Paul Kaplan wrote: > I am trying to install Open Office 1.0 onto a ML8.2 system. > > Following directions at www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html#linux, > I unpacked the tar.gz file to /tmp, then, as root in /tmp install, ran > ./install --prefix=/opt. > > This apparently in installed everything correctly to /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/ > > The program apparently runs fine as root. However as a normal user, the > program freezes shortly after completing the launch process. > > When I attempt to run either /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/setup or > /tmp/install/setup, either as root or as a normal user, the setup program > returns "OO is already installed, Would you like to repair?" Doing so > doesn't change this or any subsequent behaviors, running the setup program > again leads to the same message. > > in following the OO installation directions, I see that the setup program is > supposed to install ~1.4 Mb into my home directory. This was not done, > either as root or normal user. > > I am able to run OO as a normal user if I change the suid bit on the program > file, but this doesn't seem like a safe solution. > > Has anybody been more successful installing OO1.0 on ML8.2? How?
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