Assuming AOO is installed in /Applications:
/Applications/OpenOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice
should do it.
> On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:59 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:45:20 -0600
> Larry Gusaas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-10-15, 3:38 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote
>>
>>> On Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:27:15 -0600
>>> Larry Gusaas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-10-15, 1:01 PM Rory O'Farrell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Larry
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you run openoffice4 from a terminal and report the messages?
>>>>>
>>>>> Rory
>>>> I don't know terminal very well and do not know how to do that. I can
>>>> follow instruction
>>>> for using terminal if you have the time to give them to me.
>>>
>>> I can't answer with any certainty for Mac, but my understanding, based on
>>> something I paid little attention to (no need), is that the current Mac
>>> operating system is a form of linux.
>>
>> macOS is derived from Unix. Many, not all commands are similar to Linux
>>
>>> Open it and type "openoffice4" (no quotes). OO should then open and run
>>> and give some possibly helpful diagnostics about what it is not finding, or
>>> what has happened. These will be helpful to developers debugging.
>>
>> Doesn't work. Needs more specific command. I will investigate later and try
>> to get more
>> information. Problem occurs on both my Macs so isn't specific to macOS High
>> Sierra, which i
>> upgraded this Mac to recently.
>
> I cannot help further - no experience on Macs. Perhaps some Mac-using list
> member can assist.
>
> Rory
>
>>
>>> Some info on Terminal for a Mac is at
>>> http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/how-use-terminal-on-mac-3608274/
>>
>> Thanks
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>
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