[ale] Software Installation

[jeff hubbs]

Lance Smith wrote:

> I have been to the Sun Site and downloaded what I think is the latest version
> of StarOffice.
> 
> The file is :
> so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> 
> What do I need to do now to install the application?
> 
> Thanks Alot
> 
> lance


That's the latest "stable" version (i.e., not beta).  IIRC, all you have 
to do is execute it - not as root.  There's a different way to do it for 
a multi-user installation, i.e., more than one person (account) on the 
same box - you'll have to dig deeper into the docs.  With the normal 
install, it puts everything in a directory called "office52" in your 
home directory.

Speaking of StarOffice, I overheard some older fellow in Microseconds 
today - he came in to buy a computer to replace his old one, which 
stopped powering up (I didn't want to get thrown out of the place by 
telling him he could just replace the PS and offering to put it in for 
him!).  Anyway, he was hoping that some machine there for sale would 
have spreadsheet SW on it (he and his wife were used to using MS Works) 
and there wasn't, so I hipped him to SO and sent him on his way.

- Jeff


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