From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 12 10:22:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9CC316A4CE for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6872E43D48 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon.burke@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so506922wri for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=S0hugxDH78WI/mSd9lex/u3lwsttG+pVPXrDPpnAUua+AmJElCP3wHx3bJqKs7xytb36vWgPmqIcKOQd3UgDKU2zaRq4pNQkYUGXoDMCESpHv4QRv4ucg9LufScKrfXKdYHtaaeo1wbwcBQCLpRlxLM3rpeA8ffvKlo4vOSJj9w= Received: by 10.54.39.66 with SMTP id m66mr1365295wrm; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.11.27 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2d7d2dd204121202227ba593e1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:47 +0000 From: Simon Burke To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com In-Reply-To: <200412111916.39278.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <2d7d2dd204120614235ca769f4@mail.gmail.com> <200412111916.39278.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3: cant install openoffice 1.1 from ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Simon Burke List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:48 -0000 On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:16:39 -0600, Jay Moore wrote: > On Monday 06 December 2004 04:23 pm, Simon Burke wrote: > > > > I've recently done a fresh install of 5.3, i updated ports using cvsup > > to install gnome2.8, which im using know, great. > > > > Problem is that it wont allow me to compile openoffice properly, i > > cant give an error message as its about 7hrs in i get the message > > and i've since made clean. > > > > Does anyone know if it is broken? or how i can get an openoffice > > release installed, as 1.0 is apparentlyu broken according to ports and > > 1.1 wont compile sucessfully. > > I've tried to compile OO on a couple of FreeBSD boxes. It actually came to a > successful conclusion on one, but crapped itself after I used it a few times. > I really disliked being redirected to Sun's website to click through their > Java license agreements, too. > > I finally solved the problem by installing Fedora Core 2 on an old laptop that > I use as a "desktop" Windoze replacement - OO was part of the standard setup, > and it works quite well so far. > > Jay > I now have a working openoffice. As mentioned before i just needed to install the native jdk14 before i started with openoffice. This wasnt made clear at the start but still it now works. -- Theres no place like ::1 Thanks, SimonB