On Mon October 16 2006 18:25, + Charles Aronovitch wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > 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.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon October 16 2006 18:54, James Mckenzie wrote: > > 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. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
