Date: Mon, 18 Aug 97 16:33:39 +0200 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Star Office 3.1 Message-ID: <9708181433.AA09370@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "veith@bigfoot.com" <veith@bigfoot.com> of Mon, 18 Aug 97 16:02:49 %2B0200.
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veith@bigfoot.com writes: > After I had installed the Linux emulator, I wanted to install Star > Ofiice 3.1 for Linux on my FreeBSD-2.2.1 system. So I fetched the main > file, the statically linked binairies (I don't have Motif) and the > English package (because the German one is ten times larger). I unpacked > everything and wanted to run the setup. The first Problem: I had to > change the setup script because "uname -s" replies "FreeBSD" and not > "Linux" as expected. > > Having changed this, I could run the setup under X. But now I get this > error message: > > "Installation: > Line 1: Syntax error at token 'I' expected > declarator; i.e. File ... " > > So what is the problem? Did You have a similar error message as well? > Where can I find this script and in which way should it be modified? > why not use the port (/usr/ports/editors/staroffice) ? Seems to me that there are patches in it to handle all your problems. The port also installs version 3.1. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) garyj@muc.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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