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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Installing Koffice from source on RHEL4
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-06-30 10:28:41
Message-ID: 200506301228.41953.faure () kde ! org
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On Thursday 30 June 2005 05:02, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
> 
> [Using Scientific Linux, based on RHEL4]
> 
> I have just downloaded the source code for Koffice. But before I install 
> it, I would appreciate some information.
> 
> Scientific Linux is a derivate of RHEL4. It recompiled RHEL4 from 
> source. In addition, unlike RHEL's stripped down version of KDE,  it 
> give us the full-fledged version of KDE 3.3.1-3.10.
> 
> I was told by tech support at SL that installing Koffice might cause 
> some problems. I can see how this could be the case with installing 
> binaries. But what about installing from source code? Is there any way 
> this could cause problems to a linux OS? Any conflicts of any sort? Even 
> things like messing up the menus? Or does installing from source by its 
> nature produce a clean customized install that does not conflict with 
> one's system?

They say that because they don't want to do the tech support for things you
install from sources yourself ;)
But it should be fine, especially if you don't have koffice-from-binaries
installed already. Then there can be no conflicts.

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).

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