R: net install of staroffice 5.2
> I don't think this is possible. I have installed SO 5.2 on 3 different
> machines with this switch and it always worked. Did yo download the
> all-in-one file? I have the splitted package.
i had the whole .bin on a cd with a magazine .. now i downloaded the whole
.bin
(and FWIW, the new bin is 3M bigger than the first one ...)
still have to try it .. i forgot my zip home :(
Marco Frattola (Pianificazione processi) -
Cubecom S.p.A.
Via de Marini,1 3 piano Torre WTC
16149 GENOVA
tel. 010 6591184
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:55:18AM +0200, marco frattola wrote:
> > hi,
> > and thanks for your answer ..
> >
> > > On 23, aug, 2000 at 09:02:18 +0200, marco frattola wrote:
> > > > hi all,
> > > > this is not debian specific, but maybe somebody can help
> > > me. i'm trying to
> > > > install staroffice 5.2 using
> > > > the 'net' switch, so every user doesn't need to install
> > > his/her own copy of
> > > > staroffice.
> > > > i already did it successfully with so 5.1, but i'm unable
> > > to do that with
> > > > 5.2. sun gives you a whole .bin
> > > > file. by executing that file you start installation .. but
> > > there's no way of
> > > > passing the /net switch. without
> > > > switch, it installs the one-user only. reading the docs
> > > from sun doesn't
> > > > help much .. they refer to a setup
> > > > script, which doesn't exist before running the .bin file,
> > > and that doesn't
> > > > do anything after: it just gives you
> > > > option to repair/uninstall/modify, but not to reinstall. so
> > > if anybody knows
> > > > if there's anything i can try ..
> > >
> > > Have you tried passing the /net switch to the *.bin file when you
> > > execute it?
> > >
> > > I seem to remember that's how I did it when I tried
> StarOffice (I've
> > > removed it as I don't really need it ...).
> > >
> > i tried it .. but doesn't work.
> > the script bails out saying that the switch is not correct.
> > i've also tried /net and -net (since docs here and there
> > don't agree on
> > switch sintax) but it doesn't work. this is what i meant (but
> > now that i
> > re-read it i realize it wasn't clearly expressed) 'there's no
> > way to pass
> > the switch to the .bin file'
> >
> > thank you anyway
> >
> > Marco Frattola (Pianificazione processi) -
> > Cubecom S.p.A.
> > Via de Marini,1 3 piano Torre WTC
> > 16149 GENOVA
> > tel. 010 6591184
> >
> >
> >
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