From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 27 6:57:42 2003 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 77F9737B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:57:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntli.com (pc1-glfd2-4-cust59.glfd.cable.ntl.com [81.99.187.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4471D43FE0 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:57:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from aqua.lan.palfreman.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ntli.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h1RF1Mqr044102; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:01:22 GMT (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from localhost (william@localhost) by aqua.lan.palfreman.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id h1RF1L2l044099; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:01:22 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: aqua.lan.palfreman.com: william owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:01:21 +0000 (GMT) From: William Palfreman To: Izzy Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Openoffice Wont install in freebsd5.0 In-Reply-To: <3E5DFF09.9020108@wanadoo.nl> Message-ID: <20030227145502.M318@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <3E5DFF09.9020108@wanadoo.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Izzy wrote: > Hello guys and gals, > > Im running Freebsd 5.0 on my laptop, because it does find my cardbus > network card. Unlikely with linux. > I need to run an office package for school and i dont want to use > windows. So i installed fbsd5.0, but > when i install openoffice from the tarballs given on the site > openoffice.org i get this error > > The 'libpcr64ilf.so' component was unable to register I'm just installing OO now from the ports tree, so I'll see what I get (in about 48 hours time on my k6-2/333 :-() Have you tried using FreeBSD 4.7 or 4.8-PRERELEASE ? I personally don't go anywhere near FreeBSD 5.x-CURRENT, as its so full of bugs and much slower than 4.x. Are you sure you card is unsupported in 4.7/4.8? Bill. > can anyone help me with this, coz i kinda need this office suite for > school and i dont wanna install windows or linux, since they dont work > good with my crappy computer. Also, have yo tried installing OpenOffice Linux binaries using the Linux binary compatibility stuff? That is what I had to do with Opera once, when I broke my X development environment and couldn't compile anything graphical. -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job: Tel: 0771 355 0354 http://www.palfreman.com/william/ for my CV. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message