Speaking of StarOffice...

[Matt Alexander]

Hi Mark,
First off, and I could be wrong about this, but I don't think you can run StarOffice for multiple users.  I think that it's only a single-user application.  So, if that is indeed the case (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong), then move the so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin to your home directory.  Next, make sure that the owner and permissions are correct on it (if the file was in /usr/local then you probably downloaded it as root and it's currently owned by root).  Type these commands:

chown your_login_here so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin
chmod 700 so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin

So now the installation file should be owned by you and the "chmod 700" command will make it executable for you.  Next, you simply need to execute the installation file like this:

./so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin

The "./" before the program means "run the program in the current directory".  The reason you use the ./ is because your home directory is most likely not in your $PATH.
After you execute this, a GUI install program will start up and it will ask you a series of questions.  Once the program is installed, you run it by locating the "soffice" program (probably located in $HOME/office52/).  If you're using KDE, you can launch Konqueror, browse to where "soffice" is, and drag it onto your toolbar at the bottom of your screen.  Then you can just click the icon to launch StarOffice from then on.  The icon will be some boring default application icon, so feel free to right-click it and select "preferences" and click on the icon to change it.
After StarOffice has been installed, you can delete the so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin file.
Let me know if you have any futher questions.
~Matt


Quoting Mark Phillips <phillips@usa.net>:

> I have been following all the comments about StarOffice and the
> Qworst/Cox/M$ deal with Arizona with great interest, so I downloaded a
> copy
> of StarOffice to try it out. I am new to Linux, so I am a little lost
> at
> this point - I have the file so_5_2_ga_bin_linux-en.bin sitting in
> /usr/local/staroffice-5.2 and what do I do with it? I have looked all
> over
> the SUN website for some simple installation help, and there is nothing
> to
> be found (except a lot of posts to the discussion board about the
> difficulty
> of installing the software!)
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give to me!
> 
> Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf
> > Of Kelly K
> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:44 AM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Speaking of StarOffice...
> >
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that it will no longer have
> > builtin email program??
> >
> > Kelly
> > --- Matt Alexander <m@netpro.to> wrote:
> > > Hopefully StarOffice 6.0 will address a lot of the
> > > complaints about version 5.2.
> > >
> > > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7018328.html
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