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Date:      Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:55:50 +0200
From:      Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To:        Gary D Kline <kline@thought.org>, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, mbr@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is anyone actually running Openoffice-1.0.0 successfully on FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <200206160855.50627.mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020616000009.GB32456@tao.thought.org>
References:  <1024182992.47848.9.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> <3D0BD0FF.8050003@potentialtech.com> <20020616000009.GB32456@tao.thought.org>

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On Sunday 16 June 2002 2:00 am, Gary D Kline wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 07:42:55PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> > Stacey Roberts wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >  I'm hoping to introduce openoffice as a (long awaited) replacement=
 for
> > >Star Office here.
> > >
> > >I checked the mailing lists (ports and questions), but could only fi=
nd
> > >comments on various problems others have been having without any of =
the
> > >replies that indicates that anyone's actually got this installed and
> > >working (as it says on the tin).
> > >
> > >If anyone does indeed have openoffice-1.0.0 successfully running, pl=
ease
> > >get let the rest of us know of your experiences with it, okay?
> > >Thanks.
> >
> > I don't know if it counts, but we've been experimenting with the Wind=
ows
> > build and have been pretty happy with it so far.  Unfortunately, the =
last
> > time I looked at installing the FreeBSD version, it required somethin=
g
> > like 4G and my test machine isn't that spaceous.  Before we can switc=
h,
> > we need something that runs on both our FreeBSD and Windows workstati=
ons,
> > so we haven't really used it too extensively yet.
>
> =094GB how!  On this new server I've got 256M of RAM and 40G
> =09disk....   What might help people like me who want to build
> =09from src is to have a cheat-sheet of temporary system
> =09configurations.  ---I've been watching the OO build steps,
> =09but with less than full attention.
>
> =09gary

try 6 gb and nearly 8 hours to compile on a p3 650 384mb and scsi hardwar=
e =20
raid and then sig 11 when you try and install. I have tried to get this=20
running on two different boxes, going as far as to reinstall one of them =
and=20
just install open-office on that. I have yet to succeed.

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