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Hour 1: Installing StarOffice |
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A networked installation of StarOffice is very useful if you have several users on your Linux system and have purchased several licenses of StarOffice. It enables you to install StarOffice in a single location where more than one user can use it. This saves a lot of disk space because each user doesn't need a copy of StarOffice in his or her home directory.
Note - Of course, if you're using an evaluation or free download version of StarOffice, you can use the networked installation with multiuser accounts to evaluate how it all works (a separate license key is required for each user)----just don't run your business on it. |
A network installation of StarOffice is easier than a single-user installation. The differences are the location where the bulk of StarOffice files are installed and the need to install a small set of files (with a license key) for each user who accesses the networked installation of StarOffice. The following steps summarize a networked StarOffice installation (details are provided in the next section):
1. Install StarOffice using the /net option. That is, install the libraries if necessary (as described previously), and then use a command such as the following:
$ ./setup /net
When prompted for the location at which StarOffice files will be installed, choose a common application area such as /opt or /usr/local. (No license key is required for this step because no one can use a networked installation without first installing a user to access it).
2. Obtain a license key for a user. Log in as that user.
3. Run the setup program from the bin/ directory of the networked StarOffice installation. For example, use the following command:
$ /opt/Office50/bin/setup &
The network installation is almost identical to the Single User installation described in the first half of this hour, except that no libraries need to be installed first.
The sections that follow walk you through a network installation for StarOffice.
The system requirements for the networked installation are the same as for a single-user installation.
To start a networked installation, follow these steps:
1. Log in as a user with enough administration privileges to install StarOffice to the desired location (usually this is the root user).
2. Start the X Window System if it isn't already running.
3. Open a terminal window and change to the StarOffice directory:
# cd /tmp/so501/
4. Change to the glibc2_inst directory:
$ cd glibc2_inst
5. If you're running a tcsh or ( pd)ksh shell, start an sh shell (the StarOffice installation scripts were written for bourne-compatible shells):
$ sh
6. Start the StarOffice preparation script (note the dot-space-dot-slash):
$ . ./soprep
7. Respond to the first prompt by entering the name of the directory name in which the new StarOffice libraries are to be installed. This is the lib/ subdirectory below where you intend to install the StarOffice program:
glibc2 directory [/opt/Office50/lib] ?
(Just press Enter if the /opt directory shown is correct.)
The soprep script installs the libraries in the selected directory and returns to a command prompt. Within the text that appears onscreen, you see a notice that the libraries were installed successfully.
Caution - If the libraries are not installed successfully (often because of limited permissions in the library directories) the installation of StarOffice fails. Review the library descriptions in the first part of this hour and the README files in the StarOffice directories. |
8. Change to the main StarOffice installation directory. (Don't leave the sh shell! Some environment variables needed by the setup program were set by the soprep script.)
$ cd ../so501_inst
9. Start the setup installation program with the network option:
$ ./setup /net
A message might inform you that the window manager has not defined icons, so defaults are being used. This is harmless.
After a few seconds, the StarOffice graphic appears and the installation process begins. The first screen to appear is a welcome screen, just as in a single user installation. Press Next to continue the installation.
10. Review the license agreement screen and choose Accept to continue.
11. Review the Important Information screen and choose Next to continue.
12. Choose the type of installation you want (Standard, Custom, or Minimum) and choose Next to continue.
If you choose a Custom installation, review the steps in the Single User installation section for help on selecting components to install. In particular, choose the KDE option if your Linux system uses the KDE desktop.
Tip - If you include KDE Integration in the networked installation, each user also has KDE integration installed automatically. |
13. Enter the directory in which the networked StarOffice program is to be installed.
The setup program uses the home directory of the user that you are logged in as by default (for example, /root/Office50). You'll need to use the Browse button or enter another directory, such as /opt/Office50, for networked use.
14. Choose the Complete button from the next screen to begin the installation. (Use the Back button if you need to change a selection in a previous screen.)
The installation begins copying files. When this is completed, a dialog box informs you that the installation has finished.
The networked installation of StarOffice that you just completed cannot be run directly. Instead, follow up the network installation by installing StarOffice for a user.
To start the installation process for a network user, follow these steps:
1. Log in to your Linux system using the username that will use StarOffice as a networked user.
2. Start the X Window System, if it isn't already running, and open a terminal window.
3. Start the setup program in the bin/ directory of the networked StarOffice installation:
$ /opt/Office50/bin/setup
A welcome screen appears. Choose Next to continue.
4. Review the license agreement and choose Accept to continue with the installation.
5. Review the Important Information screen and choose Next to continue.
6. Enter as much information as you choose in the User Data screen (shown in Figure 1.8).
You must enter at least the information that you provided to StarDivision to obtain your license key. Review the information in the single user installation procedure if you have questions about using this screen.
7. The next screen to appear enables you to select either a standard workstation installation or a Standard Installation (local). (See Figure 1.9.)
Figure
1.8
The User Data screen requires at least the information you entered to obtain
your license key from StarDivision.
Figure
1.9
The workstation installation or a full local installation can be selected.
The Standard Installation (local) installs all the StarOffice files in the current user's home directory, requiring about 140MB. The Workstation installation requires only 2.2MB (about 9.5MB with libraries).
8. Choose the desired installation directory within your home directory for the StarOffice files. You'll need between 3 and 10MB of space within your home directory.
9. Choose the Complete button to install the StarOffice files.
Note - If you selected the KDE components during the network installation, a dialog box tells you that StarOffice was added to your KDE Panel. |
10. Choose Complete in the final screen to close the installation program.
Sams Teach Yourself StarOffice® 5 for Linux in 24 Hours |
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Hour 1: Installing StarOffice |
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