Need Help Installing SoftMaker Office 2021

Q&A
#1

Hey guys, I followed the instructions to install SoftMaker Office 2021 on Clear (other distros as per the site)

https://www.softmaker.com/en/tips-linux

But I keep getting the following errors.

I get the error that I’m not a root/super user even though i’ve used both sudo ./installsmoffice and su followed by the said script

I get too many arguments in line 1340

I get installation aborted because the installer doesn’t find the file “office2021.tar.lzma” which is clearly over there.

also uploading content on line 1340 over here.

[Album] Clear Linux - SoftMaker Office 2021 Error

Can someone please help me? Thanks :slight_smile:

#2

If their script is not working, you should ask them.

#3

The “too many arguments” error is because your working directory contains spaces (the ‘all data here’ section). You can either correct that or change line 1340 to: cd “$SAVEDIR”

#4

Hey guys. So the problem got solved. But can you please tell me what was the exact issue?

Here’s how it worked out.

I just copied the folder with the installation script file into the default Downloads folder under the home directory. It would only install from there. Even when I would make a sub-folder under the Downloads folder, it still would give me too many arguments.

@Tidda line 1340 is already $SAVEDIR as you can see in the shots I have atttached above. It’s a whole folder on imgur and the last image is about line 1340.

I’ll share it again over here anyway. Thanks. :slight_smile:

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#5

Share it at SMO forum too : https://forum.softmaker.com :wink:

#6

cd $SAVEDIR is not the same as cd "$SAVEDIR"

It seems you missed the double quotes.
You moved the script to a directory with a path without any spaces, that solved it.