On 26/09/2006, at 6:01 AM, Simon Brouwer wrote:
Hi all,
I have completed building OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 on Ubuntu 6.0.6, but
I am somewhat at a loss how to proceed now.
Do I have to install the software to be able to run and hack it?
If I run "soffice" (solver/680/unxlngi6.pro/bin/soffice) then I get
a dialog box "The application cannot be started. An internal error
occurred".
I tried to install the debian packages in
instsetoo-native/unxlngi.pro/OpenOffice/deb/install/en-US/DEBS
using dpkg, but it wouldn't because of conflicts with the bundled
OOo 2.0.2. I considered deinstalling that OOo first, but it would
remove the Ubuntu desktop as well. Finally I decided installing
using the --force-all switch. Now Synaptic says I have 26 broken
packages, and I have only Base, Calc and printer management in my
menu (but they do start OOo 2.0.3, so *something* must have gone
right!).
Some guidance on how to correctly install/run/hack OOo on Ubuntu
(Dapper Drake) would be very welcome!
Thanks in advance,
There are many different options but for this type of learning,
experimenting, testing on debian using the upstream build process, I
have found it easier to use the rpm build and put the installed
office into my home directory. This has the advantage that you can
install different versions, and it does disturb the debian packages
and can be installed by the user. If you configure --with-package-
format=rpm you will see RPMS instead of DEBS. There is a script
provided on mirrors to unpack the RPMS, to make a new installation
for example in my01
~/.install_linux.sh /path/to/RPMS /home/simon/my01
To avoid re-configuring, just
$ export PKGFORMAT=rpm
$ cd instsetoo_native
$ build
then to run it: ~/my01/program/soffice
The script is on mirrors under OOo/developer/install_scripts such as
http://ftp.belnet.be/pub/mirror/ftp.openoffice.org/developer/
install_scripts/
Also have you asked the OOo team at ubuntu, there may be some
provided features that will assist?
jim
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