Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 10:07:09 -0500 From: FreeBSD Lists Archive <fbsdlist@dazed.slacker.com> To: Matthew Botos <mlb27@cornell.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Star Office 5.1 only launches setup Message-ID: <19990526100708.B93790@dazed.slacker.com> In-Reply-To: <3744E11A.114D01CD@cornell.edu>; from Matthew Botos on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 12:29:14AM -0400 References: <3744E11A.114D01CD@cornell.edu>
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On 21-May-1999, Matthew Botos wrote: > I installed StarOffice 5.1, added it's bin directory to my path and ran > soffice, but it only pops up a setup dialog offering to modify, > deinstall, or repair. I can't get it to run any of the actual > programs! Has anyone else experienced this with 5.1 or previous > versions? Yes, I ran into this exact same situation. It's the result of the installation program failing to create a specific configuration file in your home directory. Just as an aside, I found the "Staroffice 5 Installation" howto on freebsdrocks to be invaluable in getting through the installation process. Thought this was an appropriate venue to mention a great resource. (http://www.freebsdrocks.com/p-howto.php3) Manually creating ~/.sversionrc and putting the following two lines in it eliminated this problem: [Versions] StarOffice 5.1=/usr/local/Office51 Obviously, adjust the above path to match where you installed so5.1 -- ________________________________________________________________________ |David McNett |To ensure privacy and data integrity this message has| |nugget@slacker.com|been encrypted using dual rounds of ROT-13 encryption| |Birmingham, AL USA|Please encrypt all important correspondence with PGP!| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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