Bug 52169

Summary:	Can't install to a different drive if no space on C:\
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	tz <thomas>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	Andras Timar <timar74>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	jcrmu, jeremy, kohei, sunnyday742, vulcain
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Windows (All)
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Description tz 2012-07-16 21:21:03 UTC

The install page said: LibreOffice Windows, version 3.5.5, English (US).
There is NO 3.5.5 version above.  This is the one I downloaded today and should be the "release" and it was an MSI.

This is under XP SP3.

I can click Browse... on the custom component screen to tell it I want to install on a different drive, but when I click Next, it ignores the change and brings up the space screen with C: highlighted as not having enough room.  There is no way to get it to bypass this other than making enough space available on C: (and there might not be enough space on D but it might start anyway if it isn't doing it right).

Comment 1 Urmas 2012-07-20 11:54:44 UTC

Try to move the temporary folder (TEMP environment variable) to another drive.

Comment 2 tz 2012-07-20 16:06:48 UTC

Moving the msi to the destination drive worked.  There are multiple "TEMP" variables, user and system.  I can move them but they might break something else later.

Comment 3 Andras Timar 2012-09-12 13:07:02 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Moving the msi to the destination drive worked.  There are multiple "TEMP"
> variables, user and system.  I can move them but they might break something
> else later.

If you don't have enough free space on your system drive, you'll have problems sooner or later. 

I don't think it is a bug in LibreOffice.

Comment 4 tz 2012-09-12 13:41:14 UTC

There is more than enough space on my C drive, but libreoffice is HUGE, and there IS A BUG IN THE SPACE NEEDED COMPUTATION.  I don't have any trouble with my "system drive" - it has enough space for the things it needs, but I have most things elsewhere.

The Bug specifically is, If there is not enough space on C:\ to install LibreOffice, it won't install it to ANY OTHER DRIVE no matter how much space is available there.

How is this "not a bug"?  The installer is supposed to install where it is possible to install, not chide me for having limited space on a drive I'm not going to install to.

It isn't a bug in the body of the installed LibreOffice, but is a bug in the installer itself.

If you don't want to fix it, the least you can do is to give the correct resolution.

Comment 5 Andras Timar 2012-09-12 18:46:39 UTC

There's no need to rant. If there were a CANTFIX resolution, I would have chosen that. Please note that MSI installer is a database, not a program, and LibreOffice developers cannot change the way that Windows calculates free space.

Comment 6 Maxim Monastirsky 2013-12-02 12:05:33 UTC

*** Bug 72189 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-02-27 11:46:37 UTC

*** Bug 75570 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-04-06 19:01:40 UTC

*** Bug 77016 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-06-25 13:26:15 UTC

*** Bug 80525 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***