Nico, It's not hard. The file comes as a tar.gz file. You unpack it and a pdf file with instructions in the unpacked directory can take you from there. Essentially, you do the following: As superuser, run ./setup -n After the files are installed, you duck out of superuser and back to your own user name. Then you cd into the directory where you installed Open Office. There, you'll find a setup command. Run it as user. It will set up the requisite files and directories in your /home/~ subdirectory. You can then activate OO.o from this subdirectory or put the path in a menu entry... Best, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts Science correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in Home: 508-520-3139 pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~