From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 14:26:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freeze.org (www.bellnetworks.net [208.177.187.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 762E337B422 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:26:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by freeze.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA12640; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 17:26:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jim) X-Authentication-Warning: www.bellnetworks.net: Processed from queue /var/spool/alt_queue X-Authentication-Warning: www.bellnetworks.net: Processed by jim with -C /web/siteinfo/freeze/mail/sendmail.cf Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 17:26:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Freeze X-Sender: jim@www.bellnetworks.net To: Salvo Bartolotta Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with StarOffice package install In-Reply-To: <20000909.19054600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In /usr/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 not libc-2.1.2.so Two questions, Where to I get a package install of staroffice5 and how do I update libc to 2.1.2? Thanks Jim On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 9/9/00, 7:34:25 PM, Salvo Bartolotta wrote > regarding Re: Help with StarOffice package install: > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 > > 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 > > 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 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 > > exactly ? > > > > Dear Jim Freeze, > > I am very sorry his/her homework>. > > I read your letter far too quickly, and I over/misinterpreted (= "you > installed the package, and then you got the error", which is not the > case). > > As I have already said, the linux_base port currently provides the > typical environment for Linux applications. It is what I installed in > order to make StarOffice-5.x work. > > >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 > within the linux_base framework. > > I have been playing with StarOffice-5.x. > > > HTH all the same, > Salvo > > > > =========================== Jim Freeze jim@freeze.org --------------------------- Am I a webmaster? No. More like a webslave. =========================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message