Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:17:05 -0500 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org1.0 and much death Message-ID: <20021219111705.GA3654@scottro11.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212190035200.61008-100000@ostone.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212190035200.61008-100000@ostone.net>
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jn Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:43:13AM -0800, Matthew E. Boyce wrote: >Well here is the problem: I downloaded the > OpenOffice1.0 for FreeBSD (it might be 1.0.1 but it doesn't seem to think > so) and ran the installer... so far so good... it installs with a pretty > installer (oooo ahhhh so very windows like) and I go to run ./soffice and > I get nothing more than "Abort (core dumped)". I tried looking for anyone > with a similar error online, but no such luck. If I could get some help > on this thing (and mind you I am fairly new using FreeBSD for anything > more than a NAT box) that would be great. If, by any chance, you're using version 5.x, those binaries won't work. If you are using 5.x, I cover some pitfalls about it at http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/jpninpt.html The page is about inputting Japanese in Linux and FreeBSD, but in the bottom section about printing, I cover OpenOffice in 5.x Assuming you ran setup as a user, and are running 4.x, you might try, from your home directory, running the full path to the command, that is, OpenOffice/(I've forgotten now if it's OpenOffice-version/openoffice-version/soffice or just OpenOffice-version.org/soffice, but just run the full path from your home directory without ./ and see what happens. I have had a few cases where simply reinstalling it fixed the problem (if you do that though, be sure to remove the OpenOffice directory and the .svsomethingrc from your home directory before running the reinstall. Good luck with it--when it works it's great, but OpenOffice can sometimes be a pain to get working. My hope is that you're running FreeBSD 5.x, in which case my page ~should~ solve your problem. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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