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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: koffice installation for an old guy
From:       Jeremy Blosser <jblosser () firinn ! org>
Date:       1999-10-01 0:09:23
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Keith Antoine [kantoine@eastwind.com.au] wrote:
> >Since four days, i try to install KDE2/Koffice and I begin to see the
> end>of the tunnel... >kdesupport, kdelibs, kdebase and koffice have been
> 
> >compiled and installed in /usr/local/Koffice. But when i start the new
> KDE,
> >i have a lot of error messages (application, kde1.xpm missing, etc...)
> 
> I am anxious to see for myself what koffice, is/lookslike etc, but am
> put off by the likes of the above. I have been lurking and watching the
> comments/opinions hoping that someone may say "it installs", however it
> seems that its not that simple. I have a good 'working' knowledege as an
> ISP using slackware for 5 years and now Caldera for 6 months. I can say
> I am not game to try not being a programmer/developer, after seeing what
> it takes to get it running.
> 
> Question: when is it forseen that it will be able to be 'normally'
> installed by a 'user', without having to grapple with it for hours and
> hours ????? I am not young and find it hard to learn new tricks at my
> time of life.

I haven't written any "real" code in a few years.  I finally got around
trying to install KOffice a couple of weeks ago, and it was basically
painless.  I've seen some bad reports since then that I hear are related to
recent large changes that haven't been fully dealt with, but the 09-22
snapshots at least were fine for me, at least install wise.  I've not had a
lot of chance to make actual use of them yet.

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Jeremy Blosser   |   jblosser@firinn.org   |   http://jblosser.firinn.org/
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"If Microsoft can change and compete on quality, I've won." -- L. Torvalds

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