OpenOffice 2.0 under Gnome 2.12.1

[P.U.Kruppa]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:00:35 -0600, Rob Mason <rob at bsdbox.homeunix.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I've just completed a fresh install of FBSD-6.0, have cvsup'd ports, and
>> have installed 2.12.1.  Everything works fine.  I've just attempted to
>> download the OpenOffice 2.0 (FBSD 6.0 version) binary from
>> http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ and run a 'pkg_add' against the tbz
>> file.  It appears to have worked, but the binary won't run - it gives
>> quite a screenful of Gtk errors and hangs (if I run it from a shell).
>
> We can't read your mind to know what kind of errors you are seeing. Show us!
>
>> Has anyone successfully got OpenOffice 2.0 running with FBSD-6.0 and
>> Gnome 2.12???
No, neither OOo 2 nor OOo 1 did build on my FBSD-6 / Gnome 2.12 
during the last weeks. I am still running an old OOo 2Beta build.
If you are in an urgent need of an office suite I would recommend 
to try Linux binaries - they run absolutely well (with 
linux_base-rh-9)

Uli.

>
> You might want to check if OpenOffice is built with GNOME 2.10.x or 2.12.x. 
> You need to ask whomever built those packages. If OpenOffice built with GNOME 
> 2.10, then I don't think it will run in new ports stuff like GTK 2.8.x, GNOME 
> 2.12.x and etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>> TIA
>> 
>> Rob
>
>
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