From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 11: 0:35 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 981FB37B424 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.78.142) by relay2.inwind.it (5.1.046) id 39AF9CE3000B5964; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 20:00:29 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 19:00:39 GMT Message-ID: <20000909.19003900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: Help with StarOffice package install To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20000909.18342500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <20000909.18342500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> 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, 7:34:25 PM, Salvo Bartolotta wrote=20 regarding Re: Help with StarOffice package install: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > On 9/9/00, 4:47:38 PM, Jim Freeze 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 . 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. 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. HTH all the same, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message