Avi Schwartz wrote:
So far I have no luck with installing the Corel Office 2000 for Linux:
1. The installation program refuses to run since it thinks that I don't have glibc 2.X installed (I have, this is SuSE 6.3).
2. Tried the manual install (i.e. installing all the RPMs they list for the full product). The RPMs install but I still don't get the application executable nor know how to do the per user install and get the icons.
It is very disappointing that they didn't test the installation program on anything but Corel Linux and Redhat. It also worries me very much that in fact we have now incompatible Linux systems. Redhat with their tendency to do things a bit different are de-facto fragmenting the OS. While the kernel maybe the same, program cannot always install cleanly. Very disturbing.
Avi
You raise an interesting issue. I have been trying to find time to read file:/usr/doc/FHS/fhs.dvi so I can better understand what a Linux system "should" look like. The industry really should make an effort to adhere to standards. Sure, one company might try to Microsoft its way into the position of being a de facto Linux monopoly. But that is a good way to make enemies. If you think Bill Gates has people trying to cut him down to size because of his bully tactics, just think what will happen if someone tries that in Linux. On a cautionary note, I am not implying that any of the companies mentioned above are executing such a tactic. We, as a community, need to stay on top of potential "forking" and endeavor to avoid any unreasonable incompatibilities. I wonder what is at the core of your problem with WPO2K? Is it the file system layout? Steve -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/