Hi,
An experimental, but ~fully functionnal version OpenOffice.org 1.9.96 for Linux PPC will be
available, in .deb format, at this URL** : <http://ooo.lab-project.net/~ebachard/Linux_PowerPC/2.0/m96/deb/>
**in ~ 3 hours, because upload actually in progress
As usual, 3 locales are available : de / fr /en-US. (Ask me for other locales)
Everything is installed by default in /opt/openoffice.org1.9.96, but you can install it wherever you want, just using a symlink. For example in /usr/local, doing (as root) :
mkdir /usr/local/openoffice.org1.9.96 ln -s /usr/local/openoffice.org1.9.96 /opt/openoffice.org1.9.96
For the install : after you have placed all downloaded files in an empty directory (more easy), simply use :
dpkg -i --force-architecture ./*.deb
Note : use --force-architecture option, because output packages are called ppc, while Debian expects powerpc...
For the uninstall, just remove recursively : /opt/openoffice.org1.9.96 (ou /usr/local/openoffice.org )
This version, always "experimental" but ~ fully functionnal, uses the IBM Java Runtime Environment , version 1.4.2,
(exactly IBMJava2-ppc-142), you'll find here, after registration :
<http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux140>
If I'm not wrong, the good link is : <https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p>
Because it a bit heavy to obtain this jre, some infos :
Once connected, the jre to download is :
IBM JRE for 32-bit iSeries/pSeries Version 142 SR1 (or SR1a, not sure)
tgz format IBMJava2-JRE-142.ppc.tgz (41.5MB)
*BE CAREFULL* : I invite you strongly to install this jre in /usr/local, excepted if you exactly know what you're doing...
else, the JVM won't surely not work correctly.
Don't forget to add the following lines too in your /etc/profile file, once the JRE installed :
# beginning
JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-142" PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-142/bin:/usr/local/IBMJava2-ppc-142/jre/bin" # surtout la ligne ci-dessous, sinon cela ne fonctionnera pas JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE="6" export PATH JAVA_HOME JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE # end
Of course, for the one how *don't want* (for some reasons ;-) )to use a propriatary jre, you can go ahead : it works :-)
Not completely (no database, no wizards), but its less slow (yes, really).
*Testtools is buggy*, thank you to not install it yet.
Last but not least, : if you use *another* that the IBM's one, please let me know...
Thank's in advance for your feedback ! :-)
--
eric bachard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Francophone OpenOffice.org Commmunity developer (Linux PPC / Mac OS X / X11)
See : <http://fr.openoffice.org>
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