On Aug 8, 2008, at 22:56 , Kevin Richardson wrote:
According to a setup guide I found for OpenOffice.org, I need to
locate three
files which are as follows:
dlcompat
libdl.dylib
libdl.0.dylib
These files are nowhere to be found on my hard drive. How can
these files
be acquired??
I don't know what 'setup guide' you are looking at, but you needn't
muck about in any of the OS innards to install OpenOffice. I fear it
is also quite old: since Panther [OS X 10.3] dlcompat has only been
needed for outdated programs. The dynamic libraries are stored in a
folder hidden from the Finder [/usr/lib] in order to prevent casual
tampering from breaking the OS X installation.
Here is a brief rundown on the machine I would like to install
OpenOffice.org 2.0 on:
Apple iMac model PowerMac2.2
CPU Type PowerPC 750 (83.2)
CPU Speed 500 MHz
Memory 1 GB
OS version OS X v10.4.11
X11 has been installed from a OS X 10.3 install disk. The version
of X11
is somewhat confusing though. When I right-click on the X11 icon
and select
"Get Info" it tells me version 1.0 Copyright 2003. But when I
activate the X11
application and type in "X -version" and <enter>, it tells me
XFree86 Version 4.3.0
I am concludiing the version to be 4.3.0
Do I need to upgrade my version of X11?? If os, any suggestions on
how to do so.
So you say you are running Tiger [OS X 10.4] but you installed X11
from the Panther [OS X 10.3] install disk. I would say this kind of
cross-versioning is generally a Bad Idea, but i also know this has to
be the result of a typo: the Panther install disk did not include
X11. I have to assume that you meant to say that you installed X11
from the Tiger disk, and Apple's version 1.0 of X11 is consistent
with that. The 4.3.0 is the version of XFree86 that was used as a
basis for Apple's X11 1.0.
The immediate question you have is whether you *need* to upgrade
your X11 installation. The answer to that is no. The 1.0 version is
quite robust enough to run OpenOffice. In fact, it is more stable/
usable than the cutting edge version of X11 included in Tiger [OS X
10.5]. Apple has made a minor upgrade available to 1.0 [1.1.3,
IIRC], but it is bells-and-whistles stuff that most users never
need. If you wish to install that, run the Software Update program
to fetch the update.
The normal process for a brand new installation would look like this:
1. Install OS X and update as desired.
2a. Users of 10.3 and 10.4 need to install X11 separately from the OS.
2b. Users of 10.5 should install the XQuartz updates over their
broken X11 installation.
3. Install OpenOffice - for recent versions this is as simple as
dragging the application icon into the Applications folder.
Not too hard, eh? I wonder why you think you need some kinky setup
guide. If you trying this obscure procedure because you are getting
errors from either OpenOffice or X11, then you may as well share the
errors with us - we might be able to walk you through fixing it.
--
Using a rusty Amiga 4000T, a shiny PowerMac G5, & a homebuilt Ubuntu box
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