OpenOffice 2.0 under Gnome 2.12.1

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:35:37 +0100 (CET)
> From: "P.U.Kruppa" <root at pukruppa.de>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> 
> 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)

I have not built OOo under 6.0 and Gnome 2.12, but it is fine under
current and gnome 2.12. Built without a hitch and seems to run just
fine, although I have not extensively tested it, yet.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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