You coul have saved some time by addressing to the list. Yes it is a valuable suggestion the one of specifiying that information on the tar.gz. But usually this doubts could rapidly be responded on this list. We have used the /opt/ since OpenOffice.org 1.0 4 years ago so for most people is rather obvious. Still you have rpm tools to view where will your files will go before installing.
On 9/7/05, Todd Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just spent an hour and a half looking for OpenOffice after installing > it through the rpm command. The instructions on the website > (http://download.openoffice.org/2.0beta/instructions.html#linux) do not > mention where OpenOffice installs, which apparently is /opt/. I only > found this out by searching around and finding a statement through Google > on some website that opt is a good place to put it. This *really* should > be in the installation instructions, because otherwise it looks to the > user like the program has just disappeared after installing. In my > distro there was no easy way to find it. > > Todd > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Alexandro Colorado
