Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:55:01 +0200 From: nicky <nicky@valuecare.nl> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installing openoffice by package Message-ID: <448EC3B5.3040804@valuecare.nl> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0606130640s21c20448h25a3c7b7935cb82c@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0606130055n4fba0960m92a4b4fb795f2120@mail.gmail.com> <20060613131358.11812.qmail@web60023.mail.yahoo.com> <ef10de9a0606130640s21c20448h25a3c7b7935cb82c@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 6/13/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote: >> >> --- Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On 6/13/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote: >> > > I tried unsuccessfully to build OpenOffice 2.0 on my 5.4 box. >> > Never >> > > had enoudh space in /usr... >> > > >> > > I decided to install by package: >> > > >> > > # pkg_add -r openoffice.org >> > > >> > > It tried to install version 1.1.5... >> > > >> > > Anyway, trying to start it gives errors: >> > > >> > > # openoffice.org-1.1.5 >> > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libstdc++.so.5" not found, >> > > required by "javaldx" >> > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libstdc++.so.5" not found, >> > > required by "soffice.bin" >> > > >> > > Any ideas? >> > > >> > >> > Try KOffice 1.5.1. I've never had a build fail and it now supports >> > ODF >> > documents... anyways... >> >> Nope, I tried that and I was not satisfied with it due to its .xls >> handling. Trouble is, I removed it already and now I'm left without >> any MS readers. Forget Abiword... >> > > Try gnumeric?.... why use .xls, .doc etc. when you have ODF? save all > your documents in ODF. > > http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/#obtain The above link gives you FreeBSD packages for OpenOffice (i've used those myself). Download, use pkg_add. It will tell the missing dependencies, you can either install them from ports or packages as you see fit. Worked well for me. Greets, Nickyhome | help
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