compiling Open Office

echo_max · 11-01-2005, 07:43 PM

Hello all.

I'm trying to configure open office and i'm not making much progress. I don't know how many of you have done this before, or even attempt to do it, hopefully there are some with experience. I've gotten past the java errors and gpc, that was easy. Now i'm getting this error that doesn't tell me anything helpful, so i'm stuck.

here is the output, the last 30 lines or so:

* Setting up the build environment variables. *
* *
********************************************************************
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating set_soenv
Setting up the environment for building OpenOffice.org
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 476.
Setting platform independent values... done
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 753.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 899.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 899.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 899.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 899.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 949.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 1186.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 1186.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 1186.
Setting the environment variables... done
Setting the aliases... done
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 1336.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./set_soenv line 1336.
Cannot open : No such file or directory

This is exactly where i get suck ^^^. has anyone ran into this before? I can't figure out what its wanting to open or what its even looking for.

by the way the system is running on slamd64.

Thanks!

foo_bar_foo · 11-01-2005, 07:57 PM

open office version ?
compiler version ?

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...penoffice.html

echo_max · 11-01-2005, 08:05 PM

yeah sorry about that.

Open Office 1.1.5
gcc 3.4.4

echo_max · 11-01-2005, 09:33 PM

cool. thanks for the link. this webpage is definelty going into my bookmarks.

madluther · 11-01-2005, 09:37 PM

I managed to get OOo2.0 to build on an (B)LFS 6.0 system using the the build-instructions found here http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/OOo_2.0/ with the following modifications

gcc version used was 3.3.4
java version 1.4.2

I only used the nptl and pkgconfig patches.

add a symllink for stlport as decribed in the 1.1.5 BLFS docs
ie

Code:

 
ln -sf /opt/gcc-3.3.4/include/c++/3.3.4 /usr/g++-v3

configured it with the following (you probably won't need --disable-gnome-vfs if you use gnome)

Code:

./configure --prefix=/opt/openoffice-2.0 \
    --enable-libart --enable-libsn \
    --disable-fontooo --without-fonts \
    --with-system-stdlibs --with-system-freetype \
    --with-system-zlib --with-system-jpeg \
    --with-system-expat --with-system-libxml \
    --with-system-curl --enable-build-mozilla \
    --with-build-version=BLFS-20051020 \
    --with-package-format=native --disable-binfilter \
    --with-lang=ENUS --with-dict=ENUS --disable-gnome-vfs

set the environment

Code:

umask 0022 &&
unset LANG LC_ALL

build it with

Code:

./bootstrap &&
source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh &&
dmake

the installation sets end up in
instsetoo_native/unxlngi4.pro/OpenOffice/install/en-US/linux-2.6-intel/buildroot/

These instructions are only meant as a guide, you will have to adjust them to suit your distro.

Good luck

Mad.

echo_max · 11-01-2005, 10:18 PM

Thanks for all the info foo_bar_foo, madluther. I have moved onto OOo2.0 seeing that it is now available, and was making some progess with that. Now i've got a new problem. Here are the bits of output related:

checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking the Perl version... checked (perl 5)
checking for required Perl modules... Can't locate Archive/Zip.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/x86_64-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
configure: error: Failed to find some modules

I am stumped on this one too. I've got pearl installed and from the look of it its lookinng for modules that i don't have installed. I've checked the internet and it seems i've got the latest perl installed. Any suggestions?

madluther · 11-02-2005, 06:21 AM

You're missing some perl modules, these are generally fairly easy to install, the LFS site has instructions on this as well http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...l-modules.html

Towards the bottom of this page are the generic build instructions. I generally use the auto method

Code:

perl -MCPAN -e shell

as this can download and build any dependcies your desired module may have.

You will need to install the Archive::Zip and XML::Parser modules.

Mad.

echo_max · 03-15-2006, 09:22 PM

madluther. its been a very long time since i've worked on this. got distracted from a lot of other things. but i will return shortly, just didn't want to leave everyone hanging that was reading this post.

spooon · 03-15-2006, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by echo_max

by the way the system is running on slamd64.

AFAIK OOo doesn't compile in 64-bit. You have to compile it for 32-bit and run it in a system with 32-bit libraries.