OpenOffice install

[Martin Blapp]

Hi,

> I have tried to install this puppy under 4.8 and 5.0 (I understand the
> results of trying to use 5) however,
> it fails after nearly 2 days of a straight make install. Albeit this is a
> 600 mhz box.
>
> Now, how do we know this install actually works, installs, etc. I'm
> frustrated after 3 tries it still fails near the end. I'm just wondering,
> how many other uses have had this issue. Again, my box is a fairly vanilla
> beast, and a very simple install using the ROMs and KDE as the X
> environment. If I think of it, Ill make install again and try to remember to
> nab the errors.

How long does the build last ? Have you a JDK installed ? Which version you
are trying to build ? WHat's the buildfailure ? Does it work if you set
DISPLAY manually via env ?

Martin