Author: dj
Date: 2008-04-08 22:23:52 -0600 (Tue, 08 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 7367
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/suites/openoffice.xml
Log:
Recent OOo suggestions and fix for BDB.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-09 02:22:47 UTC
(rev 7366)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-04-09 04:23:52 UTC
(rev 7367)
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@
<para>April 9th, 2008</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dj] - Updated OpenOffice instructions with changes suggested
+ by Randy McMurchy and Chris Staub.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[dj] - Corrected OpenOffice build failure when GMime is
+ installed. Thanks to Alessandro Alocci for traking down the
+ cause of the build failure.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Clarified the GMP documentation installation.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/suites/openoffice.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/suites/openoffice.xml 2008-04-09 02:22:47 UTC (rev
7366)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/suites/openoffice.xml 2008-04-09 04:23:52 UTC (rev
7367)
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
<!-- <!ENTITY openoffice-download-http
"http://download.openoffice.org/&openoffice-version;/source.html";> -->
<!-- <!ENTITY openoffice-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src.tar.gz";>
-->
- <!ENTITY openoffice-core-download-http
"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_core.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY openoffice-core-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_core.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY openoffice-core-md5sum "9555a2d5fae9a25c788cc732921ef57a">
- <!ENTITY openoffice-core-size "138 MB">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-core-download-http
"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_core.tar.bz2";>
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-core-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_core.tar.bz2";>
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-core-md5sum "9555a2d5fae9a25c788cc732921ef57a">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-core-size "138 MB">
<!ENTITY openoffice-system-download-http
"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_system.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY openoffice-system-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_system.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY openoffice-system-md5sum "1e20befe2fdb65c00be11f1f5d9ebdca">
- <!ENTITY openoffice-system-size "36 MB">
- <!ENTITY openoffice-buildsize "4.3 GB">
- <!ENTITY openoffice-time "75 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-system-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_system.tar.bz2";>
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-system-md5sum "1e20befe2fdb65c00be11f1f5d9ebdca">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-system-size "36 MB">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-buildsize "4.2-4.8 GB (depending on
configured options)">
+ <!ENTITY openoffice-time "75-100 SBU (depending on
configured options)">
]>
<sect1 id="openoffice" xreflabel="OpenOffice-&openoffice-version;">
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
<listitem>
<para>OpenOffice System Download size: &openoffice-system-size;</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &openoffice-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
@@ -75,37 +74,34 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
-
<listitem>
<para>Required patch:
<ulink
url="&patch-root;/OOo_&openoffice-version;-use_bin_hsqldb-1.patch"/>
</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
- <para>Required download if you wish to build the in-tree
+ <para>Optional download if you wish to build the in-tree
<application>Mozilla</application> browser:
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.5/source/mozilla-source-1.7.5.tar.gz"/></para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>Optional download if you wish to build the
<application>OpenOffice</application> SDK:
- <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_sdk.tar.bz2"/></para>
+ <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_sdk.tar.bz2"/>
+ which also requires <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/";>MinGW</ulink>
+ or a precompiled <filename>unowinreg.dll</filename> for the
+ cross-platform <application>Java</application> components.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>Optional download if you would like to localize the
installation:
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_l10n.tar.bz2"/></para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>Optional download if you need to support the old
<application>StarOffice-5.x</application> file formats:
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/&openoffice-version;/OOo_&openoffice-version;_src_binfilter.tar.bz2"/></para>
</listitem>
-
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">OpenOffice Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -114,7 +110,6 @@
<para role="required"><xref linkend="apache-ant"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
<xref linkend="libidl"/>,
- <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
<application>Perl Modules</application>
<xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/> and
<xref linkend="perl-archive-zip"/>,
@@ -123,7 +118,8 @@
<xref linkend="zip"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
- <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/></para>
+ <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/> and
+ <xref linkend="libxslt"/></para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><ulink
@@ -131,7 +127,7 @@
<ulink url="http://boost.sourceforge.net/";>boost</ulink>,
<xref linkend="cups"/>,
<xref linkend="curl"/>,
- <xref linkend="db"/> (with Java support),
+ <xref linkend="db"/> (built with Java support),
<xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.easysw.com/epm/";>EPM</ulink>,
<xref linkend="evolution"/>,
@@ -168,9 +164,10 @@
<para>The <application>OpenOffice</application> source code is now
distributed in several tarballs. You should extract each from the
same top-level directory before entering the build directory. At
- a minimum, you will need to extract the src and core tarballs.
