Re: OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
I've been able to successfully build (and use) OpenOffice on 4.7-STABLE, 4.8-STABLE, and 5.1 BETA since 1.0.2 --I'm currently using 1.0.3. Before that, I had no success in building 1.0.0 or 1.0.1, (I didn't try building those versions on CURRENT)but I did have immediate success using the Linux version under emulation. I have had trouble (read that no success) getting any version to print using kprint and CUPS (and I've tried the configuration the kde folks suggest), but I can print using good old lpd/lpr, so I'm happy enough with that. Because the time to build is so long, since version 1.0.3, I've been able to pkg_create -b openoffice on my fastest, roomiest machine, and pkg_add openoffice over an NFS mount, to new workstations. I don't know if the hardware manufacturer is significant, but all the machines I've either built it on or pkg_add'd it to are/were Dell Optiplex PIII and P4 workstations and Poweredge PIII servers (both single and dual processors). One "undocumented" observation about the build/install process I can make: it seems to me that I started having success building OpenOffice when I installed FreeBSD on new computers, and built OpenOffice before I filled it up with a zillion other ports. Just my .02 Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Saturday 31 May 2003 01:05 pm, David Gerard wrote: > Mark Rowlands ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030601 02:49]: > > On Saturday 31 May 2003 5:18 pm, Doug Poland wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:00:33AM +1000, David Gerard wrote: > > > > OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, > > > > it came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at > > > > that time. > > > > So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 > > > > from ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of > > > > works. It starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies > > > > with an internal error). > > > > The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe > > > > that when I see it doing so. > > > > What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop > > > > one must jump through to get it to behave itself? > > > > > > I had been using linux binaries with success. I've been trying to > > > build native 1.0.3 but the build keeps failing. I've never been able > > > to compile any version of OO.org from source. > > > > why not use the freebsd package ? :- > > http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ > > Yes, but does it actually work reliably? I would have expected the official > port to achieve basic function, but it observably doesn't. Hence asking. > > > - d. > > > > ___ > [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]"
Re: OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
On Saturday 31 May 2003 5:18 pm, Doug Poland wrote: > On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:00:33AM +1000, David Gerard wrote: > > OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, it > > came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at that > > time. > > > > So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 from > > ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of works. It > > starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies with an > > internal error). > > > > The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe that > > when I see it doing so. > > > > What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop one > > must jump through to get it to behave itself? > > I had been using linux binaries with success. I've been trying to build > native 1.0.3 but the build keeps failing. I've never been able to compile > any version of OO.org from source. why not use the freebsd package ? :- http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
David Gerard wrote: OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, it came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at that time. So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 from ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of works. It starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies with an internal error). The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe that when I see it doing so. What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop one must jump through to get it to behave itself? Like another poster mentioned, I can't say I've ever had much luck attempting to compile OO from source. After several attempts beginning with OO 1.0, I began downloading the binary package from the OpenOffice FreeBSD Project at http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ . OO is still a little quirky in FBSDI've seen it completely crash XWindows when attempting to open docs in Writer, whether in .doc or its own .swx format, or crash just OO itself. The latest available build, openoffice-1.0.3_2 (built on 4.8-RELEASE with FBSD GCC 3.2.1) is what I feel is the most stable build so farit's behaving a lot better and I work with it regularly. Kudos to the FBSD OpenOffice teamit's a massive project, but needs support for such a key desktop app. BTW, one of the coolest features, available since 1.0.2 I believe, is the setup of the built-in PDF Converter, basically setting up a pipe to ghostscript in the openoffice-spadmin utility.it rocksopened a 41-page MS Word doc in OO, printed to PDF Converter, got a nice .pdf doc in about 2 seconds! This in itself is worth having OO installed. -- ___ ___ / __/__ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Tom Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE /_/ /_/ \__/\__//___// XFree86 4.3.0 WindowMaker 0.80.2 "make buildworld...for a better tomorrow!" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
Mark Rowlands ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030601 02:49]: > On Saturday 31 May 2003 5:18 pm, Doug Poland wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:00:33AM +1000, David Gerard wrote: > > > OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, it > > > came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at that > > > time. > > > So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 from > > > ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of works. It > > > starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies with an > > > internal error). > > > The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe that > > > when I see it doing so. > > > What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop one > > > must jump through to get it to behave itself? > > I had been using linux binaries with success. I've been trying to build > > native 1.0.3 but the build keeps failing. I've never been able to compile > > any version of OO.org from source. > why not use the freebsd package ? :- > http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ Yes, but does it actually work reliably? I would have expected the official port to achieve basic function, but it observably doesn't. Hence asking. - d. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:00:33AM +1000, David Gerard wrote: > > OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, it > came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at that time. > > So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 from > ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of works. It > starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies with an internal > error). > > The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe that > when I see it doing so. > > What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop one > must jump through to get it to behave itself? > I had been using linux binaries with success. I've been trying to build native 1.0.3 but the build keeps failing. I've never been able to compile any version of OO.org from source. -- Regards, Doug ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
OK. I know that after much fiddling with OOo 1.0.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2, it came out that OOo basically just, er, didn't work on FreeBSD at that time. So. On the other box (FreeBSD 4.8), we've just installed OOo 1.0.2 from ports. A few days' compilation from source. It, er, sort of works. It starts up, but crashes when you try to save anything (dies with an internal error). The README claims it works with FreeBSD 4.5 and up, but I'll believe that when I see it doing so. What are others' experiences so far? Is there some undocumented hoop one must jump through to get it to behave itself? - d. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
