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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation of StarOffice
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:59:13 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Norbert Grundmann <grundman@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Norbert Grundmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using FreeBSD since about 2 years.  I installed Version
> 2.2.1 and it is running fine.  Now i tried to install
> StarOffice on the host.  StarOffice is for OpenLinux, but
> BSD should be able to run it?!  I placed StarOffice to

It works fine, but you should use the port version since there are some
additional setup steps in obtaining the correct Linux library versions
and such.  Get an up-to-date copy of /usr/ports from ftp.freebsd.org and
then use editors/staroffice to install it.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.