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From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU>
To: Michael Alwan <mjalwan@rma.edu>
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Subject: Re: staroffice installation
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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Michael Alwan wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> Some questions about StarOffice. I got the StarOffice 3.4 package (not
> 3.4beta, but the latest package at ftp.freebsd.org) and the
> linux_lib-2.4.  Installed both, enabled linux compatability in rc.conf
> (I'm running 3.0-970807-SNAP). Ran ldconfig in /compat/linux/sbin.
> Rebooted: startup mesages indicate linux compatability is enabled. Go to
> /usr/local/StarOffice-3.4 and try to run setup.  The message: "this UNIX
> version is not supported."  I didn't see anything specific to this
> problem in the archives.  Any ideas?  And why two StarOffice packages
> under current (one a beta)?  Did I download the wrong one?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael Alwan
> 
You have to enable linux emulation in the kernel. See LINT for details.
Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics
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