glfs/xsoft/suites/openoffice/openoffice-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of openoffice</title>

<para>Note that openoffice has problems with <userinput>bison-1.875</userinput>. Downgrade to
<userinput>bison-1.75</userinput> or install bison-1.75 with an alternate
prefix (e.g. /opt/bison-1.75) and put $bison_prefix/bin as the first
entry in the PATH.</para>

<para>Apply the downloaded patches and copy gpc files.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>mv ../gpc231/* external/gpc &amp;&amp;
rm -rf ../gpc231 &amp;&amp;
for p in ../openoffice-&openoffice-version;-*.patch
do patch -Np1 -i $p
done</userinput></screen></para>

<para>The optimization flags need to be manually added.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>cd solenv/inc &amp;&amp;
cp unxlngi3.mk unxlngi3.mk.orig &amp;&amp;
sed -e "s:^CFLAGSOPT=.*:CFLAGSOPT=${CFLAGS}:g" \
unxlngi3.mk.orig &gt; unxlngi3.mk &amp;&amp;
cp unxlngi4.mk unxlngi4.mk.orig &amp;&amp;
sed -e "s:^CFLAGSOPT=.*:CFLAGSOPT=${CFLAGS}:g" \
-e "s:\-mcpu=pentiumpro::" \
unxlngi4.mk.orig &gt; unxlngi4.mk &amp;&amp;
cd ../..</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Configure openoffice using the following commands. You may add additional
languages based on your preferences. If a particuar component is not available
in the language of your choice, the default will be English.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>cd config_office/ &amp;&amp;
./configure --with-lang=ENUS --with-stlport4-home=/usr &amp;&amp;
cd .. &amp;&amp;
source LinuxIntelEnv.Set.sh</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Compile openoffice using the following commands. Note that when
installing, it needs a X Display. You can use Xvfb if
you are compiling on a console.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./bootstrap &amp;&amp;
dmake &amp;&amp;
cd instsetoo/unxlngi4.pro/01/normal &amp;&amp;
./install --prefix=/opt &amp;&amp;
for appl in swriter scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice
do ln -sf /opt/openoffice/program/$appl /usr/X11R6/bin/$appl
done</userinput></screen></para>

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