better read your staroffice license. unless you have a multiuser
license, you have to install it for each user separately. If not then
everyone has access to everyone elses staroffice files. bummer I know,
but it is free.
Tom
Joel VanderWerf wrote:
>
> Fixed it!
>
> Here's what I did, I hope it helps someone:
>
> I manually removed each user's staroffice dir plus the .sversionrc in
> each home dir. I removed (manually) /usr/local/staroffice.
>
> Then, as root, I installed with "./setup /NET" and chose
> "/opt/Office51". As a user, I ran "./setup", chose the NET install, and
> chose the dir "~/Office51".
>
> When the installer got to the Java step, it found the JDK 1.2.2 which I
> installed earlier today.
>
> The problem might have been that JDK 1.2.2 wasn't on my system when I
> installed before (though it was there when I tried to run). Or that I
> typed "NET" in lowercase before. Or that I didn't choose the
> directories in the right way (/usr/local vs. /opt, "staroffice" vs.
> "Office51"). Who knows.
>
> Bye,
> Joel
>
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> >
> > I've had a similar problem with star office: I installed with "setup
> > /net", and root can run it with no apparent problems.
> >
> > Then I did "setup" as two other users, creating about 3Meg in each home
> > dir, and set PATH accordingly. When they type "soffice" it simply
> > returns with no error message or other effect.
> >
> > I'm using Mandrake 7.0.
>
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