On Sat, 02 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I know this topic was recently covered here, and I have read all of the
> posts, but I am still baffled by this instalation process... I have the
> Staroffice tar archive in my /home/joe directory (my user directory) and do
> not know how to untar it and continue on... do IHave to use
>
> tar x k /home/joe/Staroffice
>
> Or is there another command used to untar this... After I untar it, I
> understand that I should use thesetup file to activate the setup process.
> Is there any special way I should do this? or is this as simple as putting
> in the filename. Thanks in advance for your help!
>
Well, it should work as you list. If you don't currently have a Star
Office distro, I'm not sure why you'd want to use the "k" option.
You'll probably need to use the "f" option to tell it you're wanting
to untar a file. The "v" (verbose) option is also kinda nice. So, the
syntax would be "tar xvf /home/john/so51a_lnx_01.tar" and then go
into the "so51inst" directory that it creates (actually, probably
better to run the "tar" process from a "junk" directory you can wipe
out afterwards...) and type "./setup" and go through the install
process telling it where you want to install to, etc.
John
