On 10/8/05, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > I RTFM'd the directions for 2.0 RC2 (Linux, x86). It said that there > will be a program/script called setup. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES do I want > to install a test release to locations fixed in an RPM, nor do I want to > spend half an hour doing rpm after rpm. > > So, options, for binaries: > a) is there a tarball? > b) *is* there a setup? > > mark > > -- > "To know where the path leads means to be able to go there." George > Simon, via Tim O'Reilly > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Mark, It looks as though the installation instructions for OOo2 are only meant for Windows users. 1 + 2. Short answer - No. Long answer - In OOo2 the installation was completely re-vamped so there is no longer an installer program for Linux. The release candidates all use rpm (although I believe this will be extended to other formats on final release) packaged up into a single tarball. If you want to install all of the rpms in one go, just unpack the tarball, remove the *menu*.rpm files that don't match your platform. Run the following command to install the rpms: rpm -Uvh *.rpm If you don't want to install the files into the system directories you can use the "--prefix NEWPATH" option to specify a new root, e.g. rpm -Uvh --prefix=/home/mark/OOo2rc/ *.rpm should install the files into your home directory. Of course this means that you will either have to change your $PATH to include the path to the new binaries or call them manually. HTH Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
