How do I install StarOffice?
Support knowledgebase (ck_staroffice)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 6.0
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HiSax: Version sDB_TOPIC:
Request:
You would like to install StarOffice, but you don't know how.
Procedure:
Here is a step-by-step guide in three parts:
- Please login as Superuser (
root
).
- Place the SuSE Linux 6.0 CD number 3 in your CD-ROM drive.
- Start
YaST
and select the menu: Choose/Install
packages
, then select Change/Create configuration
.
- Select from the series pay the package so_de by
pressing the space key.
- Confirm your selection with the
F10
key.
- Press again
F10
and select the menu option
Start installation
. The package so_de will now
be installed.
- Quit
YaST
when the package installation is finished.
B
- Login now as the user who wants to use StarOffice: every single user
has to install StarOffice individually.
- Start X and its Windowmanager, for example by typing
startx
.
- Open a Terminal-Window (
xterm
).
(for example: KDE-User proceed as following:
take your mouse to the desktop-background and press the
right mouse button. Now select Execute command and enter
xterm
.)
- Enter the following command:
sosetup
. Note: In SuSE 6.2
this command is /opt/Office51/bin/setup.
- The StarOffice Installationprogramm starts and guides you through
the rest of the installation.
- Once the installation is finished, you can uninstall the big package
so_de in order to save place in your harddisk. The package
only contains the source for the instalation.
Keywords: STAROFFICE, OFFICE, INSTALL
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- Version: 10. Feb 1999
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