[ale] OpenOffice-1.0.2 newbieQs

[Joe]

John Mills <johnmills at speakeasy.net> writes:

> ALErs -
> 
> I'm installing OpenOffice-1.0.2 from the OOo website (their *.tar.gz)  on
> a RH-7.3 box, and have a few questions the README didn't address (or I 
> missed 'em).
> 
> As 'su' I unpacked the tarball and ran its install/install script which
> produced a 'significant'(!) /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0.2 tree.
> 
> I provisionally added /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0.2/programs to PATH and 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, then as an ordinary user I invoked 'soffice'. This 
> brought up a 'setup wizard' which collected some user info, then asked 
> whether to create an OpenOffice directory under my name and I chickened 
> out to look for a bit more advance information (starting with this note).
> 
> There is a 'setup' script in the created tree which I did not invoke. Is
> this wizard 'setup' in action, invoked by 'soffice'?
> 
> Are there some notes on the OpenOffice installation so I know what to
> expect? For example, should each user follow the same setup procedure, or
> is there a once-and-for-all setup by 'su'?

Each user gets their own private OOo settings, which are set up the
first time they run 'soffice' and stored in ~/OpenOffice.org. So
what you're seeing is normal.

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka
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