- Additionally, the source directory name is not consistent with
- the tarball name and will be named OOG680_m9.</para>
+ a minimum, you will need to extract the <quote>core</quote> and
+ <quote>system</quote> tarballs. Note that the source directory name
+ is not consistent with the tarball name and will be named
+ <filename class='directory'>OOG680_m9</filename>.</para>
<para>If you wish to build an in-tree <application>Mozilla</application>,
as opposed to using a system wide installation, copy the
@@ -187,34 +184,21 @@
<option>-fomit-frame-pointer</option>. The best option is to not use any
custom optimizations.</para>
- <note><para>Because of the complexity of the
- <application>OpenOffice</application> build system, it is not possible to
- provide generic build instructions for all systems. You should review
- the output of <command>config_office/configure --help</command> and take
- advantage of any system installed programs and libraries available using
- the <parameter>--enable-*</parameter>, <parameter>--disable-*</parameter>,
- and <parameter>--with-system-*</parameter> parameters. Additionally, if
- you have installed <application>KDE</application> in the
- <filename>/opt</filename> prefix, and would like to use the
- <parameter>--enable-kde</parameter> switch, you must set
- <command>KDEDIR=$KDE_PREFIX</command> before running
- configure.</para></note>
+ <note>
+ <para>Because of the complexity of the
+ <application>OpenOffice</application> build system, it is not possible to
+ provide generic build instructions for all systems. You should review
+ the output of <command>config_office/configure --help</command> and take
+ advantage of any system installed programs and libraries available using
+ the <parameter>--enable-*</parameter>,
<parameter>--disable-*</parameter>,
+ and <parameter>--with-system-*</parameter> parameters. Additionally, if
+ you have installed <application>KDE</application> in the
+ <filename class='directory'>/opt</filename> prefix, and would like to
use the
+ <parameter>--enable-kde</parameter> switch, you must set
+ <command>KDEDIR=$KDE_PREFIX</command> before running
+ <command>configure</command>.</para>
+ </note>
- <para>Configure <application>OpenOffice</application> using the following
- commands:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>cd config_office/ &&
-./configure --prefix=/opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version; \
- --enable-libart --disable-fontooo --disable-gnome-vfs \
- --without-fonts --without-system-jars --without-pam \
- --with-system-stdlibs --with-system-freetype \
- --with-system-expat --with-system-libxml --with-system-zlib \
- --enable-cairo --enable-build-mozilla \
- --with-build-version=BLFS --with-package-format=native \
- --disable-binfilter --disable-odk --disable-qadevooo \
- --with-use-shell=bash &&
-cd ..</userinput></screen>
-
<para><application>OpenOffice</application> fails to compile if
<command>umask</command> is set to something exotic. The build can also
fail if the <envar>LANG</envar> or <envar>LC_ALL</envar> environment
@@ -224,66 +208,88 @@
<screen><userinput>umask 0022 &&
unset LANG LC_ALL</userinput></screen>
- <para>Compile <application>OpenOffice</application> using the following
- commands:</para>
+ <para>Install <application>OpenOffice</application> by running the
+ following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
../OOo_&openoffice-version;-use_bin_hsqldb-1.patch &&
+
+sed '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dist\$/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"no" ..\$/dist\$/configure@' \
+ -i berkeleydb/makefile.mk &&
+
+pushd config_office &&
+./configure --prefix=/opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version; \
+ --enable-libart \
+ --disable-fontooo \
+ --disable-gnome-vfs \
+ --without-fonts \
+ --without-system-jars \
+ --without-pam \
+ --with-system-stdlibs \
+ --with-system-freetype \
+ --with-system-expat \
+ --with-system-libxml \
+ --with-system-libxslt \
+ --with-system-zlib \
+ --enable-cairo \
+ --enable-build-mozilla \
+ --with-build-version=BLFS \
+ --with-package-format=native \
+ --disable-binfilter \
+ --disable-odk \
+ --disable-qadevooo \
+ --with-use-shell=bash &&
+popd &&
+
./bootstrap &&
-. LinuxX86Env.Set.sh &&
+source LinuxX86Env.Set.sh &&
dmake</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
- <para>Install <application>OpenOffice</application> as the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user with the
- following commands:</para>
+ <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>pushd instsetoo_native/unxlngi6.pro/OpenOffice/\
native/install/en-US/linux-2.6-intel/buildroot/opt &&
cp -r -v openoffice.org2.3 /opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version; &&
-popd</userinput></screen>
+popd &&
- <para>Still as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
- user:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>for appl in sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath
soffice spadmin swriter
+for appl in sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice spadmin swriter
do
ln -v -sf /opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version;/program/$appl /usr/bin/$appl
-done</userinput></screen>
+done &&
- <para>The icons are not installed by default. While still the
- <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install the icons
- with the following commands:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>cd sysui/desktop/icons &&
-install -v -d /usr/share/icons/{HighContrast,hicolor,locolor} -m755 &&
+pushd sysui/desktop/icons &&
+install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/icons/{HighContrast,hicolor,locolor} &&
cp -r -v HighContrast/*x* /usr/share/icons/HighContrast &&
-cp -r -v hicolor/*x* /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
-cp -r -v locolor/*x* /usr/share/icons/locolor</userinput></screen>
+cp -r -v hicolor/*x* /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
+cp -r -v locolor/*x* /usr/share/icons/locolor &&
+popd</userinput></screen>
<para>If you have installed <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>, you
should copy the <filename>*.desktop</filename> files to
<filename>/usr/share/applications</filename> with the following
commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d /usr/share/applications -m 755
&&
-cd /opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version;/share/xdg/ &&
+<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/applications
&&
+pushd /opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version;/share/xdg/ &&
for appl in *.desktop
do
- sed -i '/Exec/d' $appl
- echo "Exec=/usr/bin/s`echo $appl | sed 's/.desktop//'`" >> $appl
- sed -i '/Icon/d' $appl
+ sed -i '/Exec/d' $appl &&
+ echo "Exec=/usr/bin/s`echo $appl | sed 's/.desktop//'`" >> $appl &&
+ sed -i '/Icon/d' $appl &&
echo "Icon=`echo $appl | sed 's/.desktop//'`" >> $appl
done &&
sed -i '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/spadmin@' printeradmin.desktop
&&
cp -v *.desktop /usr/share/applications &&
-update-desktop-database</userinput></screen>
+update-desktop-database &&
+popd</userinput></screen>
<para>Finally, if you'd like to edit <application>OpenOffice</application>
documents directly from <xref linkend="seamonkey"/> or
<xref linkend="firefox"/>, create a symbolic link in your
- plugins directory to
-
<filename>/opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version;/program/libnpsoplugin.so</filename>.
