Just in case you don't know, X11 is a graphical environment that pretty much every Unix based machine runs. Except OS X. Since OO.o was originally designed for X11, you need X11 on X to run it. Unless you have neooffice.
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:29:00 -0500, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm not quite a newbie and trying to install this program has left me > > feeling like I've never used a computer before! I went through all the > > installation steps, followed all instructions and tips I saw, and I > > can't get open office to run! When I click on the "start open office" > > it keeps asking me to locate obordorOX (I think that was how it was > > spelled?) and I have no clue what that is or where to find it. I > > tried uninstalling and starting all over and that didn't seem to help. > > My machine is running OS X 10.2.8 if that helps. > > I would suggest NeoOffice/J ( http://www.neooffice.org/ ) no X11 > required, easy Aqua-fied interface and Mac-like install. > > NeoOffice/J *is* OpenOffice.org, just ported using Java (hence the /J) > and is maintained by another open source group. It's much better than > OpenOffice.org X11 for Mac OS X. > > -Chad Smith > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -the infamous me --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
