Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 09:40:55 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Chris Griffiths <cgriffiths@dca.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OpenOffice: Linux binary won't run Message-ID: <20020502094055.A98302@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20020502091803.A14706@dca.net>; from cgriffiths@dca.net on Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:18:03AM -0400 References: <20020502090411.A98157@blackhelicopters.org> <20020502091803.A14706@dca.net>
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[re: OO insisting that it needs to be repaired to run every time it's started] On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:18:03AM -0400, Chris Griffiths wrote: > Michael Lucas (mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) wrote: > > I have OpenOffice installed, and keep running into this issue. > > Which version of OpenOffice are you running, I have OO 1.0 installed now > on a 4.5-stable machine running linux_base 6.1. I've tried 641D and 1.0, with the same results, under both linux_base6 and linux_base7. > > When I run soffice, I get a notice that "the script file is being > > read." Rather than opening a program, I get the "repair/deinstall" > > screen. > > Check to make sure that your .sversionrc is pointing towards your > install. My .sversionrc installs pointing to /shared/home/mwlucas/OpenOffice1.0, which is where my workstation install lives. I've tried editing it to point to the main install under /usr/local, but get a warning that it's already installed there -- as you might guess. :-) > Also I usually install OO or SO6 as root doing the following: > > # ./setup -net > > I then point my install to /usr/local/openoffice and install everything > there. > > When that is done I go back to my user and cd to the install directory > and run > > bash-2.05a$ ./setup > > as my user and install the network install which is about 4-5 megs for > OO in my home directory /home/useraccount/openoffice. I did exactly this. Thanks, Chris, but no dice. Anyone else have a suggestion? ==ml -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons Absolute BSD: http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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