Re: StarOffice for multiple users

From: CJT (abujlehc_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 08:58:01 GMT

Michael Laajanen wrote:
> HI,
>
> CJT wrote:
>
>> I've installed StarOffice as root, and the butterfly appears on the main
>> CDE task bar when root logs in, as expected. How do I make this
>> similarly available to other users without installing a separate copy
>> for each? When I try setup, it seems to want to do the whole thing
>> over again (complete reinstall, rather than just adding to task bar
>> and setting up new user areas).
>>
> You install as the other said using the -net switch.
>
> You can also install it as non root if you are on a NFS server and all
> clients need to access Staroffice, just ignore the warnings.
>
> I have been using Staroffice 7 for a time no and it works great, much
> better that 6 so I hope that you are installing 7 :)
>
> /michael
>

Thanks to everyone for the help. The key was to use the -net
installation even though only a single machine was involved.
I guess the nomenclature threw me off -- it's more a shared
installation than necessarily a networked installation.

Michael,
I was in fact installing v6, but at your suggestion I'll look
at getting v7. Are there particular benefits that you especially
like? 

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