>From: Charles Aronovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 16, 2006 1:25 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [users] Opening Open Office > > I am unable to open OpenOffice. I get the following message:" >OpenOffice.org cannot be started because X11 is not installed. Please >install Apple x11 first." > >PowerBook G4 with 2 Gigs of RAM, system 10.4.8.
Your system sounds a great deal like mine. Here is the problem: Apple does not install the X11 windowing system that is needed by OpenOffice.org 2.0.4. You have to install it. How: This is described in great detail on the Mac OS X porting web site. I will summarize here: 1. Find your Tiger installation/upgrade diskset. 2. Place the installation DVD into your optical drive. 3. Wait for the upgrade installation screen to show. You can also install optional packages using this disk. Select this. 4. Navigate until you see the X11 User Package (X11user.pkg). Select this package and ONLY this package. 5. Accept the license if required. This will start the installation process. This can take quite some time if you have a slow processor (which I doubt) and if your hard drive is nearly full. 6. Once the installation complete window appears, click close and then eject the installation disk. Place the installation disk in a safe place (preferably where you found it.) 7. Attempt to use OpenOffice.org. You should be greeted with a dialog asking if you want to use the fonts installed on your Powerbook. There is a native version of OpenOffice.org in progress which will eliminate the need to install the X11 windowing system. James Mckenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
