Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:31:36 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: openoffice@FreeBSD.org Subject: Open Office Package. Message-ID: <20060511203047.F44875@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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The package linked to from http://www.freebsd.org for openoffice.org-2.0.2: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/openoffice.org-2.0.2.tbz did not (at least on May 1st) reference its requirements so that a pkg_add would pull them in. According to Kris Kennaway there should be a link in pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/. Having installed, 2.0.2 works wonderfully. There is a lot on freebsd-questions about various problems. From an advocacy point of view this is like kde, too complex, and perhaps too large to build. It would be nice if something like setenv PACKAGEROOT ftp://ftp2.FreeBSD.org pkg_add -r openoffice just did the right thing. I preinstalled Java as per instructions while trying to do the build. when I installed the package, I still got a java-less install. so far I do not know enough to miss anything. As a FreeBSD-er I would like to see native java supported but that is just an aside to this email. I got a response on questions that the reason I was have so much trouble was because I did not use the binary package from openoffice.org. For lots of reasons (ease of use for new guys) this is the wrong answer for FreeBSD (I think). You must get tons of emails, there is no need to bother answering this. I sent this only because having installed OpenOffice, I like it, and I think making it easier to install would help FreeBSD people and the OpenOffice project. Thanks for you time. Doug _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601
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