Dear list-members.

Encouraged by the lot of messages about StarOffice and the
installationguide by Anne (stripes@tigerlair.com) I decided
to try the installation myself. The guide was not quite
detailed enough to get me through the process. So here is
what I have done:



StarOffice v5.1 was fetched from
ftp://ftp.rmkhome.com/pub/staroffice/so51a_lnx_01.tar

As root I did the following:
cd /tmp
tar -xvf so51a_lnx_01.tar
cd /tmp/so51inst/office51

mkdir /proc
Insert the following entry into /etc/fstab and mount /proc
/proc           /proc   procfs  rw      0       0

unzip setup.zip
rename all LIB*SO files to lowercase filenames

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/s051inst/office51
export DISPLAY=:0.0
./setup

Accept license
Enter personnal details
Select custom installation
install to /usr/local/Office51

Against my will StarOffice is installed in
    /usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51 instead of
    /usr/local/Office51

select all components
ignore Java/JavaScript notice about missing Java Runtime Environment
cd /tmp
rm -rf /tmp/so51inst
cd /usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/bin
mv soffice soffice.orig
cp soffice.orig soffice
Change soffice line 18 from
        SCO_SV) test=/bin/test     ;;
to
        NetBSD | SCO_SV) test=/bin/test     ;;


Restart KDE

If I then as an ordinary user execute the commands:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/bin
soffice

the script soffice is executed but nothing happens, not even a
core-dump is produced.

If I su to root and do the same:
su
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/bin
soffice

then StarOffice starts with the error messages:

	The component (PluginManager) could not be loaded.
	Please start setup with the option repair.

	InternetSetupWizard: No resource loader found.

So I exit StarOffice and execute
su - root
cd /usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/lib
./setup -repair

Logging in as an ordinary user and executing
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51/bin
soffice

still does not start StarOffice, but after su'ing to
root it is possible and I get the InternetSetupWizard,
which I answer.

Logging back to the ordinary user, it is still impossible to
start StarOffice.



Can anyone tell me how to start StarOffice as an ordinary user?

How do I install StarOffice in /usr/local/Office51
instead of /usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/local/Office51?

Or should I upgrade to v5.2?

Best regards
   Ib-Michael Martinsen
-- 
email at home: imm@nethotel.dk
email at work: imm@dmdata.dk
Running NetBSD/i386 v1.5 because my RiscPC has broken down :-(