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Date:      Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:32:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Danielisz Laszlo <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I install openoffice from packages?
Message-ID:  <756149.35622.qm@web30805.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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=0AI=0Ainstalled OO on FreeBSD 6.2 using this link:=0Aftp://ooopackages.goo=
d-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/2.2.1/i386/OOo_2.2.1_FreeBSD62Intel_in=
stall_en-US.tbz,=0Awithout any problems, exactly what error log do you have=
?=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Andreas Davour <ante=
@Update.UU.SE>=0ATo: Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@RawFedDogs.net>=0ACc: FreeBSD Qu=
estions E-Mail List <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org>=0ASent: Thursday, July =
10, 2008 3:20:59 PM=0ASubject: Re: How do I install openoffice from package=
s?=0A=0AOn Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Kevin Monceaux wrote:=0A=0A> /Andreas,=0A>=0A> =
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Andreas Davour wrote:=0A>=0A>> I've tried and it just w=
ont work. It look like the packages don't reside on =0A>> the server but I =
can't change ftp.freebsd.org so how do I get it?=0A>=0A> From the Googling =
I did on the subject recently there is no official binary =0A> packages for=
 OpenOffice available.  It is available in the ports tree.  The =0A> follow=
ing thread:=0A>=0A> http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=3D21=0A>=0A>; o=
n D=E6monForums.org has a link to a site:=0A>=0A> ftp://ooopackages.good-da=
y.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/2.4.0/7.0-STABLE/amd64/=0A>=0A> With binar=
y packages available for various versions of FreeBSD.  Well, the =0A> threa=
d pointed to the i386 packages, but the amd64 packages were easy enough =0A=
> to find.=0A=0AAfter fooling around a bit with online installs I downloade=
d the package =0Aand installed manually. It does complain about other stuff=
 not being =0Athere. Isn't packages supposed to work like port and pull in =
=0Arequirements automagically?=0A=0ANote: I have 6.3 machine, not 7.0-STABL=
E so I tried the 6.2 directory.=0A=0A/Andreas=0A=0A-- =0AA: Because it foul=
s the order in which people normally read text.=0AQ: Why is top-posting suc=
h a bad thing?=0AA: Top-posting.=0AQ: What is the most annoying thing on us=
enet and in e-mail?=0A=0A=0A      



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