X11 won't intall

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to get OpenOffice software to run. The prompt says I need Apple X11 to make it work. I downloaded X11 but it won't install -- even though I'm running 10.5.7 the prompt says I need 10.3 or higher!!!! Any workarounds to this conundrum? Thanks!
PS I'm on a G4 if that matters.

Answer 1

There is a very good chance you downloaded the Mac OS X 10.3 Panther version of X11. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard includes X11 on the installation DVD, and I think Leopard default installs X11. You should be able to find it in Applications -> Utilities -> X11.
And on Leopard, X11 should start automatically when you start OpenOffice.
If you have replaced the Leopard X11 with the Panther X11, then you will need to go back to your installation DVDs and re-install it. In theory you should be able to find an X11.pkg file burried in the installation DVD, otherwise you might need something like Pacifist.
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743>
NOTE: There is also NeoOffice which is a version of OpenOffice especially built for Mac OS X.
<http://www.neooffice.org>
PS I'm on a G4 if that matters.
Yes it does. To the best of my knowledge you can not run OpenOffice 3.1 on a PowerPC chip (unless they have changed that). If I'm right, then you might only be able to use OpenOffice 2.4. And if that is the case, you might really be better using NeoOffice, which runs natively on Mac OS X (intel and PowerPC) without the need for X11 (it really is a nicer interface).