Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 13:46:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect Office2000 for Linux--Installable? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005071344210.74762-100000@home.offwhite.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005070944370.46161-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Yes, I realized that about 2 minutes after I sent the email when I decided to install WP8 myself. I am thinking that if WP8 for linux can install, you can get WP2000 to install, but you may want to wait until there is a port set up for it. You also create the port yourself, or simply try to install it with the Linux instructions. I would not recommend the latter. Another option is to email the person maintaining the port for WP8 and ask if you can get a WP2000 port. He or she may be able to whip up that port rather quickly with your help. Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? On Sun, 7 May 2000, Annelise Anderson wrote: > What you so beautifully outline, Brennan, installs WordPerfect8, > the editor, not Office2000. I installed WordPerfect 8 a while ago. > What I want to install is the office suite that I bought in a box. > > Annelise > > > On Sat, 6 May 2000, Brennan W Stehling wrote: > > > Sure. Go read... > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/editors/wordperfect/pkg/DESCR > > > > Then go to... > > > > /usr/ports/editors/wordperfect/ > > > > And install the port. You may have to go download the file from Corel if > > you do not have it already, the put it in /usr/ports/distfiles where the > > installation routine will find it. > > > > Then you do... > > > > make > > make install > > > > You are all set then Annelise. It is too simple. > > > > > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin > > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com > > > > Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? > > > > On Sat, 6 May 2000, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to install WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux on > > > FreeBSD 4.0 (Release or Stable)? > > > > > > The "setup" binary on the cdrom was unrecognized, so I copied it > > > to the hard drive and branded it. It then ran, but couldn't find the > > > files since it was looking in relative paths. > > > > > > I therefore copied the entire cdrom to the hard drive and again > > > brandelfed the setup binary. It now claims it needs glibc6 or higher > > > and can't find /var/db/rpm. > > > > > > So, maybe I should just give up? This is part of the 10 percent > > > of linux software that FreeBSD doesn't run? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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