openoffice on 9.0

[Gökşin Akdeniz]

Hello Gary Aitken,

> 
> 1.  I'm assuming that since pkg_add looks for the tarball, it is 
> supposed to exist.  Is that a valid assumption?
> 
It is sort of. Have look at
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-stable/All/
>
> 2.  Anyone know why the tarball isn't there?  Should I be trying to
> add something else?
> 
The OpenOffice.org package is a big one and consumes a lot of bandwith.
Therefore some may not be available.

Try to build OpenOffice.org from ports. It takes time, be patient.
-- 
Gökşin Akdeniz <goksin.akdeniz at gmail.com>
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