Hi Bill and thanks for helping out. To aid in readability of your edits, would it be possible for you to make your proposed changes to the MacOSX readme and include the whole file (with your edits) as a ".txt" attachment to this message?
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 5:10 PM, William L. Anderson <b...@acm.org> wrote: > Dennis Hamilton asked me to look at the 4.1.2-patch1 README file for Mac > OSX. > I have done so and include the following information. > > My test system info: OSX Version 10.11.6 "El Capitan" > Hardware: Macbook Air (Late 2010) > > ================== > (1) The text of the current MacOSX.README.txt file. > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/4.1.2- > patch1/binaries/MacOSX/MacOSX.README.txt > > 1. Make sure that OpenOffice is not running. > 2. Open a terminal and unpack the downloaded file (e.g., with Archive > Utility or WinZip Mac Edition) to an easily > locatable path. > 3. Open the Finder App - or another file manager of your choice. > 4. Locate the installation path of OpenOffice (e.g., > "/Applications/Utilities/OpenOffice4/program/"). > 5. Rename the old file "libtl.dylib" to "libtl.dylib.original" to keep a > backup. > 6. Copy the new file from the unpacked Zip file to the installation path > (e.g, "/Desktop/libtl.dylib" --> "/Applications/Utilities/ > OpenOffice4/program/"). > > =================== > > (2) Suggested updates to that file. > > > 1. OK AS WRITTEN > > 2. Download the "libtl.dylib" file to the Downloads folder (or any other > folder or to the Desktop) > 2.1. Verify the download integrity: see UPDATE NEEDED below. > > 3. OK AS WRITTEN > > 4. Locate the installation path of OpenOffice (e.g., > "/Applications/OpenOffice.app/Contents/program" > > 5. OK AS WRITTEN > > 6. Copy the new libtl.dylib file to the OpenOffice/Contents/program > folder. (Administrator privileges needed.) > In the terminal these commands will work. > > $ cd ~/Downloads > $ sudo cp -v libtl.dylib /Applications/OpenOffice.app/Contents/program > > UPDATE NEEDED: need to provide the md5 and sha256 hash of the > libtl.dylib file. Many Mac users do not have any experience with GnuPG or > OpenPGP keys. However, the Mac comes with tools to verify md5 and sha256 > hashes already installed. Those instructions can be added to the README. > > =================== > > (3) MacOSX instructions for how to update the dylib file without using a > Terminal window. > > DIRECTIONS FOR UPDATING THE FILE WITHOUT USING A Terminal window. > Note: Mac users can NOT check file integrity without using a terminal > window. > > These instructions assume: > (1) that the user account has Administrator privileges; and > (2) that the file "libtl.dylib" was saved to the Downloads folder. > > 1. In the Finder select the Go menu on the Application menu bar (at > the top of the screen) and open a window to the Downloads folder. > > 2. In the Finder open another Finder window and in the sidebar select > the Applications folder. > > Hold down the "control" key and select the OpenOffice application. > Select Show Package Contents from the drop-down menu. > Open the Contents folder now displayed in the Finder window. > Select and open the "program" folder displayed in the Finder window. > Scroll through the list of files shown and find "libtl.dylib" > Hold down the "control" key and select the "libtl.dylib" file. > Select Duplicate from the drop-down menu. > ( a file named "libtl copy.dylib" is created ) > Select the back button "<" from the Finder window top menu. > ( the Finder displays the list of files and folders in the Contents > folder ) > > 3. Now select the Finder window showing the "Downloads" folder contents. > > Hold down the "control" key and select the "libtl.dylib" file. > Select 'Copy "libtl.dylib"' from the drop-down menu. > > Select the other Finder window showing the list of files in the > Contents folder. > > Hold down the "control" key and select the "program" folder. > Select "Paste Item" from the drop-down menu. > > A window appears with the message: > An older item named "libtl.dylib" already exists in this > location. Do you want to replace it with the newer one you're > moving? > Select the "Replace" button. > > =================== > > I have tested the replacing the file both ways. AOO seems to start up > without problem with the new file in place. > > Let me know how I can help further. > > Bill Anderson > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kay Schenk@Apache OpenOffice “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” -- John Wooden
