Subject: Re: OpenOffice 2-beta
To: Michael Rauch <mrauch@NetBSD.org>
From: Davide Zanon <d.zanon@infinito.it>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/28/2005 17:29:39
On Saturday 28 May 2005 16:44, Michael Rauch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 11:35:07PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> > Is anyone working on getting OpenOffice 2-beta into pkgsrc(-wip) ?
>
> yes. It does build on my NetBSD 3.0-BETA box, but currently requires a
> native JDK (i.e. wip/jdk14), which has very strict license terms.
> There are options to disable java completely, but then openoffice
> crashes, or to use an alternative java (gcj/kaffe). The last option is
> probably the way to go and also what Debian & Co. will use.
> The binary package is a bit easier.
> I've made a first attempt and put it at
> http://www.fs.tum.de/~mrauch/OpenOffice/openoffice2-bin.tar.gz
> (for (NetBSD and Linux)/i386).
> Feedback or bug reports are welcome.
I've just installed it from your package on my i386... it works perfectly for
now. Congratulations and thanks :)
> > Would be nice to have. Certainly when 2.0 will finally be released.
>
> Definitely.
Yes... what about using the linuxPPC version on NetBSD/macppc? I've tried
several ways to do it but none worked...
> Michael
david