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  Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> - 2026-03-13 18:51 +0000
    Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> - 2026-03-14 10:48 +0000
      Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> - 2026-03-14 22:11 +0000
    Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris James <news@oxdrove.co.uk> - 2026-03-14 13:11 +0000
      Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris James <news@oxdrove.co.uk> - 2026-03-17 11:44 +0000
    Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2026-03-21 14:59 +0000
      RE: Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 20:45 +0000
        Re: Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2026-03-31 22:13 +0000

#18761 — Really trouble with installing StarOffice 8 on Solaris

Hello!
I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.
Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.

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#18762

On 13/03/2026 18:51, Norbert Cielecki wrote:
> Hello!
> I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.
> Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.
> 
> 
Hmm,
1st.
Why S10? Why not S11 or OmniOS?
What hardware, SPARC or x86?
Why not LibreOffice?

Where did the SO8 zip file come from?

Here? https://archive.org/download/sun-staroffice-8

Did you get the correct zip file (SPARC or x86)?
The bin file is the executable



-- 
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

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#18764

On 14/03/2026 10:48, YTC1 wrote:
> On 13/03/2026 18:51, Norbert Cielecki wrote:
>> Hello!
>> I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one 
>> solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me 
>> very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple 
>> for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install 
>> StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: 
>> *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to 
>> try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue 
>> just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary 
>> file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and 
>> solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how 
>> install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can 
>> I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this 
>> OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I 
>> can't begin.
>> Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.
>>
>>
> Hmm,
> 1st.
> Why S10? Why not S11 or OmniOS?
> What hardware, SPARC or x86?
> Why not LibreOffice?

Yeah, I meant OpenOffice :-)
> 
> Where did the SO8 zip file come from?
> 
> Here? https://archive.org/download/sun-staroffice-8
> 
> Did you get the correct zip file (SPARC or x86)?
> The bin file is the executable
> 
> 
> 



-- 
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

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#18763

On 13/03/2026 18:51, Norbert Cielecki wrote:

 > I am Solaris 5.10 beginner

Why are you beginning with a 20 year old OS?


> I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.

Do you really need StartOffice 8 or will an equivalent OpenOffice do?

A Solaris 10 compatible OpenOffice 2.2.1 is still available for download 
from CSW:
https://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/legacy/i386/5.10/
https://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/legacy/sparc/5.10/

Follow the instructions on how to use pkg-get or pkgutil:
https://cdn.opencsw.org/manual/for-administrators/getting-started.html

Provided no one tried to update the dependencies the old CSW packages 
should should still work.

I also have OOo 3.4.1 built and packaged on S10 but for some dependency 
reason it no longer works.  I do not need OpenOffice on Solaris 10 so 
have not bothered to find the fault.

You might need a bunch of patches too.

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#18765

On 14/03/2026 13:11, James wrote:

> A Solaris 10 compatible OpenOffice 2.2.1 is still available for download
> from CSW:
> https://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/legacy/i386/5.10/

I confirm this still runs.

If I cared I would find why my 3.4.1 started core dumping after working 
for several years.  Up-to-date options include LibreOffice on 
OpenIndiana or bhyve (choose your OS) on OmniOS.

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#18766

On 2026-03-13, Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.
> Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.
>
>

What you have there is not a Solaris install package—it’s a CD image  
dump. The .bin file is the actual image, and the .cue/.toc describe the  
track layout. The .jpg is irrelevant.

On Solaris 10, you cannot “run” those files directly. You must either  
burn the .bin/.cue to a CD, or convert/mount it as an ISO.

Simplest options:

1) On another system (Linux/BSD), convert it:
   bchunk file.bin file.cue output.iso

2) Transfer the ISO to Solaris, then mount it:
   lofiadm -a output.iso
   mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

3) Install StarOffice from the mounted directory.

If you skip this step, nothing will install—because you’re not dealing  
with extracted software, only a raw disc image.


PS learn to wrap.
-- 
Tom Mix

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#18767

On sob. mar 21 14:59:40 2026 Tom Mix  wrote:
> On 2026-03-13, Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.
> > Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.
> >
> >
> 
> What you have there is not a Solaris install package?it?s a CD image  
> dump. The .bin file is the actual image, and the .cue/.toc describe the  
> track layout. The .jpg is irrelevant.
> 
> On Solaris 10, you cannot ?run? those files directly. You must either  
> burn the .bin/.cue to a CD, or convert/mount it as an ISO.
> 
> Simplest options:
> 
> 1) On another system (Linux/BSD), convert it:
>    bchunk file.bin file.cue output.iso
> 
> 2) Transfer the ISO to Solaris, then mount it:
>    lofiadm -a output.iso
>    mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
> 
> 3) Install StarOffice from the mounted directory.
> 
> If you skip this step, nothing will install?because you?re not dealing  
> with extracted software, only a raw disc image.
> 
> 
> PS learn to wrap.
> -- 
> Tom Mix
Very,very thanks for help. I do not know that exists command bchunk on Unix, about cue files I just gorgot that long ago were used to build iso images. From this way my confusion.
Happy day.

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#18768

On 2026-03-31, Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> wrote:
> On sob. mar 21 14:59:40 2026 Tom Mix  wrote:
>> On 2026-03-13, Norbert Cielecki <unknown342@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> > I am Solaris 5.10 beginner. For begin acknwledgment this OS I nee one solution. For my first problem which don't allow me begin is for me very difficult and I can't nowhere find resolve. It is going on simple for experienced user thing: I absoolute need and must install StarOffice 8 on my Solaris. In zip archive there are four files: *.jpg, *.bin, *.cue, *toc and nothing more. I try various method to try install Staroffice - xhost+, chmod a+x, ./, sh in random queue just, but one problem is non sotp showed me csnn't execute binary file. I do not know what to do further. thats only one information and solution, which will for me enough.I beg everyone who knows, how install StarOffice 8 on Solaris 5.10, please write me detailed how can I do it. I will be very gracefully and at last I can will begin this OS. This software packet is absolutely for me necessary without it I can't begin.
>> > Sincerely - Norbert Cielecki.
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> What you have there is not a Solaris install package?it?s a CD image  
>> dump. The .bin file is the actual image, and the .cue/.toc describe the  
>> track layout. The .jpg is irrelevant.
>> 
>> On Solaris 10, you cannot ?run? those files directly. You must either  
>> burn the .bin/.cue to a CD, or convert/mount it as an ISO.
>> 
>> Simplest options:
>> 
>> 1) On another system (Linux/BSD), convert it:
>>    bchunk file.bin file.cue output.iso
>> 
>> 2) Transfer the ISO to Solaris, then mount it:
>>    lofiadm -a output.iso
>>    mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
>> 
>> 3) Install StarOffice from the mounted directory.
>> 
>> If you skip this step, nothing will install?because you?re not dealing  
>> with extracted software, only a raw disc image.
>> 
>> 
>> PS learn to wrap.
>> --
>> Tom Mix
> Very,very thanks for help. I do not know that exists command bchunk on Unix, about cue files I just gorgot that long ago were used to build iso images. From this way my confusion.
> Happy day.

Happy to help.
-- 
Tom Mix

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