On 2005-10-08, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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,
You can use the "--prefix" or "--relocate" switches with rpm to direct the installation to a new target. Or, what I do is rename and sym-link the target directory; e.g. OOo-2.0 installs to /opt/openoffice.org2.0, so rename /opt/openoffice.org2.0 to /opt/openoffice.org2.0-rc1 and make a sym-link from /opt/openoffice.org2.0-rc1 to /opt/openoffice.org2.0. Then when I install rc2, I just have to remove the sym-link, install and then create a new sym-link. If the new version doesn't work, reverting is as simple as moving the sym-link. > nor do I want to spend half an hour doing rpm after rpm. No need for that in any case. Just cd to the RPM directory unpacked from the tarball and run "rpm -Uvh *.rpm" and they'll all be installed from a single command. If you don't want to install a particular component, just delete the corresponding rpm file. E.g., I don't use gnome on my laptop, so I delete the openoffice.org-gnome-integration-2.0.0-2.i586.rpm file, then run "rpm -Uvh *.rpm" -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
