Re: StarOffice and /opt?
i just make /opt a link to /usr/local ..works good.
nate
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, John Gay wrote:
John_G >
John_G >
John_G >I recently got a copy of StarOffice from the cover CD from PCPlus Magazine. It
John_G >came as a .rpm file. I tried to use alien -i to install, but first I got loads
John_G >of errors as the .deb file was made, then it started to install in /opt. It
John_G >created this on my root partition, which is only 100M and about half full. Of
John_G >course, this failed. I simply removed the /opt directory, as this was not on my
John_G >system before I started. I am thinking of just putting another Harddrive in my
John_G >system and setting it up as /opt.
John_G >
John_G >My question is, I've noticed that Debian often uses slightly different locations
John_G >from RedHat. Does Debian put StarOffice in another directory, or does StarOffice
John_G >expect to de in /opt, and should it stay there. I'm still new to Linux, and,
John_G >although I've had a good read of FHS documents, it is not very specific.
John_G >Shouldn't user programmes be installed in /usr?
John_G >
John_G >Does the new Sun version of StarOffice meet Debians policy to be included in
John_G >contrib or non-free for distribution? I've got rather used to using dpkg to
John_G >install, and I quite like knowing that all dependencies are verified and the
John_G >menus are updated automatically. I still haven't tried apt yet. It didn't get
John_G >installed on my system due to some problems I had with the 2.1 boot images and
John_G >my SCSI motherboard.
John_G >
John_G >Thanx for all the help.
John_G >
John_G >Cheers,
John_G >
John_G > John Gay
John_G >
John_G >
John_G >
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