On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 09:00 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:24 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote: > > Hi openoffice guys, > > > > Myself and the other 100 or so linux users at our institute who don't > > have root on our linux boxes cannot install OO betas. Sysadmins here > > will not permit widespread installation of beta software so this isn't a > > solution either. Bring back the tarball installation method please! > > Shoehorning OO distribution into a RPM-only distribution format for > > Linux is a poor/shortsighted idea IMO. > > > > Otherwise thanks for a fantastic product. Hopefully I (and others here) > > will be able to continue to test/improve it... > > > > Regards, > > Matt Harrison > > > > There are some scripts available that will install the RPMS into user > space. These might be useful to you. If you cannot find them on > openoffice.org projects I keep a copy at http://www.pathtech.org/ in the > HOW-TO section of the OpenOffice/StarOffice resources.
I knew the reference was somewhere and found it in the 2.0 setup guide on page 3 of http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_draft.pdf -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
