Hi All,

I tried to build the openoffice-1.1 port in FreeBSD and got the followinf error

===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin/java - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: gcc32 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: zip - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: unzip - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: gcp - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: xmkmf - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/ant - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: gmake - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: bison - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.5 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf259 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on executable: pkg-config - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/intltool-extract - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: jpeg.9 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: png.5 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: mng.1 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: freetype.9 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: glib12.3 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: gtk12.2 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: ORBit.2 - found
===> openoffice-1.1.4_1 depends on shared library: glib-2.0.600 - not found
===> Verifying install for glib-2.0.600 in /usr/ports/devel/glib20
===> Returning to build of openoffice-1.1.4_1
Error: shared library "glib-2.0.600" does not exist
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-1.1.

but I have glib installed and it's in these folders. Will a symbolic link with the name glib-2.0.600 to glib-2.0.400 work or is there a way to make this work without any work around.

/usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.a
/usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so
/usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.400

How about upgrading the glib port first and then try installing openoffice.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I tried that, in fact I did a portupgrade of glib and other libs that openoffice depends on. Now it compiles like for an hour and gives me an error saying libjava.so not found, java runtime environment not found. I dod ldconfig -r and the directory where the libjava.so file is located was in user/usr/compat/linux/lib/ I created a symbolic to this file from /usr/local/lib and ldconfig does report the /usr/local/lib directory but it still gives the same error.

I am a FreeBSD newbie myself so can't help you much. I have found it so frustrating because similar things have happened to me and unfortunately the BSD community doesn't seem to be as big as the Linux community so sometimes getting help can take ages or it never comes.

When I installed OOffice I just simply went

"pkg_add -r openoffice"

Then I went to the open-office port on my freebsd install and ran the installation program after I had added the package and it installed from there like a windows .exe file.The java is required for some open-office functions but it is not absolutely necessary.

If you want fancy java functions then you need to install some form of java on your bsd system.
Which and from where I know not but it's prolly in the ports somewhere's.

Hi guys,

Moral I installed openoffice through the package but I tried to do most of the installation through the ports since it's more convenient (it just takes longer, but i run it at night and go to sleep). But apparently something is wrong with the openoffice installtion with jdk 1.5 I heard 1.4 is works fine. I remember installing it on another computer from the port without problems with 1.4.

And redazz I know exactly what you mean. I was in your shoes and was really frustrated for a while but after I knew how everything works I find FreeBSD more convenient than linux for all my work in fact I am doing my thesis all on FreeBSD. So don't give up and you'll be an expert soon.