Re: Book Reorganization

2005-04-13 Thread john_linux
I would like to recommend leaving the book the same with the exception of moving a few of the items that have been mentioned on this list. The current grouping makes it easy to look for a certian topic to find software applications. What would be benificial is a checklist to follow to install

openoffice fun

2005-04-13 Thread Robert Connolly
Hi. I just wanted to let ya know I was successful using gcc-3.3.5 for building j2sdk and openoffice. However the NAS package in openoffice failed, so I installed the standalone NAS version and used --with-system-nas.. that didn't work because the ./configure script in openoffice first tries to

Re: openoffice fun

2005-04-13 Thread Randy McMurchy
Robert Connolly wrote these words on 04/13/05 10:32 CST: Hi. I just wanted to let ya know I was successful using gcc-3.3.5 for building j2sdk and openoffice. Thanks for the report Robert. What version of J2SDK? Anything other than the new 1.5 (5.0) is what we have now. The new version

Re: Book Reorganization

2005-04-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might also have somewhere statements that if you have installed package ABC (GNOME), package XYZ has met all of its required packages. John Gnew Except, that _optional_ packages are another matter entirely. I used to ignore sound packages

Re: Book Reorganization

2005-04-13 Thread Jeremy Utley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A while back I did the GNOME install. I got through it by following the various required and some optional packages but in some cases you get multiple levels deep following required packages and forget where you started. And, sometimes your not sure if you installed

Re: openoffice fun

2005-04-13 Thread Robert Connolly
On April 13, 2005 11:42 am, Randy McMurchy wrote: .. Thanks for the report Robert. What version of J2SDK? The versions in the book, j2sdk-1_4_2, except for j2sdk-1_4_2_08-linux-i586.bin (8 instead of 7). robert -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: