Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:39:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Lewis Kapell <lkapell@ncia.net> To: "Brian M. Kincaid" <bmk@adsl-64-174-159-18.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: StarOffice 6.0 ? Message-ID: <20020709223749.Y65595-100000@lewis> In-Reply-To: <200207091915.g69JFp7Z000723@adsl-64-174-159-18.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net>
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And if you only have a 56K modem? StarOffice 5.2 was a whopping big file to download; I don't expect 6.0 is much smaller. Will the CD work with the FreeBSD port? On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Brian M. Kincaid wrote: > > Hello, > > All you have to do is buy the StarOffice 6.0 package from Sun, download it, > and put it in /usr/ports/distfiles. The port then builds just fine. > > You need to have a LINUX java kit installed (port linux-sun-jdk13, for example) > and you may have to help the StarOffice installer find it during installation. > > Anyway, StarOffice 6.0 works OK for me, with one annoying problem which I have > mentioned before in some postings. > > I use the port of cfs (Matt Blaze's Cryptographic File System). Using the old > StarOffice 5.2 I was able to read and write files to cfs mounted directories > with no problem. With StarOffice 6.0 (and OpenOffice 1.0) however, reading > works OK, but writing causes the program to bomb and to delete the original > file! Nasty. I just have not had the energy to plow through the source for > OpenOffice to find out what is happening. > > Good luck, > > Brian > > > --------------------- > In message <20020709131553.A952-100000@lewis>, Lewis Kapell writes: > >I expected this to have been discussed, but couldn't find anything in the > >archives. The instructions for the StarOffice 6.0 port still talk about > >downloading the installer from Sun's web site. Does this port work with > >the final version of 6.0 since it is not a free download? If I purchase > >StarOffice 6.0 can I use the Linux installer on the installation CD to > >install the FreeBSD port? > > > >Thanks, > >Lewis Kapell > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Brian M. Kincaid > PGP Key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x33656401 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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