On Wednesday 25 October 2006 06:28 pm, Sam Cone wrote: > Hi, > > I am starting to tear my hair out, as I am very stuck trying to > install Open Office on Mac OSX (10.4.4). I have downlaoded the > latest office application from the website, but when i try and run > it, it tells me I need something called AppleX11 first. I foud > this, and downloaded it, yet it wont let me finish the > installation, as it says that there is newer software already on > the hard drive. This is where I am stuck, I dont know what this > software is, and I have read that it should come already loaded > onto the Mac, if so why wont open office load. This is really > bugging me, as I would really like to use open office, and nit have > to shell out for Microsoft Office for Mac...PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! > > > Many Thanks, > > Sam Cone
From another member of this mailing list: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Sam, you made a common mistake: you tried to install the wrong X11 program. please use your installer-disk, which came with your mac and install the right version of X11. and: Please read the instructions and the FAQ http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/support.html or the apple-description: For OS X 10.4.x you must install the right version from the installer disk. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229 these documents may be helpful Christopher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
