On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 15:47 -0800, Asif Lodhi wrote: > Hi Roderick, > > On 10/30/05, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 18:12 -0700, Asif Lodhi wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I have just downloaded OO-2.0 (OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz) > > > and want to install it on my Fedora Core 3 machine to check out its > > > features. However, when I switched to the directory where I unpacked > > > the tar.gz, I found lots of RPM files - there is _no_ single setup > > > file! Am I supposed to install _all_ of those files? In what order? > > > > > > I am desperate to use OO-2.0 but can't seem to do anything with these > > > RPMS. If I download the sources, do I get the standard > > > configure/make/make-install thing? > > > > Did you get the Setup Guide? It definitely has instructions for RPM > > based installation. You can get this via www.openoffice.org or > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > Thanks. Yes, I did download it and did find that one _can_ install > the OO-2.0 under $HOME but one still needs to su to root as some files > still need to be copied to the _default_ locations. > > Is there any way I can install _all_ the RPM files uner a directory > tree in $HOME? > > I also later noticed the Fedora-specific RPM link. Too bad! It was > after I downloaded the whole RPM bundle via a dial-up connection! Had > I known it before I would have downloaded the Fedora-specific RPMs > from their site. Is there anything in particular you would like to > advise me in this respect - I mean Fedora-specific customized RPM > installation? >
I found it crippled wrt java so have replaced it with the original. I also found that the FC4 updates will cripple my installation so I have to remove them from up2date lists. -- 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]
