did you first run a server installation using /net? If so, then you
can install users (via each user account) from this system tree.

Peter Seebach writes:
 > Thanks to all for the various advice; I eventually gave up and installed
 > StarOffice on my local Linux box, and then copied the tree over.  It mostly
 > works, but it appears that it only works for a user who can write to the
 > files in /usr/local/office52/user/; is there a way to make it duplicate the
 > relevant subset for each user, and have a proper system-wide install?  Did
 > I screw this up?
 > 
 > -s

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Rex McMaster