From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 13:45:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DBE8106568A for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:45:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net (Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net [64.251.15.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B0A8FC17 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from cpe-24-243-189-26.hot.res.rr.com ([24.243.189.26] helo=Blaidd-Drwg.RawFedDogs.net) by Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KGwSL-0006Ju-P4 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:45:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:45:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Monceaux X-X-Sender: dokpm0@Blaidd-Drwg.RawFedDogs.net To: FreeBSD Questions E-Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net Cc: Subject: Re: How do I install openoffice from packages? 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: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:45:12 -0000 /Andreas, On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Andreas Davour wrote: > After fooling around a bit with online installs I downloaded the package and > installed manually. It does complain about other stuff not being there. Isn't > packages supposed to work like port and pull in requirements automagically? > > Note: I have 6.3 machine, not 7.0-STABLE so I tried the 6.2 directory. > > /Andreas I install everything from ports so haven't played around with packages very much. I'm sure the FreeBSD team makes sure all official packages have correct dependencies set. But, they have no control over unofficial packages others have put together. That's one drawback to using unofficial packages. When I installed OpenOffice from the ports tree, there were a few packages it depended on with licensing restrictions, like diablo-jdk for example, that had to be manually downloaded and put in /usr/ports/distfiles before the ports in question could be built. That might have something to do with there being no official binary OpenOffice package available. Even if you don't install from ports you could cd to the /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-??? directory for the version of OpenOffice you installed and issue: make missing which should give you a list of missing dependencies that need to be installed. You could then install via either ports or packages depending on what you prefer, and what's available. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!!