[oclug]getting openoffice off your redhat system

[Chris H]

On January 29, 2003 01:28 am, Dave Edwards wrote:

> > Yes this is the best installation setup and refered too as a network
> > install. Once installed in /opt or wherever, any user on the "network"
> > can install to thier home dir a "client" This is what you are seeing at
> > present.
>
> Okay, but how is what I have in my $HOME a client, when it seems to
> contain nearly as much of the actual executable program as the
> /usr/local/ location does?
>
> $ du -sh ./ooo-1.0.2/program/ /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0.2/program/
> 154M	./ooo-1.0.2/program
> 156M	/usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0.2/program
>
> And when I can execute
> $ ./ooo-1.0.2/soffice &
> just as I can
> $ /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.0.2/program/soffice &
> (They're not symlinked, by the way.)

Dave, consider reading the manual it does provide more information then I can. 

Using the network installation model, rather then dumping the entire program 
into home, allows you to setup mutliple installations as in for each account 
on your single system. Do you really see any valiue of installing the 
application seperately for each account?

Star/Openoffice have been designed an a network centric application. The core 
is installed where ever you want, consider LSB compliance when doing this, 
and the "client" (2 mbs) can be installed in each account, regardless if that 
account is local or in Toronto or someday on your palm or handled device.


Best

/ch