Can someone help with this, please? -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Solveig L Haugland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G R Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [users] Blindingly explicit multi-user installation steps for 2.x? Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:44:17 -0700
Hi, I was just wondering about one main thing. From the client, do I invoke an openoffice executable in the unpacked files, or in the installed files, on the server? Solveig G R Singleton wrote: >I am sorry but you have not provided enough detail on what you are >trying to do for me to offer any more advice. I suggest you try users >again but this time provide the goal, what you are using to achieve >the goal, such as a terminal server configuration or a Samba server et >cetera. My laptop is the sole Windows box and thus I cannot duplicate >your environment. > >ger > >On 3/1/06, Solveig L Haugland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi, yes, thank you. >> >>I have been using the exe you mention and have been unpacking the files >>by running the exe as mentioned. I have installed the full OOo on the >>server. So far so good. >> >>This is unclear to me, since there are a couple places where I could run >>openoffice on the server, with different results. >> >>"On the client simply invoke soffice via the full path or mount the >>remote filesystem and then use that to get to soffice. The rest should >>be plain simple." >> >>Approach 1: From the client, I navigate to the place on the server where >>OOo was fully installed, go to openoffice\program\ , run the >>soffice.exe file. >> >>That runs the program on the client. Is that what I want? It seems like >>one way to do it but the issue is on my client is that I can't save in >>any OpenOffice.org formats. (Even though the server instance is set up >>to save as OOo format under Tools > Options.) It defaults to .odt >>extension but without the words OpenDocument in front of it. >> >>What I expected was to get an install window. >> >>Approach 2: The other thing I did was, from the client, navigating to >>the folder on the server where the files were unpacked to. However, this >>just does a normal install, not the client/server install I was >>expecting in which some settings and files like templates are stored >>centrally on the server and some are stored locally on the client. After >>the install when I look at the client under tools > options, all >>settings are local. >> >>Is that what the client-server install does or is that not an option? Do >>I have to go to each client and switch the settings so that templates >>and other central items are on the server? >> >>Thanks for your help, >> >>Solveig >> >> >> >> >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >> >> >> >>>Did you get this? >>> >>> >>>On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:48 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>Thanks for your quick reply. I'm having problems way before that, >>>>though. (Just responding to you since I'm attaching a screen shot and so >>>>I can provide a cleaner solution in the end after all the questions.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>First, download OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.ex that is the one >>>with the working JRE. Note the .exe extension. This means it is >>>executable. Put this on the server. >>> >>>The instructions you use below appear to be for 1.1.x and they may or >>>may not work with 2.x. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>On the server: >>>>- I unpack the files. >>>>- Should I run the whole install first? I'm assuming so but not sure. >>>>- I cd to the unpacked directory on the server. Is that the correct >>>>directory or should I go to the installed directory, to run setup /net? >>>>- I type setup /net in the directory where the unpacked files are. I >>>>get the attached screen shot. Should this happen? I'm not sure what >>>>exactly to put in for each required variable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Why bother, simply double-click the exe or run it from a MSDOS command >>>window. Do have a proper windows session going. You could do it by >>>mounting the remote server filesystem on the local machine. In this case >>>use the Custom install and select everything and use the target or >>>whatever it is called to point to the remote filesystem. WARNING, no >>>spaces in the name or you will have problems with your clients. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>On the client: >>>>- I doubleclick the file installedprogramfile\program\soffice.exe on >>>>the server, and the program just starts on the client. I don't get the >>>>smaller client installation program I'm expecting. Also I can't save >>>>files in OpenOffice.org format. >>>>- And if I double-click the file unpackedprogramfile\setup.exe on the >>>>server, I just get the normal installation program, not the smaller >>>>client installation program I'm expecting. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>On the client simply invoke soffice via the full path or mount the >>>remote filesystem and then use that to get to soffice. The rest should >>>be plain simple. >>> >>>Do check the new setup guide at >>>http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf >>>for window installation. The expectation in the document is that you are >>>working on the server during installation. >>> >>>Hope this helps. If not let me know where you are getting stalled. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:28 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>>I have to admit I'm having trouble doing a multi-user installation, on >>>>>>Windows. I get inconsistent results. The /net option gives me a huge >>>>>>list of parameters or a message not use that approach depending on which >>>>>>machine I use. I'm not sure which .exe to run on the client (neither >>>>>>seems to yield the client install window though doing the /net install >>>>>>correctly will fix this I assume), and as mentioned before if possible >>>>>>would love to know where all the settings are stored on client and user. >>>>>> >>>>>>I've referred to the Setup Guide but was wondering if there was >>>>>>something more step-by-step out there. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>First, I should think that simply clicking install for all users or what >>>>>ever it is called would do the trick assuming you are on the server. >>>>>Works for me on the one XP box I have with multiple users. I would >>>>>expect that you could do the same thing to, say, a Samba server using >>>>>the customize installation. Have you tired this approach? The Setup >>>>>Guide does recommend this for 2.0. For 1.1.5, using setup -net is the >>>>>approach to take and the various screens should guide you to completion. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> > > >___________________________________________________________ >$0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer >10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. >Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > -- 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]
