anyone compiled OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 from source?

Cultist · 08-10-2010, 09:32 PM

I downloaded the five Linux source files from the OO website and I'll be attempting to install when I get back to my computer. Has anyone herre done this already? How difficult is it to get running correctly?

paulsm4 · 08-10-2010, 09:38 PM

You might encounter a minor glitch or two:

http://mike.opennix.com/2010/01/open...ed-to-3-2-rc2/

ahmadj · 08-11-2010, 07:43 AM

I have done so on 2 machines (one x86 and one amd64) using the Slackbuild from slackbuilds.org

It was easy, even tailoring to to a localized version is simple. You shouldn't have any trouble if you go that route...

Chuck56 · 08-11-2010, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahmadj

I have done so on 2 machines (one x86 and one amd64) using the Slackbuild from slackbuilds.org

It was easy, even tailoring to to a localized version is simple. You shouldn't have any trouble if you go that route...

The OpenOffice Slackbuild does not build from source. It builds from pre-compiled rpm packages.

ahmadj · 08-11-2010, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck56

The OpenOffice Slackbuild does not build from source. It builds from pre-compiled rpm packages.

Silly me. Forgot about that.

piratesmack · 08-11-2010, 02:30 PM

GSB has a source-compiled version of Openoffice, you can take a look at the SlackBuild
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gsb/gsb-2....o/openoffice3/

samac · 08-11-2010, 02:32 PM

Set aside several hours. I compiled one of the 3.1 series for x86-64 en_GB. It works but it is not really worth the huge download and the age to compile. So I just use the slackbuilds.org version.

samac

brianL · 08-11-2010, 02:44 PM

Yeah, I did that, used the SlackBuild with a localised version from here:
ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.openoffice.org/localized/

Cultist · 08-11-2010, 05:57 PM

yeah the source compilation is looking like its beyond me. Going to go with the slackbuild instead