Starting OpenOffice from an Xterm

Ján Kušniar lokki at host.sk
Fri Apr 1 05:36:36 PST 2005


On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:07:13 -0500, Stan McIntosh wrote
> I *think* I installed the OpenOffice binaries on my FreeBSD 5.3.x PC,
> after the ports install was just taking too long.  However, even 
> after Googling around, I do not know how to bring it up.  What 
> obvious point am I missing?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> stan


If your OpenOffice was installed successfully, the next step is to run
setup program (on my FBSD5.3 it is /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/setup), 
which will ask you few questions, and will install local files to your home 
directory.
To launch OpenOffice, you have to type something like

 ~/OpenOffice.org1.1.2/soffice

It is good to create a shorter link to this file.

J. Kusniar



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