OpenOffice-2.3.1

Installation of OpenOffice

The OpenOffice source code is now distributed in several tarballs. You should extract each from the same top-level directory before entering the build directory. At a minimum, you will need to extract the “core” and “system” tarballs. Note that the source directory name is not consistent with the tarball name and will be named OOG680_m9.

If you wish to build an in-tree Mozilla, as opposed to using a system wide installation, copy the Mozilla source tarball into the source tree:

cp ../mozilla-source-1.7.5.tar.gz moz/download/

If you want to optimize the build, edit the appropriate makefile in solenv/inc/ and add the desired optimization flags to the CFLAGSOPT variable. The makefiles are arch specific, for instance edit solenv/inc/unxlngi6.mk for i686. Some users have reported problems with -fomit-frame-pointer. The best option is to not use any custom optimizations.

Note

Because of the complexity of the OpenOffice build system, it is not possible to provide generic build instructions for all systems. You should review the output of config_office/configure --help and take advantage of any system installed programs and libraries available using the --enable-*, --disable-*, and --with-system-* parameters. Additionally, if you have installed KDE in the /opt prefix, and would like to use the --enable-kde switch, you must set KDEDIR=$KDE_PREFIX before running configure.

OpenOffice fails to compile if umask is set to something exotic. The build can also fail if the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables are set. Use the following commands to change your environment accordingly:

umask 0022 &&
unset LANG LC_ALL

Install OpenOffice by running the following commands:

patch -Np1 -i ../OOo_2.3.1-use_bin_hsqldb-1.patch &&

sed -i 's@..$/dist$/configure@uudecode="no" &@' \
    berkeleydb/makefile.mk &&

pushd config_office &&
./configure --prefix=/opt/openoffice-2.3.1 \
            --enable-libart                \
            --disable-fontooo              \
            --disable-gnome-vfs            \
            --without-fonts                \
            --without-system-jars          \
            --without-pam                  \
            --with-system-stdlibs          \
            --with-system-freetype         \
            --with-system-expat            \
            --with-system-libxml           \
            --with-system-libxslt          \
            --with-system-zlib             \
            --enable-cairo                 \
            --enable-build-mozilla         \
            --with-build-version=BLFS      \
            --with-package-format=native   \
            --disable-binfilter            \
            --disable-odk                  \
            --disable-qadevooo             \
            --with-use-shell=bash &&
popd &&

./bootstrap &&
source LinuxX86Env.Set.sh &&
dmake

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

pushd instsetoo_native/unxlngi6.pro/OpenOffice/\
native/install/en-US/linux-2.6-intel/buildroot/opt &&
cp -r -v openoffice.org2.3 /opt/openoffice-2.3.1 &&
popd &&

for appl in sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice spadmin swriter
do
    ln -v -sf /opt/openoffice-2.3.1/program/$appl /usr/bin
done &&

pushd sysui/desktop/icons &&
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/icons/{HighContrast,hicolor,locolor} &&
cp -r -v HighContrast/*x* /usr/share/icons/HighContrast &&
cp -r -v hicolor/*x*      /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
cp -r -v locolor/*x*      /usr/share/icons/locolor &&
popd

If you have installed desktop-file-utils-0.13, you should copy the *.desktop files to /usr/share/applications using the following commands as the root user:

install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/applications &&
pushd /opt/openoffice-2.3.1/share/xdg/ &&
for appl in *.desktop
do
    sed -i '/Exec/d' $appl &&
    echo "Exec=/usr/bin/s`echo $appl | sed 's/.desktop//'`" >> $appl &&
    sed -i '/Icon/d' $appl &&
    echo "Icon=`echo $appl | sed 's/.desktop//'`" >> $appl
done &&
sed -i 's@bin/sprinteradmin@bin/spadmin@' printeradmin.desktop &&
cp -v *.desktop /usr/share/applications &&
update-desktop-database &&
popd

Finally, if you'd like to edit OpenOffice documents directly from SeaMonkey-1.1.9 or Firefox-2.0.0.15, create a symbolic link in your plugins directory to /opt/openoffice-2.3.1/program/libnpsoplugin.so. Additionally, you must enable the plugin from the Internet Options within any OpenOffice application.