[ale] OpenOffice-1.0.2 newbieQs

[Keith R. Watson]

At 02:25 PM 3/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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'?
>
>Last, but still important: is this going to hurt much?
>
>Inquiring (but chicken-hearted) minds enquire.
>
>TIA.
>  John Mills
>  john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu


John,

The Quick Start guide can be found here:

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/instructions.html



and the complete Setup Guide can be found here:

http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide/en/ooo_setup_english.pdf


keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836

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