Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:16:39 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-UK.eu.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emulation and office suites Message-ID: <20000627131638.A70989@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:37:14AM %2B0530 References: <20000627025036.A63418@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:37:14AM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > i want to install staroffice 5.2. if there is no port for it, do i just > > have to install the linux emulation? or the linux emulation port? these > > are two different things, right? > > You can install linux emulation via the ports, > /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base > that will give you a Red Hat-like linux environment in /compat/linux. > You'd also need a kernel compatibility module, or a kernel > compiled with the option LINUX. > I don't know whether StarOffice will work out of the box. Quite > likely will. Is there anything that staroffice 5.2 does that is significantly better than applix office? And has anyone tried the applix 4.0 alpha release? jm -- ------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Do not mistake lack of talent for genius ------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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