On Monday 01 May 2006 13:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. What is RPM? You have already lost me.
Are you using linux? If not, don't worry about an RPM. You don't use them for Windows or Mac installation. If you are using Linux, RPMs are pretty important. They are the way you install software on many linux distros. If you are going to use linux you should read up on RPMs. I can't speak for other distros of Linux but in Mandriva they are pretty much point and click. > 2. This stuff makes NO sense to me. Sorry but techspeak is way over my > head. I guess "point and click" is not an option. It's easy to say it's too hard. Just remember that the majority of people here installed the software and I'm sure lots of the people here don't consider themselves tech savy but they had a job they wanted to get done and they tried. You don't have to understand the commands so it's not that important that it's over your head. You just have to execute them > 3. are these dos commands? This is very esoteric for the average user. Again, looking at the Setup guide in the link someone sent to you, it's really pretty simple and it's pretty standard and not esoteric for installing software on linux unless you use programs with a gui. For example instead of the tar command, you could use ARK or some program like it to decompress the program. If you are using linux it's possible that you have a version of OO that was prepared for that distro. Do you know how to install software on your version of linux? Look at your distros list of available software for OO and install it according to the directions for software installation on your distro. Eric Jackson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] > > > On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 17:17 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have been trying for hours to install OO. The forum treated me like > >> an idiot and the "help" they offered took me in circles. Why is it so > >> hard to install? > > > > I haven't found it hard to install. Perhaps by making use of the > > instructions in > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf > > you will be able to perform the installation. > > > >> Would a CDROM be easier? > >> Neil > > > > -- > > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
