Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 21:09:29 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.1A Howto Message-ID: <381F44F9.B8688654@scc.nl> References: <19991102134031.B7641@intrepid.net>
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Mark Conway Wirt wrote:
> Libraries
> ---------
>
> Make sure you have a current version of the Linux_lib port
> installed. On my system, I'm running 2.6, and it seems to work
> well. The package is in /usr/ports/emulators in case you haven't
> installed it.
linux_lib has been replaced by linux_base-5.2 for a while now.
> File System
> -----------
>
> If you keep a small root partition, you may want to temporarily
> reassign /tmp to another partition. For example:
You can set the TMPDIR env. variable to handle this:
csh: setenv TMPDIR /usr/tmp
sh: TMPDIR=/usr/tmp; export TMPDIR
> Unfortunately, there are libraries that the setup process needs
> that you'll need to install by hand. Move the setup.zip file into
> a temporary directory and unzip it. Note that the libraries will
> need to be in lower case, so check the man page of your unzip to
> see if you can force that. My copy of unzip will do that with the
> "-L" option:
I always installed SO without all this hassle. Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH
always was enough:
csh: setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH .
sh: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> Modifications to the soffice Script
> -----------------------------------
>
> First, change the line that defines "$test" from
>
> *) test=/usr/bin/test ;;
>
> to
>
> *) test=/bin/test ;;
This is not needed for linux_base-5.2
> change the line that performs the test from:
>
> if $test -L "$0" ; then
>
> to
>
> if $test -f "$0" ; then
Probably also not needed, because the test that's being used understands
-L
> Lastly, change the line that read
>
> sd_script=`ls -l $0 | sed "s/.*${sd_basename} -> //g"`
>
> to read instead
>
> sd_script=`ls $0 | sed "s/.*${sd_basename} -> //g"`
New too me...
> Modifications to applicat.rdb
> -----------------------------
This is indeed necessary for SO5.1a, so I've been told :-)
All in all a pleasant HOWTO, but a bit outdated and needlessly complex
:-)
--
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