Re: StarOffice for multiple users

From: Michael Laajanen (michael_laajanen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 10:42:29 GMT

HI,
CJT wrote:
> 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?
>

A cleanup interface and PDF creating and also creating of flash
files(but I have not tried that) :))

You also need to patch 6 alot so definetly I would say go for seven,
most important I think in the end is to have as clean and easy interface
as possible and 7 is by far the best IMHO.

My wife which used MS complains a bit but she works it out so it is very
much OK.

/michael