In Linux, how do I setup OpenOffice.org using a network/multi-user installation?
If you downloaded the setup application from OpenOffice.org, and you’re running “./setup”, if you run it as the root user, and have the -net switch (so it’s ./setup -net), all users on the system will have access to the OpenOffice.org package. By default, it asks to be installed in the /opt directory. Each user will individually have to run setup so that some OpenOffice.org settings are written to their home directory. It should be noted that running ./install is equivalent to running ./setup -net, except that it has an auto-response file so that a complete non-graphical install can be performed. This option is useful for administrators that don’t have X connections to the target machines. Trying ./install –help or using the -? or -h option will list its supported options. So, a recap. Running ./install as root usually installs OpenOffice.org into /usr/local/OpenOffice.org_1.1. A user will have to run /usr/local/OpenOffice.org_1.1/./setup so that OpenOffice.org can be installed for th
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