Adding Open Office to Fluxbox

JockVSJock · 10-23-2004, 08:39 AM

Run Slackware 9.1 w/Fluxbox as WM.

Added Open Office the other day and tried to add it to my Fluxbox menu so I don't have to type ./soffice.

This is what I've added...

Code:

[exec] (Open Office) {home/cmmiller/OO/./soffice}

Needless to say, it doesn't work and I'm not sure why? I've added other things to start from the Fluxbox menu so I'm not sure what I've done wrong.

thanks

cccc828 · 10-23-2004, 09:23 AM

Code:

[exec] (Open Office) {home/cmmiller/OO/./soffice}

I guess the problem is the missing slash (/) in front of home.

cccc828

Hangdog42 · 10-23-2004, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JockVSJock
Run Slackware 9.1 w/Fluxbox as WM.

Code:

[exec] (Open Office) {home/cmmiller/OO/./soffice}

Needless to say, it doesn't work and I'm not sure why? I've added other things to start from the Fluxbox menu so I'm not sure what I've done wrong.

thanks

Try this:

[exec] (Open Office) {/home/cmmiller/OO/soffice}

You only need the ./ when you are in the same directory as the executable. Giving the full path in the menu file means that you don'e need ./

JockVSJock · 10-23-2004, 01:53 PM

DUH!!!!

Too easy...sorry to bother everyone with this...

Thread closed.

oxleyk · 10-23-2004, 02:22 PM

How coincidental! I tried adding OO to run under FB just this morning, however, I am having a different problem. When I start an OO app I get all sorts of errors referencing KDE. Could this be because I installed OO when running KDE? What can I do to fix this?

Kent

JockVSJock · 10-23-2004, 04:26 PM

Post the errors...

WMD · 10-23-2004, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by oxleyk
How coincidental! I tried adding OO to run under FB just this morning, however, I am having a different problem. When I start an OO app I get all sorts of errors referencing KDE. Could this be because I installed OO when running KDE? What can I do to fix this?

Kent

Maybe you installed the special QT version of OO. Did you?

oxleyk · 10-23-2004, 10:37 PM

I fixed it. I had installed it in /usr/local/ so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it to my home directory.

Kent