Re: [libreoffice-users] Upgrade Problem on Windows

James E Lang wrote:
> 4.0.4.2 -> 4.1.5.3
>
> After performing a cleanup on the volume there is only 207MB available on C: on a Windows XP system 
> on which I'm working. After I specified that LO be installed on volume D: the installer still 
> requires 427MB on C:. I hesitate to compress volume C:.
>
> Volume, Size, Available, Needed
> C:, 15GB, 207MB, 427MB
> D:, 107GB, 61GB, 352MB
> F:, 16GB, 6694MB, 0KB
>
> Is there any way to avoid using C:?
>
> (Growl! Windows. Bah, humbug!)

I wonder if the downloaded installer needs space in the temporary folder 
(which is on the C: drive by default) to self-extract and run the 
installer? It may be worth trying to set the TEMP and TMP environment 
variables to somewhere on the D: drive.

To do this temporarily (just for this run):
- Create a folder on the D: drive to use as the temporary folder (e.g. 
D:\temp)
- Click Start > Run
- Enter "cmd.exe" and click OK
- Type the following commands, pressing enter after each:
set temp D:\temp
set tmp D:\temp
D: (or whatever drive letter the LO installer is on)
cd <Path to the LO installer>
<Filename of the LO installer>

To do this permanently, I'm not sure of the exact sequence on XP but 
something along the lines of:
- Create a folder on the D: drive to use as the temporary folder (e.g. 
D:\temp)
- Open Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables
- Change the values for TEMP and TMP in the "User variables" section to 
"D:\temp" (you might want to make a note of the current values first in 
case you want to change them back later)
- Click OK to everything
- From now on, most software should use D:\temp for temporary storage, 
so just run the LO installer as normal.

Mark.


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