From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 1 14:03:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E52216A400 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 14:03:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from pemaquid.safeport.com (pemaquid.safeport.com [209.31.154.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FB043D73 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 14:03:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pemaquid.safeport.com (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k41E3gB6064230 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 10:03:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:03:42 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200605010313.53438.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060501091354.T62360@pemaquid.safeport.com> References: <20060430221919.A37408@pemaquid.safeport.com> <20060501031001.I48345@pemaquid.safeport.com> <1146468709.9348.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200605010313.53438.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: Re: pkg_add -r openoffice Error: FTP Unable to get ftp: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 14:03:47 -0000 One of benefits of the BSD's at least my BSD, the Free one, is anyone can get a pretty cool workstation by doing: pkg_add -r xorg pkg_add -r kde[-lite] pkg_add -r anything-else-that-strikes-my-fancy with a couple of configuration commands in between. I suspect the Linux people that use RPM will have the same comment. Frankly it never occurred to me to do anything else. If there is a package link from the FreeBSD site, in the future, that is what I will use, and deal with any problems that arise. This because I trust that the FreeBSD port/package maintainers will have taken care of any platform differences. Over the years, the committers have certainly earned that trust. I have no such confidence with OOo. Unlike X[org] I do not have to have it so, if after I learn to use it, on going installs are more trouble that I deem them to be worth, I will lose it. My only comments were to thank the poster who mentioned the package, perhaps he got it from the "approved" site; and to suggest to the FreeBSD maintainers OOo would get more use if there was a wrapper port (named per chance openoffice) that would just do the right thing. There have been a few products that were so good they overcame all obstacles to their use. Perhaps OOo is one. I do not mean this to be rant, it is just my opinion with a mild plea to the FreeBSD package maintainers. This thread dies here. I just felt I should explicitly explain what I tried to say the first time and to thank the folks that tried to guide me to the correct package. On Mon, 1 May 2006, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > I don't understand what the problem is that you all are having. Yes I > do, you're not using a procedure that works well. > > If you want the latest Openoffice binary package, which is 2.0.2, you > trundle your web browser over to here: > http://www.openoffice.org/ > Click on the green box that says: "Get openoffice.org version 2.0.2" > which redirects you to: > http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.2/index.html. When you get to this > page, you click on the box that says: "Download OpenOffice.org" which > gets you to a page where you select your language, OS, and download > site. If you did it correctly, that "download site" clickdown box will > have "FreeBSD page" in it when selected. This will take you to another > page, here you select the "Continue to Download" box which takes you to > the actual site where you get to pick what you want to download. > > Maybe you can go straight to it by using this URL: > http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/ > > Once you get there, download the darn thing and install it > using "pkg_add or using "pkg_add -v the name is>. > > Oh, I almost forgot, this is how you get a binary package that was built > for Freebsd 5.5 or 6.1 > > Don > _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601