"Rev. Michael Derek Barnett" wrote: [snip]

1) Download it. 2) Untar it. 3) Install the libs: cd <path>/glibc2_inst and type ". ./soprep." 4) Add the library directory for the glibc libs to your library path and run ldconfig. 5) Cd to the install directory. Type "./setup". 6) Register. 7) Add the binary directory for Star Office to your path. 8) Run Star Office.

Good luck with #6. Here's my experience so far with #6: 1.) Start SO5 and warning dialog appears asking me to register now. I answer yes. 2.) Registration box pops up with customer # filled in. (enable button is grayed out) 3.) I type in my personal key and click on register (enable key not being a choice). The registration form pops up, all filled in with my personal information and a choice of "continue" or "online registration". 3a.) Choosing "continue" just creats a letter you can print and mail and a choice of either "print" or "online registration". 3b.) Choosing "online registration" brings up a dialog stating that internet settings must be correct and gives a choice of "internet setings" or "send". Internet settings are correct (I've done this about a dozen times (so far) and the connection with SO always happens) so I click "send". 4.) A connection is made to SO and a form pops up with a registration number. The message thanks me for my registration and advises me of all my benefits as a registered SO user and then a box pops up that says "Registration failed! Try manual and when it failed too, please call support." With all the thousands of people on all platforms dl'ing this free (beer) office suite, I'll pass on calling support. Now, after going throught the above, if I click Help-->Product Information, the dialog that pops up states that "This product is registered to Brendan McEnaney" followed by my customer number and registration key both filled in! However the next time I start the program up I find myself back at #1 above and again, clicking Help-->Product Information shows "unregistered". Wash, rinse, repeat... Oh, and: Yes I re-started the process at the download site to be sure that I entered my name and email address exactly the same on both ends (3 times). Yes I set the DNS Server to "automatic" in Tools-->Options-->Internet-->Proxy. Yes, cookies are enabled. Yes, at the registration dialog in #3 I hit [Enter] after entering the key instead of clicking "register" (and got a "registration failed" error box). And yes, I copy and pasted the Key so that the zeros and O's didn't get mixed up. The program works great. I just can't register it. I hope your experience differs. -- Brendan McEnaney - Boston "Beware the advice of successful people, <A HREF="http://www.world.com/~mcenaney"><A HREF="http://www.world.com/~mcenaney</A">http://www.world.com/~mcenaney</A</A>> they do not seek company." - Dogbert - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e