Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:13:39 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "Bert Hiddink" <hiddink@galileo.or.cr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with Staroffice 5.1 inst on FBSD3.2 Message-ID: <20000921.8133900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20000921021731.F1B7A37B422@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20000920223228.6A33237B423@hub.freebsd.org> <20000921021731.F1B7A37B422@hub.freebsd.org>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/21/00, 3:25:22 AM, "Bert Hiddink" <hiddink@galileo.or.cr> wrote=20 regarding Re: Help with Staroffice 5.1 inst on FBSD3.2: > Hello, Salvo, > Thanks for your message > I got the Sun StarOffice 5.1. CDROM from a friend. However, the CD=20 comes only with binaries for > Windows, Linux and some others but not FreeBSD. > As I have the ports-selection installed and the linuxbase, could I=20 install the linux-binaries > through the ports selection? Hello Bert, Under FreeBSD, StarOffice-5.x, as well as other applications (eg the=20 bloated Acrobat Reader 4), runs in Linux emulation. By the way, I downloaded the relevant (Linux) files from the Sun site;=20 they live in the appropriate directories --=20 /usr/ports/distfiles/staroffice5[2]. If you mount the StarOffice-5.1 CD under /cdrom, the ports mechanism=20 should do its job as usual, as a quick look at the related Makefile=20 confirms. AFAICS, StarOffice 5.2 has a better support for M$ formats. <disclaimer> I run this kind of applications under 4-STABLE (source-updated from a=20 3.3-R). AFAIR, StarOffice 5.1 worked under 3.3-R, and it will probably work=20 under 3.2-R. </disclaimer> HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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