On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 21:22 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:44:54 -0400 > Wesley Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > > >On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 20:25 -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Running alien is NOT a big deal - since about build 120 (I think) I > > >>haven't needed to do any of the tweaks that were required around the > > >>first beta release. It works fine - you get the packages tailored > > >>to your machine - they run well AND they are seen by the default > > >>package manager for the distro then. No worries... > > >> > > >> > > > > > >It may not be a big deal for you, and it's not a big deal for me. > > >Apparently, though, it is a big deal for some users. The days are > > >past when you could assume that every user of GNU/Linux had a > > >certain body of expertise. > > > > > > > > > > >Besides, since .debs can be made with relative ease, why not offer > > >them on the web site already made? That would certainly be more > > >convenient. > > > > > > > > > > > I have no idea, I know there are debs out there for all the builds, > > but running alien is just more covenient... > > > > >Also, people have been asking for them off and on for over a year, > > >but the requests have apparently been ignored. > > > > > > > > Not really, from what I've heard is that they're leaving that up to > > the individual distros to do. I don't have a problem with this. > > > > WEs > > T > > Yes I know alien works, but............. > > with the original installer, the user had control as to where OO was > installed. Now I have to rely on where the brain-dead RPM wants to > install the program, leaving me out of the loop. It goes where it wants > to , not where I want it to go.
That is easily handled. In fact there is a method described in http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf that let's you the user put everything but the UI in whatever location you want. The UI/menus may also be re-located but I have not tried that. > > Hence the tag "bloody rpms'", and brain-dead rpm's > http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf also covers some tools that you can use, other than alien, that offer some freedom to the user such as the install and uninstall scripts, rpm2tgz et cetera. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
