Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 19:00:39 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with StarOffice package install Message-ID: <20000909.19003900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20000909.18342500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009091140320.99539-100000@www.bellnetworks.net> <20000909.18342500@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/9/00, 7:34:25 PM, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> wrote=20 regarding Re: Help with StarOffice package install: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > On 9/9/00, 4:47:38 PM, Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> wrote regarding Hel= p > 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 > 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 firs= t > > 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 w= ay > 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= > get > > libc-2.4.so? If so, where do I get the linux_base. Or can I just fin= d > 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 > exactly ? Dear Jim Freeze, I am very sorry <blushing like a primary school pupil not having done=20 his/her homework>. I read your letter far too quickly, and I over/misinterpreted (=3D "you = installed the package, and then you got the error", which is not the=20 case). As I have already said, the linux_base port currently provides the=20 typical environment for Linux applications. It is what I installed in=20 order to make StarOffice-5.x work.=20 From my /usr/compat/linux/lib: libc.so.6 -> libc.2.1.2.so libc.2.1.2.so, 4118299 bytes, 20/09/1999. <Warning> I have never used StarOffice 3.1; I don't know whether it will work=20 within the linux_base framework.=20 I have been playing with StarOffice-5.x. </Warning> HTH all the same, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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