Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 19:05:17 +1100 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.1 Problem. Message-ID: <3.0.32.19991231190513.011006b8@idx.com.au>
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Refering to the 2nd last stage of the process Question 1)Do I have to remove all the code in setup and soffice and replace it with the code in the documentation? At 22:51 30/12/99 -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: >Danny wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> -installing Staroffice 5.1 for FreeBSD > >Unless something has happened in the last week or 2 that I don't know >about, there is no StarOffice for FreeBSD. You're installing the >StarOffice for linux, which can be done, I just did. > >> -Got FreeBSD 3.3 >> -using the default KDE that comes with FreeBSD. >> >> - Ia m upto the following stage of the isntallation process >> >> 5.change directory into so51inst/office51, and fire up the network install >> >> ./setup /net >> >> - I get the following error message >> >> /usr/tmp/sv001.tmp/setup.bin : error in loading shared libaries >> libvos5171i.so: cannot open shared object files no such file or directory >> >> Question >> >> 1)What exactly is the problem? > >The problem is that the install program doesn't know where to look for >the shared libraries because it thinks it's running on a linux machine. > >> 2)How do I find a souiton to the problem? > >The solution is to type in: > >LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/sv001.tmp &&export LD_LIBRARY_PATH > >Now, try it. >After you've installed it, you may run into a couple of bugs that are >widely known and have easy fixes. You need to replace the file >path/to/Office51/bin/applicat.rdb with one from a linux box. This is >available on the web at: www.stat.duke.edu/~sto/StarOffice51a >The other bug has to do with a patch to procfs_status.c. Since you're >running 3.3, I believe this will not be an issue. If I recall >correctly, that is only for 3.2 and prior. >After you run ./setup /net, you'll need to do a workstation installation >which adds only a few megabytes to your home directory as opposed to 176 >megabytes. There was a strange kind of thing that happened when I did >it. I had to use the ./soffice command to run the setup as user, >instead of running ./setup again. But it wasn't a problem. After that >step was finished, the ./soffice command started up the program >normally. The program has worked flawlessly for me. > >> >> Looking forward to your feedback. >> >> Danny >> (dannyh@idx.com.au) >> > >Hope this helps, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. >Joseph > >-- > You will do foolish things, > but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. > > >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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