Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:32:08 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, pryan@singnet.com.sg Subject: Re: Trouble installing OpenOffice1.1.2 on 4.10 Message-ID: <200407182132.08551.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <200407190034.i6J0Y7PB018507@eastgate.starhub.net.sg> References: <200407190034.i6J0Y7PB018507@eastgate.starhub.net.sg>
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On Sunday 18 July 2004 07:33 pm, Peter Ryan wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to get OO 1.1.2 running on 4.10 > I have KDE installed. > > I have managed to install the software, but > now I cannot run it. > > When I installed, I could not execute the installation instructions > from a command line as requested, but there were > no permission problems as suggested. > > Eventually I tried double clicking "setup" from KDE. > > This appeared to work well. OO installed, and I could > see new OO entries in the KDE menus. > > However, when I try to start Calc or Writer from KDE, > I get no response. The disk is not active, there is no > window or error message - nothing seems to happen. > KDE appears to remain fully functional - I can still > browse, look at files etc etc. > > I dont knwo what is wrong here. > > I was thinking of uninstalling OO and trying again, but > I dont have the slightest idea how to uninstall it. > > (I am very very new to this OS) > > All help much appreciated > Thanks > Peter When you say you tried executing "setup" from the command line: 1. Were you in a console or a terminal window in X? 2. What directory were you in? 3. What did you type, exactly, to execute "setup"? Best of luck, Andrew Gould
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