Perry Hutchison wrote: > This sure seems like it would be an FAQ, but I didn't > find the answer there, nor in recent posts to this list. > > I have visited the FreeBSD porting status page > http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/ and thence the download site > ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/2.0.3/FreeBSD6/i386 > but how do I figure out which of those 150 or so files to > retrieve, and how, exactly, do I go about installing it/them? > > Based on the file names, it looks as if most of the > proliferation is around language support; so I guess > I need OOo_2.0.3_FreeBSD61Intel_install_en-US.tbz. > This is all you need. You untar it to an appropriate directory in either /usr/local or /opt (depending on where you add your additional user installed programs.)
> To just use OpenOffice on FreeBSD 6.1, do I also need > OOo_2.0.3_FreeBSD61Intel_langpack_en-US.tar.bz2, > OOo_2.0.3_FreeBSD61Intel_SDK.tar.bz2, > Not needed, Software Development Kit > OOo_2.0.3_FreeBSD61Intel_URE.tar.bz2, URE, which is only needed if you build your own programs using the UNO package. > and/or > OOo_2.0.3_FreeBSD61Intel_solver.tar.bz2? > Not this one either. I'm not that familiar with FreeBSD, but if the package is like the other UNIX flavor packages, you just have to untar/unbzip the file into a directory of your choice. Maybe Jack L. will be able to provide additional pointers. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
