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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:36:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Chip <chip@wiegand.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Star Office (Linux version) - does it work on FBSD?
Message-ID:  <14814.10674.701187.669242@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <19129456@toto.iv>

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Chip writes:
> I downloaded SO5.2 the other day, ran the install and it failed
> immediately, with the bane of linux - the failed dependency.
> Gads.
> I really dislike this one 'feature' of linux. It's wanting a file
> called libvos1GCC.so. I'm wondering if it's even worth trying to 
> get it to work? Anyone else got SO5.2 working on BSD? Is it worth
> the hassle and disk space?

Actually, that's not a failed dependency - libvos1GCC.so comes with
staroffice. Something (as yet unknown) in the environment causes the
setup program to fail to find that shared library. Even taking a
package built on a system where it did install won't make setup work -
but running "soffice" will get you set up and it will work.

Personally, I think it was a waste of time. It opens one *big* window,
and keeps it's windows in that - emulating MS-Windows all the
while. It reminds me a lot of VNC to a windows box. If I wanted a
windows-like environment, I woulda bought a windows box.

On the other hand, I don't know of anything else that will do
everything it will; if you need those things, it's the only answer.

	<mike



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