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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:39:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lewis Kapell <lkapell@ncia.net>
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To: "Brian M. Kincaid" <bmk@adsl-64-174-159-18.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net>
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Subject: Re: StarOffice 6.0 ? 
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And if you only have a 56K modem?  StarOffice 5.2 was a whopping big file
to download; I don't expect 6.0 is much smaller.  Will the CD work with
the FreeBSD port?


On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Brian M. Kincaid wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> All you have to do is buy the StarOffice 6.0 package from Sun, download it,
> and put it in /usr/ports/distfiles. The port then builds just fine.
>
> You need to have a LINUX java kit installed (port linux-sun-jdk13, for example)
> and you may have to help the StarOffice installer find it during installation.
>
> Anyway, StarOffice 6.0 works OK for me, with one annoying problem which I have
> mentioned before in some postings.
>
> I use the port of cfs (Matt Blaze's Cryptographic File System). Using the old
> StarOffice 5.2 I was able to read and write files to cfs mounted directories
> with no problem. With StarOffice 6.0 (and OpenOffice 1.0) however, reading
> works OK, but writing causes the program to bomb and to delete the original
> file! Nasty. I just have not had the energy to plow through the source for
> OpenOffice to find out what is happening.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Brian
>
>
> ---------------------
> In message <20020709131553.A952-100000@lewis>, Lewis Kapell writes:
> >I expected this to have been discussed, but couldn't find anything in the
> >archives.  The instructions for the StarOffice 6.0 port still talk about
> >downloading the installer from Sun's web site.  Does this port work with
> >the final version of 6.0 since it is not a free download?  If I purchase
> >StarOffice 6.0 can I use the Linux installer on the installation CD to
> >install the FreeBSD port?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Lewis Kapell
> >
> >
> >
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> Brian M. Kincaid
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