I've tried running OpenOffice 1.1.1 on the English Knoppix CD (May 04 version). As Knoppix user, it starts the installation script in German, offering no option for English. Once installed, I've tried changing the language (for documents?) to English, and that doesn't work. I'm installing the local (non-network) install.

I tried running it as a different user on my system, and it still installs and runs in German.

I've tried editing the configuration files on a previous install (1.0.4?), when I had this problem before on an earlier Knoppix disk, editing the language codes everywhere in the config file to English, but that didn't help. I also posted about this for the earlier release, but didn't get an answer.

Any ideas? Is every English speaker running Knoppix using OpenOffice in German from the live cd?

I'm running knoppix from the live cd, not from hard disk, so an apt-get solution won't work for me.