Building on Mac
Yesterday I was trying to make a new build on OSX. I have not used this platform for a while so I instead of updating my SVN repository, I cloned the new GIT repository. That went as smooth as expected (thanks to everybody involved setting it up). But my configure failed. It complained that there was no xcode installed. This is probably due to the transition from 32bit to 64 bit. The only information I found about what to do is a short notice regarding build requirements [1]. That brought me as far as asking me for my Apple Developer Id. I have one, but not readily available, so I can not continue right now. So, I have some questions: 1. Is it possible to build on OSX with only freely available tools (that don't require registration)? 2. Is there anybody with access to a Mac who is willing to extend the building guide to cover OSX? [2] and [3] describe in some detail how to build OpenOffice on Windows and Linux (in its Ubuntu flavor) but hardly a word on OSX. Is there another page buried in our Wiki? 3. I remember that I also had to set up macports [4] for some frequently used shell commands (I think) but that is not mentioned anywhere in the building guide. Is it not needed anymore? I think that it is not enough that it is theoretically possible to build OpenOffice on Mac OSX. It should also be documented in a public place so that everybody can do it. Regards, Andre [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Building_on_MacOsX [2] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO [3] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step [4] http://www.macports.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Building on Mac
On 30.01.2014 09:40, Andre Fischer wrote: 1. Is it possible to build on OSX with only freely available tools (that don't require registration)? Apple's XCode development environment is available for free in either their app store or in their downloads for developers area. Apple requires a registrations for both. Since an Xcode download is a plain disk-image file that could be easily redistributed there might be alternative channels for them, but I'd strongly recommend to use the reliable and legal download locations from the original provider Apple. If there are direct download links at Apple that don't require registration then they are not well publicized. If anyone knows such a link please provide it. 2. Is there anybody with access to a Mac who is willing to extend the building guide to cover OSX? [2] and [3] describe in some detail how to build OpenOffice on Windows and Linux (in its Ubuntu flavor) but hardly a word on OSX. Once XCode is installed it's just the plain generic svn-checkout, configure and build steps documented in [1]. The good thing about XCode is that it provides all that's needed. 3. I remember that I also had to set up macports [4] for some frequently used shell commands (I think) but that is not mentioned anywhere in the building guide. Is it not needed anymore? I don't have macports or fink installed and can build just fine. All our build requirements are covered by Xcode. Of course these tool sets provide a lot of value, e.g. if anyone prefers to write his helper scripts in e.g. Lisp then macports is a good way to get a lisp interpreter for free. But our build doesn't require any of this. I think that it is not enough that it is theoretically possible to build OpenOffice on Mac OSX. It should also be documented in a public place so that everybody can do it. Get XCode 4.5 and install it. Do the generic AOO build [1]. [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO By the way, I'm working on enabling an AOO build with newer XCode versions, that no longer provide a 10.7 SDK. I'd suggest to not give up so easily. If a download requires a registration then annoying as it may be, it is nothing a reasonably experienced developer cannot handle. Even Mac newbies often manage to get things from the App Store. Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Building on Mac
On 30.01.2014 10:24, Herbert Duerr wrote: On 30.01.2014 09:40, Andre Fischer wrote: 1. Is it possible to build on OSX with only freely available tools (that don't require registration)? Apple's XCode development environment is available for free in either their app store or in their downloads for developers area. Apple requires a registrations for both. Instead of free I should have used the word open as in open source. Registration seems not to be compatible with that concept. Since an Xcode download is a plain disk-image file that could be easily redistributed there might be alternative channels for them, but I'd strongly recommend to use the reliable and legal download locations from the original provider Apple. If there are direct download links at Apple that don't require registration then they are not well publicized. If anyone knows such a link please provide it. I am not asking for ways around the registration. I am asking for alternatives that maybe do not come from Apple. Does macports provide a gcc/clang compiler? 2. Is there anybody with access to a Mac who is willing to extend the building guide to cover OSX? [2] and [3] describe in some detail how to build OpenOffice on Windows and Linux (in its Ubuntu flavor) but hardly a word on OSX. Once XCode is installed it's just the plain generic svn-checkout, configure and build steps documented in [1]. The good thing about XCode is that it provides all that's needed. So? The same is true for Linux and Windows and we still have detailed building guides for them. 3. I remember that I also had to set up macports [4] for some frequently used shell commands (I think) but that is not mentioned anywhere in the building guide. Is it not needed anymore? I don't have macports or fink installed and can build just fine. All our build requirements are covered by Xcode. Of course these tool sets provide a lot of value, e.g. if anyone prefers to write his helper scripts in e.g. Lisp then macports is a good way to get a lisp interpreter for free. But our build doesn't require any of this. Ah, I didn't know that. I think that it is not enough that it is theoretically possible to build OpenOffice on Mac OSX. It should also be documented in a public place so that everybody can do it. Get XCode 4.5 and install it. What about the ... or later on the build requirements page. The referenced download page offers by default XCode 5. Does that work? Do the generic AOO build [1]. [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO By the way, I'm working on enabling an AOO build with newer XCode versions, that no longer provide a 10.7 SDK. I'd suggest to not give up so easily. If a download requires a registration then annoying as it may be, it is nothing a reasonably experienced developer cannot handle. Even Mac newbies often manage to get things from the App Store. Not without their passwords. And you are right, I am not an experienced developer on the Mac platform. More reason to have proper documentation. I still have not given up hope that sometime somebody will provide it. -Andre Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Building for MAC OS, gcc 4.0
