Thanks Sridhar,

Or should I say, ahaha: so that's what "build" means -- should've guessed it. 
I once tried my hand at building "Wordnet'. That was some experience! I tried 
it within my first Linux month -- a very bad move!

I plan to keep SO5.2 in the background with all my important stuff, and I 
burn a cd backup regularly [I learned the hard way!].

Thanks for the reply, and your advice. It's always valuable, as usual!
Regards,
Andre


On Friday 11 January 2002 22:33, you wrote:
> "Build" would mean "compile". Since precompiled binaries are available,
> there is no need to compile the source yourself. The installation only
> takes a few minutes.
>
> One word of warning: OpenOffice.org/StarOffice 6 is still beta-quality
> software. At present, I have found that it performs a little faster than SO
> 5.2. Since speed optimisation usually comes last in the development cycle,
> expect this to improve with the final version. Another thing to watch out
> for is stability. OpenOffice.org Build 641c has proven to be reasonably
> stable for me, but I have experienced the odd crash and document file
> corruption. Keep backups of your work if you're editing them in
> OpenOffice.org/SO6.
>
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:38:02 -0500, Andre Dubuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > I've ordered my cd for OpenOffice, and before I get it, I would like to
> > know how easy is it to install.
> >
> > Reading the FAQ in OO, they mentioned that the "build" takes 20 hrs on a
> > standard setup. Now, I'm not too clear: do they mean 20 hours to install
> > OO? What exactly does "build" mean to the end-user?
> >
> > If any of you have had experience installing OO, I'd appreciate your
> > comments, and perhaps, some pitfalls to avoid.
> >
> > Tia,
> > Andre

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