+ plugins directory to <filename
+
class='libraryfile'>/opt/openoffice-&openoffice-version;/program/libnpsoplugin.so</filename>.
Additionally, you must enable the plugin from the
<parameter>Internet Options</parameter> within any
<application>OpenOffice</application> application.</para>
@@ -293,21 +299,26 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
+ <para><command>sed '[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"no"...'</command>:
+ This command corrects a build failure when a faulty
+ <command>uudecode</command>, provided by <xref linkend="gmime"/>, is
+ installed.</para>
+
<para><parameter>--enable-*</parameter>: The switches listed in the
- example configure command above force the use of system installed
- libraries that are known to be available on a BLFS system that meets
- the required and recommended dependencies.</para>
+ example <command>configure</command> command above force the use of system
+ installed libraries that are known to be available on a BLFS system that
+ meets the required and recommended dependencies.</para>
<para><parameter>--disable-fontooo</parameter>: Use
- <application>Fontconfig</application> instead of FontOOo.</para>
+ <application>Fontconfig</application> instead of the FontOOo.</para>
<para><parameter>--disable-gnome-vfs</parameter>: Disable the use of
<application>Gnome Virtual File System</application> libraries. Omit
this switch if you have Gnome installed.</para>
<para><parameter>--without-fonts</parameter>: Do not install Bitstream
- Vera fonts since they are already included in X Window System
- Environment.</para>
+ Vera fonts since they are already included in the
+ <application>X</application> Window System Environment.</para>
<para><parameter>--with{,out}-system-*</parameter>: Determines
whether to use the system libraries and programs or to build
@@ -320,8 +331,8 @@
<para><parameter>--enable-build-mozilla</parameter>: Build the in-tree
<application>Mozilla</application> suite.</para>
- <para><parameter>--with-build-version=BLFS</parameter>: Appends "BLFS"
- to the end of the version string.</para>
+ <para><parameter>--with-build-version=BLFS</parameter>: Appends
+ <quote>BLFS</quote> to the end of the version string.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-package-format=native</parameter>: This switch
forces the build to skip the packaging process, leaving only the
@@ -330,7 +341,8 @@
<para><parameter>--disable-binfilter</parameter>: This switch disables
the build of legacy <application>StarOffice-5</application> import
- filters. Omit this switch if you've downloaded the binfilter package
+ filters. Omit this switch if you've downloaded the
+ <application>binfilter</application> package
above. Warning: Installation of the legacy import filters increases the
build time considerably. Only install them if you have these old
file types, and need to edit them in
@@ -338,7 +350,7 @@
<para><parameter>--disable-odk</parameter>: This switch disables the build
of the <application>OpenOffice</application> SDK. Omit this switch if
- you've downloaded the sdk package above.</para>
+ you've downloaded the SDK package above.</para>
<para><parameter>--disable-qadevooo</parameter>: This switch skips
the building of the quality assurance tools used by the
@@ -361,23 +373,29 @@
<para>
<parameter>--with-lang=<replaceable><LANG></replaceable></parameter>:
Allows the use of additional languages in
- <application>OpenOffice</application>. ENUS is the default.</para>
+ <application>OpenOffice</application>. US English (ENUS) is the
+ default.</para>
<para>
<parameter>--with-dict=<replaceable><LANG></replaceable></parameter>:
Allows the use of alternate dictionaries in
- <application>OpenOffice</application>. ENUS is the default.</para>
+ <application>OpenOffice</application>. US English (ENUS) is the
+ default.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-use-shell=bash</parameter>: Tells the
- <application>OpenOffice</application> build system to use bash as opposed
- to tcsh.</para>
+ <application>OpenOffice</application> build system to use
+ <command>bash</command> as opposed to <command>tcsh</command>.</para>
<para><command>./bootstrap</command>: Build the
- <application>dmake</application> utility required to complete the
+ <command>dmake</command> utility required to complete the
build.</para>
<para><command>dmake</command>: Compiles the package.</para>
+ <para><command>for appl in sbase scalc...</command>: Creates symlinks
+ for the applicatons in
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>
+
<para><command>for appl in *.desktop...</command>: Edit the
<filename>*.desktop</filename> files for use with a standard BLFS
system.</para>
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