From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 10:34:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay2.inwind.it (relay2.inwind.it [212.141.53.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B4837B423 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.79.99) by relay2.inwind.it (5.1.046) id 39AF9CE3000B51D6; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:34:15 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 18:34:25 GMT Message-ID: <20000909.18342500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: Help with StarOffice package install To: Jim Freeze , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/9/00, 4:47:38 PM, Jim Freeze wrote regarding Help = with StarOffice package install: > I am running FBSD 3.4R. > I have just installed the star office package via: > # pkg_add staroffice-3.1.tgz > This returns the message: > WARNING: In order for this package to work correctly, the following > steps _must_ be taken : > - The Linux libc in /compat/linux must be upgraded to 5.4.4 or=20 later. > This can be achieved by installing version 2.4 or later of the > linux_lib port, or by fetching a later version manually. > - The Linux 'ldconfig' program must be run to update the library > cache details for Linux programs. > NOTE: Do not follow the installation instructions included with the > StarOffice distribution, as these are not required. The first > time a user runs a StarOffice application, the installation > program will be run, which will establish their personal > configuration. > -- > My question is, what is this really saying and what is the easiest way= =20 to > do it? > In /compat/linux/lib I have > root wheel 3070220 Oct 13 1998 libc-2.0.7.so* > root wheel 13 May 2 18:43 libc.so.6 ->libc-2.0.7.so* > Is the warning saying that I need to install linux_base-5.4.4.tgz to=20 get > libc-2.4.so? If so, where do I get the linux_base. Or can I just find = a > copy of libc-2.4.so and copy it to /compat/linux/lib ? > Thanks Dear Jim Freeze, Did you try to launch StarOffice 3.1 ? Did it work ? What happened=20 exactly ? I am not quite sure about those version numbers; apparently, they look=20 all right.=20 The linux_lib port, AFAIR, is an **old** port -- IIRC, it was=20 substituted by the linux_base port (/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base). HTH a little bit, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message