Martin
On Oct 24, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Jon Johanning wrote:
> But my point is that I already have a Mac, which is supposedly based
> on BSD, so why would I have to switch to Linux? It would be a waste of
> money. Why isn't this open source stuff ready to run right out out of
> the box, or right after downloading, on the Mac?
>
System Requirements : Requirements for the X11 version of "OpenOffice.org" : • Mac OS X 10.1.2 or newer (tested with 10.1.5, 10.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.6, 10.3, 10.3.3) • BSD Subsystem (command line utilities - installed by default with Mac OS X) • X11 X Window system (tested with "XFree86" v4.2.0, v4.2.1.1, v4.3.0, v4.4.0) • X11 X Window server (tested with "XDarwin" v1.1, v1.1.1.1, v1.2, v1.3; "OroborOSX" v0.8b2, v0.8.5, v0.90; "X11" Beta v0.1, v0.2, v0.3; v1.0) • X11 X Window window manager (tested with "windowmaker" v0.62.1X; "OroborOSX" v0.8b2, v0.8.5, v0.90; "quartz-wm" Beta v0.1, v0.2, v0.3; v1.0) • "dlcompat" compatibility library (optional for Mac OS X 10.3.x or "OpenOffice.org" v1.1.1rc3 and later - tested with v10505X, v20020913-10.2, v20030629) • "freetype" (optional - tested with v1.3.1X - libfreetype v6.2, v6.3) • "fondu" (optional - tested with v021223, v040324) • "ghostscript" (optional - tested with espghostscript-7.05.5) • "OpenOffice.org" (tested with v1.0.1 Alpha, v1.0.1 Beta, v1.0.1 Final Beta, v1.0.3, v1.1rc5, v1.1.1rc3, v1.1.2rc) • "Start OpenOffice.org" Most of these items are available from 3rd party sources, and are part of the "OpenOffice.org" installation. Note : If you are using Mac OS X 10.3.x, and plan to use Apple's "X11.app" as your preferred X Window server (recommended), be aware that "X11.app" is not installed by default with the Mac OS X Installation. Either choose to do a Custom install and select the "X11 User" package, or directly install the "X11User.pkg" package (on the third CD of the Mac OS X 10.3.x Installation CD set, or on the Mac OS X 10.3.x System Install & Restore DVD). The "X11.app" installation package is also available on the Internet. Do not confuse the "X11 User" package with the "X11 SDK" package - the latter is only useful if you are doing X11 development. Do any necessary installation of "X11.app" (some "OpenOffice.org" installers may do this automatically for you) before proceeding any further.