I have Mandrake 6.1 (clean install) running on several machines and it runs
StarOffice5.1a (From Sun Microsystems) very well.
I also have a machine "upgraded" from RH6.0 to Mandrake 6.1 where it works.
My "upgrade" method was to INSTALL Mandrake 6.1 without formatting the
partitions.
There were relatively few problems with this method of upgrade, though
customized desktop settings do not seem to have survived. I think it was one
of the list members who reported success with this that led me to try it
instead of a "wipe and install" which has been my method of upgrading
before. (Of course, I do keep /home and /usr/local partitions and don't
format them on installs). I learned with RH 5.0 to 5.1 and 5.1 to 5.2 to
keep my mitts off the "upgrade" button and I am still waiting for someone to
say it is OK to use it before I try it again.
Civileme
Denis Havlik wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed the SO 5.1 on my machine (Mandrake 6.1 + updates)
> That is i tried it and got stuck. Below is complete report:
>
> as root i installed with a "/net" option, then tried installing as a user.
> However, the install-procedure freezes after pressing "OK" on the last
> question (no java libraries installed).
>
> To make a thing more interesting, I can install and use the SO as a root!
> Actually, one should be able to run the SO by starting the
> "/opt/Office50/bin/soffice", even if he did not "install" the SO for
> himself - well, that does not work either, except for the root.
>
> To make the things even more interesting, I cannot find any
> executeables/libraries in the SO package with "prohibitive" settings (i.e.
> no execution for "others" or so.)
>
> Furthermore i know that SO works on RH 6.0, because I have installed it
> from the same tgz package.
>
> It is possible that my M. are not installed properly (i made update from
> RH xy versions, followed with "rpm -Fh --oldpackage *" to get rid of the
> RH packages), but everything else works OK. Any sugestions?
>
> cu
> Denis
>
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