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 ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember, in your prayers, the suffering souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly with His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/
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