larry a price wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, John Metzger wrote: > > > Hi, I picked up a free copy of Redhat 7.1 (Krud) at the > > computer/internet show at the fair grounds. I wanted to know if it is > > possible to copy Star Office 5.2 from a earlier version of Suse 6.4 > > installation cd to my redhat system. (i.e. put the cd in the cdrom > > drive and copy the rpm file to my linux drive?). Thanks > > > > Possible yes, wise, No. > You're better off getting a staroffice install cd from someone and doing > it clean and fresh, different distros make different design decisions as > to which Java version they use. If you do decide to do it the 1337 way and > just copy over the rpm, it might work, but if it doesn't you'll need to > find out what's missing and twiddle with it quite a bit. > > I'm sure someone will have a staroffice cd at the meeting thursday, which > is going to be at mr O's i believe.
Thank You. I will wait for the Star Office Cd. Don't know if I can come to the meeting on Thursday. John Metzger
