Date: Mon, 4 Sep 06 11:55:21 PDT From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: donaldjoneill@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <10609041855.AA19240@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <200609040750.30916.donaldjoneill@gmail.com> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <200609040750.30916.donaldjoneill@gmail.com>
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> > Anyone know where I can find a working word processor for 6.1? ... > You can go to http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/ and download > openoffice2.0.3 pre-built binaries from there. I would suggest > that, rather than trying to build it. Thanks for the pointer. That is the sort of thing I was hoping for. > You're probably going to need java. I suggest getting the pre-built > binary for diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.00, you can get it here: > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml The diablo port appeared to build OK as a dependency :) but I should probably d/l this one also just in case. > Try to save yourself as much pain as possible. Building openoffice > from ports tends to fall in the category of pain. So it would seem :( I thought the whole point of the Ports Collection was to avoid this sort of problem.
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