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random thoughts and other stuffOctober 11, 2005 Archives
Tue Oct 11 17:25:31 CEST 2005
2.0 is coming
After all the delays, it finally
looks as if OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be released any day now :) In
preparation for that the first source-based version has hit the
tree now, so if you have got some free cpu time left and want to
see how much better it is than the 1.1.x-series, just unmask it (by
adding >=app-office/openoffice-2.0.0_rc2 to
/etc/portage/package.unmask) and go ahead!
SOME FAQS
*) I've been using openoffice-ximian until now, should I wait for a new version of this instead?
No, openoffice-2.0 is the successor of the old openoffice-ximian, it contains everything you learned to love about the -ximian-versions (and lot's more), so go ahead!
*) What would be the best way to upgrade from openoffice-ximian to the new openoffice-2.0 package?
Just for the unlikely ;) situation that something goes wrong with the build make a package of openoffice-ximian:
# quickpkg openoffice-ximian
After that just unmerge openoffice-ximian and emerge openoffice-2.0 (don't forget to unmask it, see above!)
# emerge -C openoffice-ximian && emerge openoffice
Wait, wait more, and wait even longer until it completes (yes, OOo 2.0 takes even longer to build than 1.1.x). If something went wrong, you will still be able to recover the old version (if you built the package), by doing:
# emerge -k =app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.3.16 (Assuming the last version you used was 1.3.16, if not just replace the number)
*) What's the difference between openoffice-bin and openoffice?
openoffice-bin just takes the official binaries provided by the OpenOffice.org-project, while openoffice is built from source. While the -bin has lot's of cool new stuff in relation to 1.1.x (like most of the things you know from the old -ximian-version), the source provides some extra goodies like even better integration for KDE people (KAdressbook-connectivity and Crystal icons), a UI for switching between the different available icon sets and a Gentoo splash screen ;) Though be warned: The source based version takes quite some time to build and needs lot's of diskspace (see below), while the -bin installs quick. So you will have to decide if the extra goodies are worth the extra wait.
*) Ok, so what are the minimum requirements to build OOo 2.0 from source?
You will need 4-6 GByte free on the partition you build it on (by default this is in /var/tmp/portage), also don't bother to try with less than 256 MByte RAM.
*) How long will it take to build?
On my Athlon XP 3200+ (1,5 Gigs RAM), the build of openoffice-2.0.0_rc2 took 7 hours, 17 minutes and 20 seconds
*) Will it build on my AMD64-box?
I'm afraid the answer is: No. This is under heavy development, but didn't get finished in time for 2.0
*) Why does the ebuild for such a heavy package not use distcc?
Cause it tends to break the build, so it is disabled by default. If you really want to try out emerge openoffice with
# WANT_DISTCC="true" emerge openoffice
*) I'm not getting the native GNOME / KDE file selector, but the original OOo one, why is that?
Cause this is the default setting. Go to Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > General and de-select the checkbox for "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs"
*) But I don't want all this KDE / GNOME cruft!
Then just build openoffice with -gnome and -kde in your use flag, and you'll be able to re-uglify your OOo!
Enjoy :)
SOME FAQS
*) I've been using openoffice-ximian until now, should I wait for a new version of this instead?
No, openoffice-2.0 is the successor of the old openoffice-ximian, it contains everything you learned to love about the -ximian-versions (and lot's more), so go ahead!
*) What would be the best way to upgrade from openoffice-ximian to the new openoffice-2.0 package?
Just for the unlikely ;) situation that something goes wrong with the build make a package of openoffice-ximian:
# quickpkg openoffice-ximian
After that just unmerge openoffice-ximian and emerge openoffice-2.0 (don't forget to unmask it, see above!)
# emerge -C openoffice-ximian && emerge openoffice
Wait, wait more, and wait even longer until it completes (yes, OOo 2.0 takes even longer to build than 1.1.x). If something went wrong, you will still be able to recover the old version (if you built the package), by doing:
# emerge -k =app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.3.16 (Assuming the last version you used was 1.3.16, if not just replace the number)
*) What's the difference between openoffice-bin and openoffice?
openoffice-bin just takes the official binaries provided by the OpenOffice.org-project, while openoffice is built from source. While the -bin has lot's of cool new stuff in relation to 1.1.x (like most of the things you know from the old -ximian-version), the source provides some extra goodies like even better integration for KDE people (KAdressbook-connectivity and Crystal icons), a UI for switching between the different available icon sets and a Gentoo splash screen ;) Though be warned: The source based version takes quite some time to build and needs lot's of diskspace (see below), while the -bin installs quick. So you will have to decide if the extra goodies are worth the extra wait.
*) Ok, so what are the minimum requirements to build OOo 2.0 from source?
You will need 4-6 GByte free on the partition you build it on (by default this is in /var/tmp/portage), also don't bother to try with less than 256 MByte RAM.
*) How long will it take to build?
On my Athlon XP 3200+ (1,5 Gigs RAM), the build of openoffice-2.0.0_rc2 took 7 hours, 17 minutes and 20 seconds
*) Will it build on my AMD64-box?
I'm afraid the answer is: No. This is under heavy development, but didn't get finished in time for 2.0
*) Why does the ebuild for such a heavy package not use distcc?
Cause it tends to break the build, so it is disabled by default. If you really want to try out emerge openoffice with
# WANT_DISTCC="true" emerge openoffice
*) I'm not getting the native GNOME / KDE file selector, but the original OOo one, why is that?
Cause this is the default setting. Go to Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > General and de-select the checkbox for "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs"
*) But I don't want all this KDE / GNOME cruft!
Then just build openoffice with -gnome and -kde in your use flag, and you'll be able to re-uglify your OOo!
Enjoy :)