Chris Hallinan wrote:
Yes, this is what I mean.  I downloaded 1.1.4, but stopped short
of installing it for fear it would "break" my existing
installation.  OO's installation instructions warn against
installing a new installation over an existing one.  Also, I
would be delighted to test new/latest versions, but still need
the safety net of being able to fallback to a stable version.
Basically I'm asking about the risks/issues of running 2 versions
in parallel.

is completely safe to have two or even all three versions installed at the same time.
the default OOo directory in FC has the name changed (for example in FC3 is .rhopenoffice1.1, i don't remember the exact name from FC2) and will not interfere with the others.
also is safe to install the rpm version of 1.9.xx, because the packages have different names: the ones from FC are named openoffice.org-xxxxxx.rpm and the ones from OOo openofficeorg-xxxxxx.rpm


Is it sufficient simply to specifiy a unique installation
directory?  Will there be issues with any files in my home
directory, such as .sversionrc or some of the other "1.4
megabytes copied to one's home directory" from the installation
instructions?

there is no need even to specify a unique installation directory, every package has its own specific one


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nicu
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