Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 19:33:14 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Blake Swensen <blake@pyramus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Staroffice works with linux_base-6.1:) Was: Staroffice port Message-ID: <20000129193314.A2166@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <20000129180931.A347@marder-1> References: <3.0.16.20000129071013.1d6f7c68@phil.pyramus.com> <20000129180931.A347@marder-1>
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 06:09:32PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> One thing I am going to try, this weekend if the weather continues as
> it is, is to completely remove linux_base-5.2 and SO, install 6.1,
> then SO again and see what happens.
>
> I'll keep the list informed of the outcome.
>
OK, I've now got StarOffice 5.1 running with linux_base-6.1 :)
I'm running 3.4-STABLE of about a month ago.
Here's what I did, YMMV:
# pkg_delete staroffice-5.1a
If pkg_delete doesn't remove everything then try
# rm -rf /usr/local/Office51
Also, I rm -rf'd Office51 and .sversionrc in all the user home
directories where they existed. This ensures that there is nothing of
the old installation left lying around that could possibly mess things
up.
# pkg_delete linux-base-5.2
If this complains that it can't completely remove everything in
/compat/linux, then
# cd /compat
# rm -rf linux
will do the trick. It will also ensure that any remnants of the now
deprecated linux_lib-2.6 are also removed. Beware of any files there
that may be required by other progs, but that were not installed by
linux_base, e.g. I have mpegtv installed which requires
libforms.so.0.88 in /compat/linux/lib.
Now install the linux_base port. I suggest cvsup'ing the ports tree
first, as although I tried 6.1 only a few days ago there has been
changes to the versions of some of the rpm's required (this may be the
reason that SO now works). I have version 1.36 2000/01/10 of the
Makefile.
Finally install the StarOffice port. I have the CD-ROM from Sun (mount
it on /cdrom and do ``make USE_CDROM=yes install''), but it should be
the same version as d/l from their web-site. Be sure to follow all the
instructions, even though some generate errors, such as when it says
to exit X and re-run ``make post-install'' as a normal user (this just
gives error 71). Also, the next instruction,
Then run "make install-user" and do a standard workstation
install.
should be done *after* returning to X (as it uses SO's GUI installer).
Whether all this will work on 3.1-R, I don't know; maybe it requires
the Linux kld to be more up-to-date. Also, it would seem that you
require the latest port of linux_base, and seems wise to make sure
that all traces of previous SO and linux stuff is removed (rm -rf).
HTH.
--
"there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture
that allows you to install Windows too"
-Matthew D. Fuller
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