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From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
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Subject: Re: Trouble installing OpenOffice1.1.2 on 4.10
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On Sunday 18 July 2004 07:33 pm, Peter Ryan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to get OO 1.1.2 running on 4.10
> I have KDE installed.
>
> I have managed to install the software, but
> now I cannot run it.
>
> When I installed, I could not execute the installation instructions
> from a command line as requested, but there were
> no permission problems as suggested.
>
> Eventually I tried double clicking "setup" from KDE.
>
> This appeared to work well. OO installed, and I could
> see new OO entries in the KDE menus.
>
> However, when I try to start Calc or Writer from KDE,
> I get no response. The disk is not active, there is no
> window or error message - nothing seems to happen.
> KDE appears to remain fully functional - I can still
> browse, look at files etc etc.
>
> I dont knwo what is wrong here.
>
> I was thinking of uninstalling OO and trying again, but
> I dont have the slightest idea how to uninstall it.
>
> (I am very very new to this OS)
>
> All help much appreciated
> Thanks
> Peter

When you say you tried executing "setup" from the command line:

1. Were you in a console or a terminal window in X?
2. What directory were you in?
3. What did you type, exactly, to execute "setup"?

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould