Hi Jim,
Jim Watson schreef:
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?
Thanks, I will try installing from RPMs tomorrow. But will I be able to
hack, build and run as suggested in the hackers tutorials
(http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Tutorials), without having to
install every time I change something? I don't see how OOo, when running
from an installation directory, would make use of modified binary
components in my source tree.
--
Vriendelijke groet,
Simon Brouwer.
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