Hi Tal, On 26.09.2013 22:21, Tal Daniel wrote: Following the Building guide for MAC, I need help. My gcc version is 4.2, and the configure script outputs a warning that it needs 4.0. Is it a blocker? Do I need to install another gcc? ... checking the GNU gcc compiler version... configure: error: You need to use the gcc-4.0 compiler (gcc 4.2.1 won't work with the MacOSX10.4u.sdk) - set CC accordingly GCC 4.2 on Mac means that you are probably using XCode4. Building our official releases still requires XCode3 with its gcc4.0. If installing the older XCode3 with the OSX10.4 SDK is possible for you then this would be the fastest solution to get a build. We/Me are working on supporting newer MacOSX build environments. If you are adventurous you might want to try out my rejuventate01 branch [1]. As you saw the build requirements for our current OSX release are so ancient that there are very few developers left with such an old environment. The rejuvenation of the OSX platform support is really needed. Be warned: The branch is experimental, unfinished and has some rough edges. It already produces quite usable binaries [2]. Having other developers work on the branch too would be great. I hope I'll find the time to get back into it again soon. [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/rejuvenate01/ [2] http:http://people.apache.org/~hdu/AOO_Mac64_rejuv.dmg If you're interested I suggest to check this branch out, set the environment variables CC=`xcrun -f clang` -arch x86_64 CXX=`xcrun -f clang++` -arch x86_64 and then continue with [3] [3] http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX#Build_environment_with_enabled_category-b_dependencies Guide I'm following step-by-step: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX I'd be glad if someone can be a guide on the build process, because I'm a bit lost from the autoconf step onwards. The building guide is good. I updated it to make the XCode3/SDK10.4 requirement more prominent. Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Building for MAC OS, gcc 4.0
Thank you Herbert, I'm using Xcode 3.2.6, with gcc 4.2, so I'll wait with your branch. Thanks for the invite. Today I've managed to install switch to gcc 4.0 using MacPorts (I'll update the Guide, when I'm done). On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Herbert Duerr h...@apache.org wrote: Hi Tal, On 26.09.2013 22:21, Tal Daniel wrote: Following the Building guide for MAC, I need help. My gcc version is 4.2, and the configure script outputs a warning that it needs 4.0. Is it a blocker? Do I need to install another gcc? ... checking the GNU gcc compiler version... configure: error: You need to use the gcc-4.0 compiler (gcc 4.2.1 won't work with the MacOSX10.4u.sdk) - set CC accordingly GCC 4.2 on Mac means that you are probably using XCode4. Building our official releases still requires XCode3 with its gcc4.0. If installing the older XCode3 with the OSX10.4 SDK is possible for you then this would be the fastest solution to get a build. We/Me are working on supporting newer MacOSX build environments. If you are adventurous you might want to try out my rejuventate01 branch [1]. As you saw the build requirements for our current OSX release are so ancient that there are very few developers left with such an old environment. The rejuvenation of the OSX platform support is really needed. Be warned: The branch is experimental, unfinished and has some rough edges. It already produces quite usable binaries [2]. Having other developers work on the branch too would be great. I hope I'll find the time to get back into it again soon. [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/**asf/openoffice/branches/**rejuvenate01/http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/rejuvenate01/ [2] http:http://people.apache.org/**~hdu/AOO_Mac64_rejuv.dmghttp://people.apache.org/~hdu/AOO_Mac64_rejuv.dmg If you're interested I suggest to check this branch out, set the environment variables CC=`xcrun -f clang` -arch x86_64 CXX=`xcrun -f clang++` -arch x86_64 and then continue with [3] [3] http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/Building_** Guide/Building_on_MacOSX#**Build_environment_with_**enabled_category-b_** dependencieshttp://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX#Build_environment_with_enabled_category-b_dependencies Guide I'm following step-by-step: http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/Building_** Guide/Building_on_MacOSXhttp://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX I'd be glad if someone can be a guide on the build process, because I'm a bit lost from the autoconf step onwards. The building guide is good. I updated it to make the XCode3/SDK10.4 requirement more prominent. Herbert -- טל
Re: Building for MAC OS, gcc 4.0
On 27.09.2013 13:39, Tal Daniel wrote: Thank you Herbert, I'm using Xcode 3.2.6, with gcc 4.2, so I'll wait with your branch. Oh, if you already XCode 3 then you're probably almost all set: Please check ls -l /usr/bin/gcc* AFAIK on a typical XCode3 system there should be gcc-4.0 and gcc-4.2. I can't remember whether there was an install option to install the older version. If I read the configure script correctly it tries to find this gcc-4.0 version and would use it if it was there. Regarding the 10.4 SDK I'm quite sure it was optional with XCode3's package installer. That one defaults to only install SDK 10.5 and 10.6. I you'll have 10.4 you are probably only two hours away from your own AOO build! :-) Thanks for the invite. Today I've managed to install switch to gcc 4.0 using MacPorts I'm not sure if the MacPorts gcc 4.0 will work. Better check whether the older compiler version was an optional part of XCode3 and use that if possible. (I'll update the Guide, when I'm done). Wonderful, thanks in advance! Herbert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Building for MAC OS, gcc 4.0
Following the Building guide for MAC, I need help. My gcc version is 4.2, and the configure script outputs a warning that it needs 4.0. Is it a blocker? Do I need to install another gcc? ... checking the GNU gcc compiler version... configure: error: You need to use the gcc-4.0 compiler (gcc 4.2.1 won't work with the MacOSX10.4u.sdk) - set CC accordingly Guide I'm following step-by-step: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_MacOSX I'd be glad if someone can be a guide on the build process, because I'm a bit lost from the autoconf step onwards. Thanks, Tal
