Linux install script is doing some strange things

[Tcaws]

So, this relates to the script installofficenx, which is extracted from the tarball softmaker-office-nx-1417-amd64.tgz, which is downloaded from https://www.softmaker.net/down/softmake ... -amd64.tgz

Running the script, as usual, it notices I am not running it as sudo, and asks if I want to install it only for this user, and I confirm yes.

And as usual, it asks where to install it, and suggests ~/officenx, and I say, no, please install in ~/.opt/officenx instead.

Then...

It tries to install hundreds of icons into /usr/share/icons/ and gets refused permission each time; this is even though it already knows it is not being run as sudo, and this hasn't happened when I've installed it previously.

And it installs it into BOTH ~/officenx AND ~/.opt/officenx (i.e. both where it suggested and also where I requested.

At the end, it does work, but it has taken up over 600MB more room.

Can I safely delete the install that I didn't want, or are they in some way both necessary? It feels like these are scripting errors?

[Tcaws]

Two postscipts:

(1) It also places the launch scripts in duplicate, both where it suggested and where I requested;

(2) It does seem to be safe to delete the duplicate installation, I've now tried! (Was aware I could always run the script to reinstall if necessary!)

[bernado82]

As you might expect, the two installation scripts for versions NX-1234 and the NX-1417 beta are different. Could this be due to the following new feature in SoftMaker Office 2026?

‘Linux: The installation no longer associates SoftMaker Office with all supported document types without asking. Instead, this is now only done optionally when the programmes are launched.’

Which Linux distribution do you use? My system runs on Tumbleweed, so I install RPM packages from the official SoftMaker repository. I also believe that an application such as SoftMaker Office 2026/NX needs to be installed in root mode, with each user then having access to their own settings in their user folder. Perhaps this is the source of your problem: not wanting to install the program as root or by using sudo?

[Tcaws]

(1) Before 1417 I was on 1415, then 1414, 1413 etc, so I am describing a regression between Beta versions, not a regression since 1234, which was last stable version.

(2) ‘Linux: The installation no longer associates SoftMaker Office with all supported document types without asking. Instead, this is now only done optionally when the programmes are launched.’ - this was already the case in previous Beta versions, wasn't introduced with 1417 and this error.

(3) As described in OP, the script itself recognises that not being installed as root. It is allowed. Indeed, it works and is working right now as OP said. Screenshot of script, highlighting install locally as suggested way forward:

[bernado82]

It seems that few other users have also encountered a permission denied error with the latest (1417) beta version.

https://forum.softmaker.com/viewtopic.php?t=30417

I started testing the SoftMaker Office NX 2026 beta with build 1415. It also makes sense to install a beta version ONLY for the current user and NOT for all the system. You're right, the installation script of the beta version differs between builds 1417 and 1415, it should be almost identical.

[SuperTech]

Thank you for your post and discussion. I have forwarded the details.

Meanwhile, please install using Sudo.