On Sun October 15 2006 19:56, + RON BASTONE wrote: > I was so excited about reading about, and then installing your Open > Office Application...and then came X-11 > When I tried to install int on my Tiger, it told me newer software is > already installed. The I finally got it installed, I have spent hours > reading your How to Install and Launch X-11 to no avail. I finally > gave up. You folks are developers and computer Wizards. I've been > using a computer since the very first Mac came out. Also used PC for > 10 years. I've never been so confounded by this ridiculous x-11 > hurdle. Can you send an Einstein to my house to install and launch > it? Because I am longing to test drive your wonderful office suite.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon October 16 2006 02:50, James McKenzie wrote: > RON BASTONE wrote: > > I was so excited about reading about, and then installing your Open > > Office Application...and then came X-11 > > When I tried to install int on my Tiger, it told me newer software is > > already installed. > > You attempted to use the version of X11 from the Apple site, but this is > for an older version of Mac OS X, 10.3, which did not come with any of > the X11 code. > > > The I finally got it installed, I have spent hours reading your How to > > Install and Launch X-11 to no avail. > > Maybe I can be of help. > > First, X11 for Mac OS X 10.4 came with the operating system but is not > installed by default as not all Mac OS X users will need it to run UNIX > programs. > Second, you need to have access to your installation media set (DVD disks). > Third, you will need to remove X11 from your computer. This requires > logging in as an administrative user. This cannot be done as an regular > user with no administrative rights to the system. I am making the > assumption that you have not enabled the superuser, root on your system. > Fourth. Go to the Applications -> Utliities folder and drag the X11 > item to the trash. > Fifth. Go to the MacIntosh HD item on the desktop and open it. Click > on the Library folder and then Receipts. Drag the X11user.pkg item to > the trash. > Sixth. Insert your Installation disk into the optical drive. Wait > until the installation screen appears. Scroll down until the Optional > Packages item appears. Click on this to open it. You should see a > screen with installable packages. Click on the X11user package > (X11user.pkg) item ONLY. There is another package X11SDK, but this is > not needed to use OpenOffice.org. Wait for the installation to complete > before doing ANYTHING ELSE with your Mac. This should take > approximately five to ten minutes depending on the speed of your Mac and > how full the hard drive is. > Seven. Close the installation window and any other windows you opened > for the installation. Eject the installation disk and put it in a safe > place. > Eight. Downaload OpenOffice.org a second time. Please make sure that > you download the Intel version and not the Power PC version. > Nine. Click on the downloaded file. This will verify the file and open > a new folder. Drag the OpenOffice.org 2.0 item to the Applications > folder and drop it there. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN OPENOFFICE.ORG FROM THE > DOWNLOADED FILE. You should see a "Do you want to use the System > fonts" dialog. > > > I finally gave up. You folks are developers and computer Wizards. > > I've been using a computer since the very first Mac came out. Also > > used PC for 10 years. I've never been so confounded by this ridiculous > > x-11 hurdle. Can you send an Einstein to my house to install and > > launch it? Because I am longing to test drive your wonderful office > > suite. > > Since, I don't know where you live, I cannot come out and give you over > the shoulder assistance. > > If you are in the Tucson, Arizona area, I might. 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]
