In message <20010424031408.A22300@localhost>, Bernd Sieker writes:
>On 23.04.01, 16:25:47, stripes@tigerlair.com wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I've been looking around through the archives and web searches trying to fin
>d a port of StarOffice that will work.
>> 
>> In the pkgsrc, I have a staroffice directory under misc. The only problem is
> that's 5.1a, and I can't find it anywhere.
>> 
>> The other problem is I can't get StarOffice 5.2 to work (even after copying 
>all the necessary libraries to /emul/linux/lib). Has anyone had any success wi
>th this or can someone tell me where I can find a copy of so-5_2-ga-bin-linux_
>en?
>
>StarOffice 5.2 _works_ very well on NetBSD-1.5, it just won't install.
>
>Find a Linux box and install it there, then tar up the complete
>StarOffice directory (e. g. /usr/local/office52) and unpack it on the
>NetBSD machine, and it should just work. Of course you still need to
>have the proper Linux emulation libraries installed.
>
>Be aware that for StarOffice 5.2 even 64 MB of RAM might not be enough
>for smooth work. Better to have at least 128. I know this is insane
>for an office package, but there it is.

Mumble.  I tried that -- and on my 1.5.1 BETA machine, it just dumps 
core.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb