Re: R: net install of staroffice 5.2
Marco, You may have the same problem that i had initially.
I downloaded the file ftp from an the au. mirror and it would not run.
Then via netscape from Sun (after about four retrys and overwrites 'cos
I am on a 33K dialup, finally it took eleven hours from 1am ;-(( )
and the file sizes were different.
The one I have that works is so-5_2-ga-linux-en.bin 95333K
the dud is ditto 100213K
just tried it again from an xterm and the install page has come up.
All i did was make it executable and run it as root.
Select the net option when it asks .
HTH
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:17:24PM +0200, marco frattola wrote:
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> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: Russ Pitman [mailto:russ@tasman.net.au]
> > Inviato: mercoledì 23 agosto 2000 14.09
> > A: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Oggetto: Re: net install of staroffice 5.2
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> > I forget what I actually did to get a net install but I think
> > that the option was offered during the install process.
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> yeah, i think i know what you are talking about. are you sure
> you did it with 5.2? it was a snap with 5.1 .. but i don't see
> it as an option using 5.2 (i.e. running the big so52-..-.bin file)
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> > Just a thought- Sun has a pdf file of the all the install
> > details on their
> > web site.
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> i read it .. but it refers to the setup script. there is no
> setup script before you run the big .bin file. and when
> you have the setup, all you can do is uninstall/modify/repair.
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> thank you anyway
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> Marco Frattola (Pianificazione processi) -
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