NoOp wrote: > On 02/12/2009 10:19 AM, H.S. wrote: > > Good catch on the typo, the command should actually be: > > dpkg -i --instdir=<install-dir> *.deb > > The --simulate (you can use just -s if you like) is, as you know, is > only to simulate the install.
Yes, my bad for the omission. > Might I recommend that you instead just use: > > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > and let it go ahead and install in /opt? It won't interfere with your I don't have enough disk space in /. My /usr/local is on a separate partition and has ample space. Hence the modified install directory need. > > If you feel like experimenting, you might want to give the dev version > of 3.1 a spin. Here are some of the new/improved features: > > http://www.oooninja.com/ > > and downloads are here: > http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html Good idea. Looks interesting. > > Note that the dev version will also not interfere with your other > installs; it goes into: > > /opt/ooo-dev3/program/soffice > > My reason for suggesting leaving the installs in the /opt directory is > because you may (or may not) run into issues when putting in the /usr > directory. Not necessarily by the base code, but perhaps by an extension > etc., that may default to looking for something in /opt instead. hmm ... too bad. I must install to /usr/local in my case unless I want to do a reinstall of my system and rearrange my partitions... which is at least a few months away. I guess I will just have to take the risk at this point. But, if one really looks at this, if some extensions run into trouble due to different installation path, I think that would be a bug in the extension. Not that I am going to install any extensions though (apart from the language tool is need be). Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
