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[bennie@xxxxxxxxx (Benjamin van Ruyssevelt)]

According to me trying, installing Staroffice requires a "./setup" in the right
directory.  My installation script, however, is corrupt......Therefore I need an
other one.

B@N

Frank Pawlak wrote:

> On Feb 14,  3:49pm, Benjamin van Ruyssevelt wrote:
> > Subject: Re[2]: [S.u.S.E. Linux] star-office 2
> >
> > What about an installation script ?
>
> Sorry, your question doesn't parse.  What installation script are you referring
> to?
> Frank
>
> > B@N
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 11:43:28 -0600
> > "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Feb 13,  7:22am, Tom Schaefer wrote:
> > > > Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] star-office 2
> > > >
> > > > Benjamin van Ruyssevelt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would like to start by thanking everybody for pointing me to places
> > > > > where I could download Staroffice..
> > > > >
> > > > > However, I have a corrupt installation script ("setup")..
> > > > > I would appreciate it very much if someone could send me a working
> > > script........
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you very much in advance.
> > > >
> > > > I bought Caldera's Open Linux 1.1 back around June of '97 and they
> included a
> > > Star
> > > > Office CD as part of the bundle.
> > > >
> > > > What a waste. You're better off spending a few dollars for Applixware or
> Word
> > > > Perfect. I cooould not get Star Office to install at all!  I fiddled with
> the
> > > rpm's,
> > > > fiddled with config files - it was pure hell.
> > > >
> > > > Star Office poses no threat to any of the other office suites or word
> > > processors.
> > > > There is no point in putting yourself through the agony.
> > > >
> > > > -tks-
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >-- End of excerpt from Tom Schaefer
> > >
> > > I would beg to differ with you on this.  I also went the exact route
> outlined
> > > above and agree with it 100%.  But, only as far as it goes.  If I recall
> > > correctly I did get StarOffice installed and running, however, I blew it
> away
> > > and went the Applix and WordPerfect Route.  I did not like the appearance
> of
> > >  documnets produced by Star Office 3.1.
> > >
> > > I managed to get version 4.0 downloaded last week  and it is a differnet
> > > ballgame than 3.1.  Understand that I haven't had a lot of time to work
> with
> > > it, but it appears that they have made some big strides to improve the
> suite.
> > >  There are still some things that I want to examine further before passing
> > > judgement on it, but at this time it looks fairly good.
> > >
> > > As I see it today, it is a large and powerfull office suite, perhaps a
> little
> > > overwhelming at first.  I have found the help files to be fairly complete
> --
> > > at
> > > least to get one comfortable with the interface and begin working.
> > >
> > > IMHO, this is a second or third generation product that has been improved a
> > > lot, and the price for an individual user is right -- free.  It is a mega
> > > download -- almost 46M, but worth a look.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Frank
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