[techtalk] StarOffice:It rings me

[antonxie]

Well techtalkers...

I've installed Staroffice 5.2 too on a separate partition u01.
I'm complete newbee...not bumblebee nor gonnabe...
I have it installed on /u01/staroffice52/
To run the program, I have to type ./soffice in /u01/staroffice52/program/
directory
My guestions:
1. How does the command  "./soffice" differ from other, say "soffice", coz
simply type soffice would run the program.  I don't know about this stuff...
2. How do I create a launcher on gnome desktop then, since the command line
start with a dot (.)

Please help me out...

TTFN

anton xie


----- Original Message -----
From: curious <curious at curious.org>
To: Caitlyn M. Martin <caitlynmaire at earthlink.net>
Cc: <MSYBlood at aol.com>; <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:25 AM
Subject: Staroffice instal hints (was:Re: [techtalk] Disk utilities
underLinux)


> 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
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Caitlyn M. Martin
> > caitlynmaire at earthlink.net
> > http://www.angelfire.com/nc/caitmartin
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