Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:09:34 +0000 (UTC) From: D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone have any luck installing openoffice? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.00.0803182205340.15742@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803182244080.931@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803182140370.8553@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <47E03035.1010003@otenet.gr> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803182244080.931@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 at 22:47 +0100, ante@Update.UU.SE confabulated: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Andreas Davour wrote: >>> >>> No I have tried to manually download the package for openoffice, which >>> barfed since dependencies where not present. >>> >>> pkg_add -r didn't work since there was no package where it should have >>> been on the site to download. >>> >>> I have tried to build from source as well and that fails since the source >>> can not be found. (ports tree updated) >>> >>> How do I install it? I need it pretty bad right now. >>> >>> It was't this hard last time I tried. >> >> I installed mine from ports some time ago and didn't have any difficulties. >> It took ages to compile however - obviously - so if you need it right now >> this might not be an option. > > It's the last option, yes. Even my dual core machine racing ahead at > gigahertz will take forever. It only took my computer just over four hours to install with 2x3Ghz dual core and 8Gb RAM. My computer at work is only a dual PIII with only 1Gb RAM and it took almost 36 hours. ------ _|_ |_| |
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