Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:28:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: John Gitau <gitau@wananchi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: problem installing Star Office 5.2 port from CD Message-ID: <20010729212857.90209.qmail@web13408.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107271939200.38677-100000@msa.wananchi.com>
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In fact, this was an effort to install Star Office 5.2 from the port. The port requires either the Star Office CD or a downloaded file from the internet. Since I use a 56K modem to access the internet, I opted for the CD route. Thanks, Andrew Gould --- John Gitau <gitau@wananchi.com> wrote: > After trying all else why not try installing > from the ports.That should automate most of > the process for you. > ******I'm Replying To This****** > > J.Gitau.->|I attempted to install the port for Star > Office 5.2 > J.Gitau.->|from a Star Office 5.2 CD. I performed > all steps as > J.Gitau.->|root from within a XWindow session. I'm > running > J.Gitau.->|FreeBSD 4.3 stable on an 900 MHz AMD > Thunderbird > J.Gitau.->|system with 768 Mb RAM and over 28Gb of > empty hard > J.Gitau.->|drive space. > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|I edited the Makefile to include the > statement > J.Gitau.->|'WITH_CD=yes' and mounted the CD to > /cdrom. The path > J.Gitau.->|/cdrom/linux/office52 exists; and > executing 'ls > J.Gitau.->|/cdrom/linux/office52' displays the > directory's > J.Gitau.->|contents. Linux emulation is enabled and > running. > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|When trying to 'make install', however, I > keep getting > J.Gitau.->|the message > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|'Please mount the Sun StarOffice 5.2 > CDROM onto /cdrom > J.Gitau.->|and run make again.' > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|followed by 7 repetitions of > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|'***Error code 1 > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|Stop in /usr/ports/editors/staroffice52.' > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|Are there other steps that I should be > taking? > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|Thanks, > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|Andrew Gould > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|__________________________________________________ > J.Gitau.->|Do You Yahoo!? > J.Gitau.->|Make international calls for as low as > $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > J.Gitau.->|http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > J.Gitau.->| > J.Gitau.->|To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > J.Gitau.->|with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in > the body of the message > J.Gitau.->| > > > Kind Regards: > /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/* > John Gitau, > Operations Department, > Wananchi Online, > > Mombasa office: > P.O Box: 87188 > Tel : +254-011-228187 > Fax : +254-011-228665 > > > Head Office - Nairobi: > P.O Box: 63367 > Tel : +254-02-313985 > Fax : +254-02-313922 > > http://www.wananchi.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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