Hi Jerry, Tks for your 2 emails and detail advice.
- snip - > > /home/user/Download/OpenOffice-1.1/ > > en-ooodict-GB-1.2.tgz > > openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz - snip - > Suggest: > cd /home/user/Download > cp openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz /usr/local/. > cd /usr/local > pkg_add openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz > replace instances of {BASE} with /usr/local if needed > /usr/local/OpenOffice-1.1.0_1/program/soffice to set up Proceeded as follows; # cp /home/user/Download/openoffice-1.1.0_1 /usr/local/ # cd /usr/local/ # pkg_add openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz pkg_add: could not find package glib-1.2.10_10 ! pkg_add: could not find package gtk-1.2.10_10 ! pkg_add: could not find package ORBit-0.5.17 ! # cd /usr/ports/ # make search key=glib-1.2.10_10 | grep glib-1.2.10_10 # make search key=gtk-1.2.10_10 | grep gtk-1.2.10_10 # make search key=ORBit-0.5.17 | grep ORBit-0.5.17 Could not find them. Finally I untar 'openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz' and then ran './setup' Now OpenOffice-1.1 is running on FBSD But I am still interested to learn the FBSD way of installing OpenOffice-1.1. Where can I find those dependencies? TIA B.R. Stephen > > later runs of soffice will start openoffice running. > > > (presuming you are running 5.xxx) suggest moving the openofficexxx.tbz > to /usr/local/ and running pkg-add on it. > > The pkg-add command would be as above: pkg-add openoffice-1.1.0_1.tbz > > It will create the openoffice-1.1.0_1 directory. It does it in the > directory you are in when you run pkg_add, I think. Since I followed > the recommendation and put it in /usr/local and CD-ed there and ran it, > I don't know just how it will do it if run from somewhere else. But, > however, that is where you want it to end up. I also shortened the > install dir name to .../openoffice1 when it asked but that shouldn't > make any difference. > > Also, by the way, you want to put the path to .../openoffice/program > in your regular path statement in .login or wherever works best for > you and your chosen shell. > > > and then to run 'setup' from there afterwards. > > > > How about the dictionary 'en-ooodict-GB-1.2.tgz' > > I didn't use that so I don't know. The install would > be the same. Put it in /usr/local/ and run pkg-add on it. > Beyond that I don't know. Alternately it might go in the > .../OpenOffice1.1.0_1/ directory and then run pkg_add. > > ////jerry > > > B.R. > > Stephen > > > > > > | Remark: 'OpenOffice.org1.1.0' is a new folder generated during > > > > > > > > extracting OOo > > > > > > > > | 1.1 tarball. > > > > | > > > > | Kindly advise. TIA > > > > | > > > > | B.R. > > > > | Stephen Liu > > > > | > > > > | _______________________________________________ > > > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > | To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) > > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > > > iD8DBQFARDM+kt6kXuDr+LcRAuozAJ9snLzPNqMci6nb/Pwvl3aT9fpJNgCg0O7j > > > > BMSW88mGaz8zHklPq5KhNnE= > > > > =PvbJ > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"