On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> On 10/29/2015 10:56 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: >> > ... > >> What is the best guide to building AOO on Windows 8? >>> >>> I started with >>> >>> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows >>> , >>> but hit some issues and want to make sure I'm using the right guide. >>> >>> >> Hi Patricia >> >> I used this building guide on Windows: >> >> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step#Windows_7 >> >> If you have any problems building feel free to mail this list. Windows >> doesn't always build cleanly for me either. >> >> Oh and a big welcome to AOO. I like Apache River too btw :-). >> > > "Install cygwin, 32bit version" > > Do I really have to go to 32-bit Cygwin? I have a fine 64-bit Cygwin > already running on my 16 GB memory system. > > I am not sure what impact the bitness of Cygwin has on the build, but as I discovered recently, AOO doesn't build on Win64. How are your efforts with AOO development going otherwise Patricia? Do you need any help or development ideas?
