Hi,

How can I compile OpenOffice on Slackware 10.1? i have downloaded the tar.gz and the source from OpenOffice website, however the tar.gz format has only RPM files while the other format has only directories with no instructions about how to compile from source.

Thanks,

Basel Mahd

Here ya go,
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...74#post1648874

hi go t linux packages u can get it from there here is the link
http://linuxpackages.net/
anyway i didnt dowloaded and installed oofice from there

at teh top near to site name there is searchpkg
type "openoffice" v10.1 then GO.......
i wil also be trying
b o luck

The version in LP is quite old, 1.9.100.

Just download the new m109, use cathectic's script, and installpkg *, that'll do the trick.

Thanks
I will try that later.

ya lp is providing
1.9.79 and openoffice 1.9.100
actually i didnt like openofice it take too much time bulki
for commnting to this thread only i am trying to install
i will also read the entire thread u had give xushi
regards

rkrishna, I found abiword a very nice alternative to OO, but it had its limitations here and there.

I can vouch, after testing alot between 1.0.70, and m109, that the recent builds of OO2 have really improved, in speed and stability.

The script cathectic has will create slack packages for you in moments, but if you REALLY want to do it quickly, just download the tgz, extract all the .rpm into 1 folder, and type

rpm2tgz *

which will convert them to tgz packages, in which you can install with pkgtool-current or installpkg.

But the script does a few more enhancements, and optimisations that you might benifit from.

Right now im building the most recent OO package. After I finish you can have a copy. But theres a problem I dont have any mirrors. So if some one will mirror it for me i'll offer it to you guy.

hi all, i am interested, going to download the file i will write in detail
after that
hi

Ya about the tgz i used the slack build on the current OO and it is very fragmented and slow ill stick with the older one. If some one make a good one let me know.

I have just tried OO and it works fine for me. here is what I did:
1. rpm2tgz to convert the rpms to Slackware packages.
2. installpkg to install the tgz packages.
3. # /opt/openoffice.org1.9.xx/program/pkgchk --shared
4. /opt/openoffice.org1.9.xx/program/soffice

I'll try that, checkinstall has failed me this time. Is the SRC all of the OS's or just linux? Because if not that's why it failed me.

The file I used is OOo_1.9.100-1_LinuxIntel_Install.tar.gz

Well i just finished with the 109.tar.gz after I saw your post and it works. compiling the source and packaging didn't work. I guess i585 will have to do.

Is it possible to compile OO from source? I have downloaded the source as well, OOo_1.9.100-1_src.tar.gz.