I'm trying to decide if I should buy this software, but I haven't been able to get it to install properly. So far I haven't gotten any response to my e-mail to CodeWeavers.com I'm about ready to give up on trying to run any Windows applications under Linux.
I'm wondering if anyone else is using CrossOver Office, and what you think of it. The one thing that I can't get to work is the help function for any of the Windows programs I try. The help in Office 97, mIRC, etc. does not work. I don't know if the problems with Windows help are related to my installation problems.
Here's my system configuration:
System Details:
OS: Slackware Linux 10.2
CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Hyperthreading
Memory: 2 GB
Disk: 320 GB RAID on Promise FastTrack 374 (using Promise "ft3xx" driver for Linux)
Partitions: "/" is 8 GB ext3 with 3 GB free, "/home" is 8 GB ext3 with 7 GB free, swap is 4 GB.
The network is set up, along with SAMBA, but I do not have a web server (Apache, etc.) running.
I am having another (possibly related) problem with the KDE help search index creation failing.
KDE reports the error "htdig failed", although I do have the correct version of "hgdig" installed.
I also have Windows XP installed in a separate partition.
These are the errors I get when I try to install CrossOver Office. I will appreciate any suggestions about how to correct the installation problems.
Code:
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing CrossOver Office Standard.............
install
vfolder_menu:error: you need XML::DOM to manipulate VFolder menus
unable to use XML::DOM:
Can't load '/home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/auto/XML/Parser/Expat/Expat.so'
for module XML::Parser::Expat: libperl.so.5.8:
cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i486-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at /home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/XML/Parser.pm line 15
Compilation failed in require
at /home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/XML/Parser.pm line 15.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/XML/Parser.pm line 19.
Compilation failed in require at /home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/XML/DOM.pm line 43.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/erik/cxoffice/lib/xml/perl/XML/DOM.pm line 72.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 5) line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 5) line 1.
The error repeats many times, but the line numbers and error messages are the same in all cases.
