Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:01:59 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OOo-204rc3, package Message-ID: <452E4AD7.6080006@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20061012045241.GB61348@thought.org> References: <20061010210916.GA52018@thought.org> <452DA2DC.1040905@computer.org> <20061012045241.GB61348@thought.org>
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On 10/11/06 23:52, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:05:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: >> On 10/10/06 16:09, Gary Kline wrote: >>> Is there a means of downloading the 2.0.4rc3 package for >>> openoffice? The latest on the OO website is 2.0.3. portupgrade >>> shrugs. >>> >> Try here: >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/ >> >> Then search for openoffice. There appears to be: >> openoffice.org-1.0.3_7.tbz 61241 KB 09/26/06 >> openoffice.org-2.0.20060928.tbz 114724 KB 10/09/06 >> openoffice.org-2.0.4.rc3.tbz 114277 KB 10/08/06 >> > > Oustanding, thanjs much indeed! Now, dumb questions dept: > do I just type > > # fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/..../ > for the last one, -2.0.4.rc3.tbz? Or what? I've never > retrived the OOo package before. ...Not that that's much of > an excuse... . > You could: - copy the above URL into your favorite web browser, then scroll down to the file of choice. - Use your favorite FTP client. Go to ftp.freebsd.org... navigate the dirs. - Use fetch(1) and append the filename to the end of the URL. Any of the above should get you the file. Then you can use pkg_add(1) to install it. I used the *.2.0.20060928.tbz myself. It produces some version of 2.0.4. I assume (right or wrong) it is a little more recent than the release candidate. >> HTH, >> Eric >> >>> I think this is the last thing to replace/upgrade. >>> >>> thanks, people, >>> >>> gary >>> >>> >>> >
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