Two instances of OpenOffice on thin clients.

[rbalfour]

> 

> 2.9. In Linux, how do I setup OpenOffice.org using a network/multi-user
> installation?

> If you downloaded the setup application from OpenOffice.org, and
> you're running "./setup", if you run it as the root user, and have the
> -net switch (so it's ./setup -net), all users on the system will have
> access to the OpenOffice.org package. By default, it asks to be
> installed in the /opt directory. Each user will individually have to
> run setup so that some OpenOffice.org settings are written to their
> home directory.

> 

> It should be noted that running ./install is equivalent to running
> ./setup -net, except that it has an auto-response file so that a
> complete non-graphical install can be performed. This option is useful
> for administrators that don't have X connections to the target
> machines. Trying ./install --help or using the -? or -h option will
> list its supported options.

> 

> So, a recap. Running ./install as root usually installs
> OpenOffice.org into /usr/local/OpenOffice.org_1.1. A user will have to
> run /usr/local/OpenOffice.org_1.1/./setup so that OpenOffice.org can be
> installed for the user in /home/username/OpenOffice.org_1.1.

> 



Maybe you need to remove the deb package and install the package from
OpenOffice.


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rbalfour