Staroffice instal hints (was:Re: [techtalk] Disk utilities under Linux)

[curious]

When installing staroffice I recommend installing it in some usual
area.. (like /usr/local/soffice or the like)  then run setup as each user
that is going to use it and do a "run from the network" install or
whatever the selection is.. this will keep the binaries in a logical place
and put each user's config in thier home directories.. and will alow any
user to use staroffice without having to install the binaries in each
user's directory..

FYI

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:

> HI,
> > 
> > So, when upgrading to new versions of Linux, it can be done without updating
> > the /home directory?
> 
> Absolutely.  /home is where user data goes.  None of the OS or application
> code goes there unless, when installing individual apps later, you put it
> there by *your* choice.  (StarOffice 5.1 was one exception.  It put stuff in
> /home/<user name> by default, which I disliked intensely.  I don't know
> about 5.2.)  In any case, you can, during every install I've seen, choose
> which partitions to format and which not to.  If you back up your
> application and shell config files (various files starting with a .), which
> are the only thing that might get overwritten, your /home directory can be
> preserved basically untouched during an upgrade or an install.
> 
> > Does /home never need updating?
> 
> Only when you update your data.  Think of it this way:  if you're running
> Windows, you could create a shared directory called \home, right?  In it you
> could have subdirectories for different users, right?  Now, if you put
> things like word processing documents, spreadsheets, saved games in
> progress, or whatever in there, why would you need to upgrade it?  See what
> I mean?
> 
> > As you can see, I'm a 
> > Linux newby (in fact, I'm not yet a newbe, more like a gonnabe).
> 
> Don't worry... we're friendly :)
> 
> Regards,
> Caity
> 
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