Shawn wrote: >On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:53:16 -0500 >Ryan Hayle <hackel at walkingfish.com> wrote: > > >>apt-get install openoffice.org. Couldn't be simpler. No monkey >>business. >> >>Even if you're not lucky enough to have a debian-based distro, I'm >>sure those redhat kiddies have something similar you can use instead >>of compiling the source... >> >> >> > >Bah! Compiling from source is nothing on Open Office... > >Get the source, install from source, feel the exposure to source, gain experience! =) > >It's not hard to install from source at all. > >IIRC, all you need to do: > >-download it (which you've already done) >-mv it to a directory. I prefer to put it in /usr/local/src >-tar zxvf OO tar.gz file >-cd into source directory (usr/local/src/OpenOffice....) >- run ./install -net (ya want this because then it's only a couple of megs in your home directory for each user) as root >-su or login as non root user who will use this >-run /usr/local/src/OpenOffice.../setup > > > #emerge openoffice wow, compiling from source has never been easier! =P LB _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list