University of Canterbury, |Fax:+64 3 364 2569 Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc Christchurch, New Zealand. | ## The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ##
RE: Openoffice network installation
Forgot to add. If you're putting this onto distributed headless X servers, put the shared install of Openoffice on a nfs mount, so you can have a single install point. Much more tidy like for upgrades/patches. Cheers, Chris Hellyar. Selwyn District Council Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office -Original Message- From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 12:25 p.m. To: linux Subject: Openoffice network installation I'm trying to install openoffice so multiple users can use it. It is proving to be a very frustrating exercise. vent [deleted after re-reading it] /vent I can't get it to work. Not even google is helping me this time. Has anyone done this? Cheers, -- Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 University of Canterbury, |Fax:+64 3 364 2569 Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc Christchurch, New Zealand. | ## The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ##
Re: Openoffice network installation
From: Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying to install openoffice so multiple users can use it. It is proving to be a very frustrating exercise. I can't get it to work. Not even google is helping me this time. Googling for openoffice multiple users gave a top link of the below. Just to confirm, the following you've tried? 11. How do I install OpenOffice.org on a server for use by multiple users? Download and expand the tarball. Then, as root, issue this command from within the install directory: ./setup /net As a regular user from each workstattion now run the command: /usr/local/openoffice60/program/setup And then choose Standard Workstation Installation when prompted -- Paul Wilkins | /\ Inform yourself | Paul Wilkins | When you ask a computer person to | /__\ Project Mayhem | Christchurch | fix your machine, they will first | http://tetrica.com/ | (03) 3433097 | spend hours downloading upgrades.
Re: Openoffice network installation
Chris Hellyar wrote: In the tar there are two installers.. one is called setup, the other install. setup does a single user install, and the default path is ~/Openoffice.org install does the shared install into /usr/local/Openoffice.org (I think that's where it went).. At the end of the install output I get a bunch of errors saying: ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory So, run install as root, and then as each user run /usr/local/Openoffice.org/setup which will create the per user ~/Openoffice.org directory with settings etc.. The only option it will give me is to repair the installation. -- Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 University of Canterbury, |Fax:+64 3 364 2569 Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc Christchurch, New Zealand. |
Re: Openoffice network installation
Carl Cerecke wrote: Chris Hellyar wrote: In the tar there are two installers.. one is called setup, the other install. setup does a single user install, and the default path is ~/Openoffice.org install does the shared install into /usr/local/Openoffice.org (I think that's where it went).. At the end of the install output I get a bunch of errors saying: ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory So, run install as root, and then as each user run /usr/local/Openoffice.org/setup which will create the per user ~/Openoffice.org directory with settings etc.. The only option it will give me is to repair the installation. OK. Got it sorted now. Had a .something-or-other file put there by a previously aborted attempt at installing it that caused subsequent attempts to spit many dummies. strace is useful for finding out what is going on... Cheers, -- Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 University of Canterbury, |Fax:+64 3 364 2569 Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc Christchurch, New Zealand. |
Re: Openoffice network installation
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Carl Cerecke wrote: [...] For system-wide install you have to use the '/net' CLI switch. Then run the setup again for each user individually. Unfortunately AFAIK it is currently undocumented, it was IIRC in the StarOffice 5.2 Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
