OpenOffice - How to Build
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ed7d761b1749d1e5481e1097b47ec1c7  openoffice-HEAD-2005-01-13-2030UTC.tar
fe524e302a165aa78cd7c0fd72ab5f5f  openoffice-HEAD-2005-01-13-2030UTC.tar.bz2


http://tools.openoffice.org - Describes the Build process

1. Extracted main tar archive to /storage/openoffice

2. cd /storage/openoffice

3. cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.services.openoffice.org:/cvs login
   Password is 'guest'

4. cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.services.openoffice.org:/cvs update
   
   This step takes at least 2-3 hours!

4a You may also download the complete sourcecode via CVS, in this case use:
   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.services.openoffice.org:/cvs co -r HEAD OpenOffice

5. cd config_office/

6. ./configure --prefix=/storage/OpenOffice2 --with-ant-home=/usr/share/ant/lib

6a. Missing dependencies:

    bison - http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html
            V1.875 seems to be to old, so I've upgraded to 2.0

    dmake - http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Dmake
            Required for build, but it seems that OO supplies its own
            version

    epm   - http://www.easysw.com/epm/ (epm-3.7-source.tar.gz) 
            For native installer

    fltk  - http://www.fltk.org/software.php (fltk-1.1.6-source.tar.gz)
            Required by epm
    
    gpc   - ftp://ftp.cs.man.ac.uk/pub/toby/gpc/gpc231.tar.Z
            Has to be extracted to openoffice/external/gpc (the gpc.c file
            must be present in external/gpc!)
    
    ant   - http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi (Java make utility)
            I'm using the version supplied with SuSE 9.1 (V1.6.0-42)
    
    Configure lines:
        
    fltk: ./configure --enable-shared
          (installs to /usr/local)
    
    epm: ./configure
         (installs to /usr)
    
    bison: ./configure
           (installs to /usr/local)

7. cd /storage/openoffice
   # /storage/openoffice/bootstrap
   This seems to generate all required makefiles and dmake

8. WARNING: The Build will be running ONLY (!) under tcsh, bash does not work!
   Enter:
   $> tcsh
   $> source LinuxIntelEnv.Set
   $> dmake
   
   The build process will be run now