Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:37:55 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Openoffice 1.1 + native java Message-ID: <bmpgek$h4o$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20031016165951.GH624@databias.co.za> <1066317025.5ank7lwxjf4s@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20031017172344.GA17910@databias.co.za> <20031017200111.05fb4f01.dick@nagual.st> <bmpdvf$bs0$1@sea.gmane.org> <20031017191214.CE3097C2F6@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
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Jud wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:55:41 -0400, "Jesse Guardiani" <jesse@wingnet.net> > said: >> dick hoogendijk wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:23:44 +0000 >> > Matthew Faircliff <matt@databias.co.za> wrote: >> > >> >> I never thought I would see the day, but now I can open Excel and Word >> >> docs in FreeBSD no problem! And its fast! >> >> >> >> I'm trashing my Windows partition tonight! Viva BSD! >> > >> > Why didn't you just get the FreeBSD precompiled packages for OO-1.1 ?? >> >> ?? Where/How would I get that? >> >> I'd love to get 1.1 installed on my FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE machine, but >> I don't want to cvsup my ports tree because then I wouldn't be able to >> install packages. I'd have to build everything from source. >> >> Maybe I just don't understand how to use the ports tree 100% yet... > > If you cvsup the ports tree, you can choose to install from either ports > or packages. Do you run a cvsuped ports tree? I used to run one last year, and I could never install from a package because the ports tree was in a constant state of flux. What does your cvsup config file look like? How often do you run it? -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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