OpenOffice-1.1.0

Introduction to OpenOffice

The OpenOffice is a office suite, the Open Source sibling of StarOffice.

Installation of OpenOffice

Apply the downloaded patches and copy gpc files.

mv ../gpc231/* external/gpc &&
rm -rf ../gpc231 &&
for p in ../openoffice-1.1.0-*.patch
do patch -Np1 -i $p
done

If you want to optimize the build, edit solenv/inc/unxlngi4.mk and add the desired optimization flags to CFLAGSOPT variable. Some users have reported problems with -fomit-frame-pointer. The best option is to not use any custom optimizations. The following command removes an incorrect -mcpu option in the above file.

cd solenv/inc &&
cp unxlngi4.mk unxlngi4.mk.orig &&
sed -e "s:\-mcpu=pentiumpro::" \
unxlngi4.mk.orig > unxlngi4.mk &&
cd ../..

Configure openoffice using the following commands. You may build install sets for only specific languages based on your preferences. If a particular component is not available in the language of your choice, the default will be English. The following option compiles all available languages.

cd config_office/ &&
./configure --with-lang=ALL &&
cd ..

Compile OpenOffice using the following commands.

./bootstrap &&
bash -c "source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh; dmake"

If you have downloaded localized help content zip files, you will need to unzip them to the appropriate directory as mentioned below and then recreate the installation set.

cd solver/645/unxlngi4.pro/pck &&
for i in $(ls ../../../../../helpcontent_*_unix.tgz)
do
tar -xvzf $i
done &&
cd ../../../../instsetoo &&
rm -rf unxlngi4.pro &&
cd .. &&
bash -c "source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh ; dmake"

Install OpenOffice using the following commands. The following commands install the English language set. To install a localized version, replace the 01 by the international telephone country code for your country. Note that when installing, it needs a X Display, even though there is no visible X window. You can use Xvfb if you are compiling on a console.

cd instsetoo/unxlngi4.pro/01/normal &&
cp install install.orig &&
sed -e "s:^oo_home=.*:oo_home=openoffice:" install.orig > install &&
./install --prefix=/opt &&
for appl in swriter scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice
do ln -sf /opt/openoffice/program/$appl /usr/bin/$appl
done

Command explanations

mv ../gpc231/gpc.* external/gpc: Copy the gpc files to the appropriate location.

--with-lang=ALL: Make install sets for all available languages.

./bootstrap: Create packages required to bootstrap the build.

dmake: Compile the package.

sed -e "s:^oo_home=...: Remove version specific installation directory

for appl in swriter scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice; do ...: Create links so that the package can be started from the command-line without changes to the existing path.

Contents

The OpenOffice package contains swriter, simpress, scalc, sdraw and smath.

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