> The instructions page for OOo 2.x does not contain a link
> for Solaris:
>
> http://download.openoffice.org/common/instructions.html
>
> (do we want Solaris to be recognized as a major OS or
> not?)
>
> Also, the "extensive setup guide" seems to out of
> date & the Readme files do not contain installation
> instructions.
I am copying pertinent portions of the installation instructions below (edited
for OOo 2.3)
* * *
(After you have downloaded and exacted all the packages, cd to the "packages"
subdirectory then follow the following steps:)
6. To permanently avoid recurring queries at the installation, you
should produce an
admin file with the following content:
action=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
idepend=nocheck.
You can do this with the following commands:
echo action=nocheck >admin
echo conflict=nocheck >>admin
echo idepend=nocheck >>admin
7. Install the packages with:
pkgadd -a admin -d . openofficeorg*
8. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org.
* * *
Although Solaris Express now comes with StarOffice8, I am interested in OOo 2.3
because of the following reasons:
1. SO8 does not include CJK language packs, and I don't how, or if it is
possible, to use the OOo language packs for SO8. (CJK language packs are
included in a separate suite called StarSuite.)
2. Some Chinese characters are garbled in SO8 when running under Solaris
Express (inclusive of SXDE3 & SXCE 72), I want to see whether this problem is
solved in OOo 2.3 (unfortunately the answer is not yet--this appears to be more
of an OS problem).
3. Solaris 10u4 still comes with SO7 (not a complaint, but simply stating the
fact, as the SO8 licenses are very inexpensive).
An addition to my "complaint" that I failed to mention in my original message:
The readme file contains a .jar file, but there are no instructions as to how
to run the setup as a java program.
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