openoffice.org installation????
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If you are interested in openoffice, I wouldn't wait for the quartz release, as it has been pushed back until Q1 of 2006.
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/timeline.html#tracks
If you want to check it out openoffice, id try the x11 version. It is an interesting project and shows a lot of potential, but in my opinion it isn't ready to replace office 100%. (Don't take that as a knock on the product, it just has a little more growing to do.)
Download Apple's X11 app (or wait for panther to come out, and install it via a custom install) then download openoffice and install.
Like Pengu said, it is done by InstallAnywhere, which makes it very painless.
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/timeline.html#tracks
If you want to check it out openoffice, id try the x11 version. It is an interesting project and shows a lot of potential, but in my opinion it isn't ready to replace office 100%. (Don't take that as a knock on the product, it just has a little more growing to do.)
Download Apple's X11 app (or wait for panther to come out, and install it via a custom install) then download openoffice and install.
Like Pengu said, it is done by InstallAnywhere, which makes it very painless.
quiksan
awesomer...
so what do you mean by InstallAnywhere? sorry, I'm not very clear on all this stuff.
The problem I'm having (I already installed X11 and downloaded the OOo mpkg) is that when I execute the installation part of the OOo download (I assume this is the InstallAnywhere you both referred to), it tells me the application has unexpectedly quit.
So I downloaded from a different mirror, thinking maybe my download was a bad one. still the same result. I tried executing it via the terminal, and via the x11 window. no luck on either of those.
I'm totally open to any suggestions or possible options here.
Also, as I'm not very savvy with X11 (yet), I'm interested on learning more of how I can use it on my OS X system. Any sites you can offer as helpful? (I'll search these forums too)
I'd like at some point to be able to run linux under X11 on OS X, just to do it...ya know?
thanks a bunch for any help you can offer!
The problem I'm having (I already installed X11 and downloaded the OOo mpkg) is that when I execute the installation part of the OOo download (I assume this is the InstallAnywhere you both referred to), it tells me the application has unexpectedly quit.
So I downloaded from a different mirror, thinking maybe my download was a bad one. still the same result. I tried executing it via the terminal, and via the x11 window. no luck on either of those.
I'm totally open to any suggestions or possible options here.
Also, as I'm not very savvy with X11 (yet), I'm interested on learning more of how I can use it on my OS X system. Any sites you can offer as helpful? (I'll search these forums too)
I'd like at some point to be able to run linux under X11 on OS X, just to do it...ya know?
thanks a bunch for any help you can offer!
ok, I'm not sure on any mpkg.
The file you want is: ooo103darwingm.dmg
from here:
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html
this is a dmg file which when double clicked on shows the following (at least for me):
An alias called Install_OpenOffice.org, a folder named InstallerData, a folder named MacOSX, a read me README_OOO.html, and another folder called Third-Party Source
Double click on the alias to Install_OpenOffice.org and it opens up the app InstallAnywhere (also used by limewire, if your ever played around with that).
The third party folder has a little app you can install called Start_OpenOffice, which will let you start open office via an icon, instead of by command line.
As far as running linux under X11 well I think you may have the wrong idea about what X11 is, X11 is a graphical user environment for *nix based machines.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/
X11 will allow you to run applications that were originally built for *nix machines, either by using a great little program called fink, or by compiling from source.
Compiling from source can be a great learning experience, but can also be frustrating, if you don't know what flags need to be set/unset to compile an X11 app under OS X (This isn't unique to just OS X, as even different flavors of *nix OS's need different flags for compiling).
The file you want is: ooo103darwingm.dmg
from here:
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html
this is a dmg file which when double clicked on shows the following (at least for me):
An alias called Install_OpenOffice.org, a folder named InstallerData, a folder named MacOSX, a read me README_OOO.html, and another folder called Third-Party Source
Double click on the alias to Install_OpenOffice.org and it opens up the app InstallAnywhere (also used by limewire, if your ever played around with that).
The third party folder has a little app you can install called Start_OpenOffice, which will let you start open office via an icon, instead of by command line.
As far as running linux under X11 well I think you may have the wrong idea about what X11 is, X11 is a graphical user environment for *nix based machines.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/
X11 will allow you to run applications that were originally built for *nix machines, either by using a great little program called fink, or by compiling from source.
Compiling from source can be a great learning experience, but can also be frustrating, if you don't know what flags need to be set/unset to compile an X11 app under OS X (This isn't unique to just OS X, as even different flavors of *nix OS's need different flags for compiling).
quiksan
awesomer...
naodx -
thanks for the information - I guess I wasn't clear - the download and install process you described (and the link) are the same I used. Not sure where I got the mpkg part from....
So I tried downloading the OOo for the 3rd time. tried the install, and it AGAIN, tells me, "the application * has unexpectedly quit"
i can't figure it'd be something with my system. I just did a COMPLETELY clean install over the weekend! (not because of the OOo/X11 thing of course)
also - the *nix thing was prompted from a screen shot I saw at some point, of a person running linux on OS X, and it looked like it was running through X11.
not very important to me, just thought it'd be fun to try at some point in time.
thanks for the assistance.
thanks for the information - I guess I wasn't clear - the download and install process you described (and the link) are the same I used. Not sure where I got the mpkg part from....
So I tried downloading the OOo for the 3rd time. tried the install, and it AGAIN, tells me, "the application * has unexpectedly quit"
i can't figure it'd be something with my system. I just did a COMPLETELY clean install over the weekend! (not because of the OOo/X11 thing of course)
also - the *nix thing was prompted from a screen shot I saw at some point, of a person running linux on OS X, and it looked like it was running through X11.
not very important to me, just thought it'd be fun to try at some point in time.
thanks for the assistance.
Ok, well you have me kinda stumped here.
Let me ask you a few questions.
1. Have your tried repairing permissions after the download? (Shouldn't matter but worth a shot. Another thing you could try is either rebooting or logging out and logging back in.)
2. Did you use the same browser to download it all 3 times? Maybe you are having a problem with the downloading part itself, try a different browser maybe?
Another thing you could try, is creating a new user account, and installing openoffice via the new user account in your applications folder. Perhaps you have a preference file that is corrupt in your current user account.
as far as the linux thing, maybe you seen a picture of someone running gnome or kde via X11, which is possible to do, fink makes it very easy for your to install either one under X11. (Just takes it a while to do.)
Hope I've been of help.
Let me ask you a few questions.
1. Have your tried repairing permissions after the download? (Shouldn't matter but worth a shot. Another thing you could try is either rebooting or logging out and logging back in.)
2. Did you use the same browser to download it all 3 times? Maybe you are having a problem with the downloading part itself, try a different browser maybe?
Another thing you could try, is creating a new user account, and installing openoffice via the new user account in your applications folder. Perhaps you have a preference file that is corrupt in your current user account.
as far as the linux thing, maybe you seen a picture of someone running gnome or kde via X11, which is possible to do, fink makes it very easy for your to install either one under X11. (Just takes it a while to do.)
Hope I've been of help.
