Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: Neooffice won't open
OK, I've got the thing downloaded, but it doesn't work. When I try to open it I get a message saying "Unable to read the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable." Can anybody tell me in plain English (I'm not a computer pro) what to do about this? The infernal contraption in this case is a Power Mac G-5 with OSX 10.3.9.
Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 561 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:08 am Post subject:
Have you managed to install NeoOffice?
From the beginning:
* Got to http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/download.php#download and select the version appropriate to your Mac.
* Click on the file in the Finder and type Cmd-I - check that the size is the same as that given on the web page.
* If its not have a look at this page in the wiki: http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/Using_curl_to_download_NeoOffice
* Double click the disk image file - it should mount on the desktop
* Double click on the Installer package - it looks like a carboard box
* Follow the instructions on screen
That's it installed.
Now double click on the NeoOffice application in the /Applications folder.
I hope that makes sense. If it still doesn't work, let us know at which point it fails and there may be more advise available.
Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Montpellier, France
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:
amayze wrote:
* Click on the file in the Finder and type Cmd-I - check that the size is the same as that given on the web page.
In the get info window, you sould find the size of the downloaded file : xxx MB (yyy,yyy,yyy bytes). On the NeoOffice download page, you will find the byte count for the disk image you downloaded. If the file you downloaded does not match the byte count on the download page, then the file you downloaded is corrupt, and you'll need to download it again. I advise you to use Curl as Andy suggested (see the link in his post above). Also, how did you download NeoOffice in the first place (direct download, Bit Torrent) ?
Otherwise, if you can't open the disk image (.dmg file), then it may be a file association problem, and Ray's post should help.
If you were able to download and mount (open) the .dmg disk image from the website, open the .pkg package, and install NeoOffice (which will then reside in your /Applications folder), but that it won't launch (or if you have a different problem), please tell us (with as much detail as possible).
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