Thanks so much for this info! Up and purring like a kitten ... man did I get a performance boost with this dual amd64/2Gig RAM upgrade ... ;0)
Joh Clive Menzies wrote: > On (02/11/05 21:35), Rene Engelhard wrote: >> Johannes Graumann wrote: >> > I just came back from prowling the web for the answer to the question >> > on how to best get openoffice running on my swanky new dual amd64 >> > debian unstable box ... and fail to see the situation clearly. >> >> The situation is: use a chroot with the 32-bit stuff. The native AMD64 >> porting is still in progress; see the corresponding bug reports... >> >> > Would anybody mind letting me know the current state of the art way of >> > getting it to work - hoepfully with a pointer at the tutorial I wasn't >> > able to find ... ? >> >> There's no tutorial AFAIK... > > Follow the excellent Howto to set up the 32bit chroot: > https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id220463 > > Install openoffice2 in the chroot (and Firefox) > > Follow aforementioned howto to run 32bit apps from your main system > > Sit back in amazement when it runs :) > > Regards > > Clive > -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Johannes Graumann, Dipl. Biol. | | | | Graduate Student Tel.: ++1 (626) 395 6602 | | Deshaies Lab Fax.: ++1 (626) 395 5739 | | Department of Biology | | CALTECH, M/C 156-29 | | 1200 E. California Blvd. | | Pasadena, CA 91125 | | USA | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
