Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:51:41 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: rob@coombs.anu.edu.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.2 Message-ID: <00071114543102.00326@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10007111009070.1381-100000@cairo.anu.edu.au>
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- Hello - You can always invest in Applixware 4.2 for FreeBSD - It takes only 15 minutes to install - It allows you to collaborate with *.doc users *.xls users - From your anu.edu.au I can assume you work/study at the Australian National University in Canberra - Therefore you should check out www.everythinglinux.com.au and "invest" in a copy of Applixware On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Rob Hurle wrote: > StarOffice 5.2 has been released by SUN. For i86 architectures > there are versions for Solaris and for Linux available by download or on > CD from SUN. There is as yet no FreeBSD port for version 5.2 - the > version in /usr/ports is for 5.1, and has an option for loading from the > CD-ROM. > > I am running FreeBSD 4.0 on a pretty standard Intel box (great > system). When I attempt to install StarOffice 5.2 from the CD, we find: > > 1. The script assumes `test` is in /usr/bin/test, so a link needs to be > made from /bin/test: > > cd /usr/bin > ln -s /bin/test > > 2. The install script does not set the library path correctly. I solved > this problem by setting up a temporary directory: > > mkdir /tmp/fdir > cp /cdrom/linux/office52/f_0000 /tmp/fdir > cd /tmp/fdir > unzip f_0000 > setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /tmp/fdir > > and then run the install program. > > 3. The base directory that the installation script chooses is: > > /usr/compat/linux > > which is not so crash hot, but this can me moved or relinked after > installation. > > 4. Installation proceeds, but dies at the end as the setup program tries > to "register" libary routines. The log file shows the errors as: > > ERR register component: libctl569li.so : applicat.rdb > ERR UNO exception (libctl569li.so): > > for all of the library files, and the library files are unavailable to > soffice, so it will not run. > > Any ideas? I remember that problems in 1 and 2 (above) came up > with version 5.1, and we discussed solutions in this forum back then > (August last year?). However, this "registration" seems a more difficult > problem - I guess the *.rdb file is some database thing. > > Cheers, > > Rob > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Rob Hurle rob@coombs.anu.edu.au > Connect-A Tel: +61 2 6247 2397 > PO Box 13 Fax: +61 2 6248 8905 > Ainslie ACT 2602 Mobile: 0417 293 603 > Australia > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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