GETTING OO TO BUILD ON IRIX:

Pre-Requisites:

• MUST use gnu tcsh, not the system tcsh [ download ]
• MUST use gnu tar (not the system tar) [ download ]
• Need JDK 1.3 [ download page ]
• Build gcc-3.2, install in (say) /usr/local/gcc-3.2 [ download sources ]
• Build libtool 1.4.2, install in (say) /usr/local/libtool-1.4.2 [ download ]
• GNU nm version 2.11.2

Downloading the source

You can easily get the source from CVS following these steps:

• Set your CVSROOT environment variable

        % setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.services.openoffice.org:/cvs
    

• Now login to the cvs repository

        % cvs login
  
        (Logging in to anoncvs@anoncvs.services.openoffice.org)
  
        CVS password: anoncvs
    

• Now checkout the source you require:

        % cvs co -r <CVS Tag> OpenOffice
    

  Where <CVS Tag> is the Tag or Branch of the source you wish to build.
  Each section will list the Tag / Branch that you should use to build it.

• An alternative to CVS is downloading a tarball of the sources. See the specific build instructions for links to tarballs of the sources.

PreBuild

Patches To Apply

Each section has a list of patches that are applicable to that tree. Simply download the patches and apply them.

How To Apply Patches

Patches can easily be applied using the command:

  % patch -N -p0 <  <file.diff>
  

General Polygon Clipper (gpc)

Download the gpc source from here. Place the source files gpc.c & gpc.h in the directory: $SRC_ROOT/external/gpc.

The Build Process

Once you have followed the instructions in the Pre Build section and all patches have been applied, the following procedures need to be followed:

• Firstly you will need to set your PATH environment variable BEFORE you run configure. Make sure the following appear in your PATH environment variable before you proceed any further:
  • Path to gcc
  • Path to javac
  • freeware tools

  So for example, if gcc was installed in

    /usr/local/gcc-3.2

  JDK was installed in

    /usr/local/java

  And freeware tools were installed in

    /usr/freeware

  Then you would need to set your PATH environment variable in the following manner:

    % setenv PATH /usr/local/gcc-3.2/bin:/usr/local/java_1.3/usr/java/bin:/usr/freeware/bin:$PATH
    

  You will also need to set CC and CXX to gcc and g++ respectively:

    % setenv CC gcc
    % setenv CXX g++
    

• Next you will need to run the configure script.

        % cd $SRC_ROOT/config_office
        % configure
    

• In $SRC_ROOT there should now be a file named % source $SRC_ROOT/IrixMipsEnv.Set

• Run the bootstrap process

        % cd $SRC_ROOT
        % ./bootstrap

  This should take a while...

• Run rehash to account for dmake that has now been included the one of the directories in the PATH environment variable.

        % rehash
    

• Now you are finally ready to run dmake

        % cd $SRC_ROOT
        % dmake

  This will take a VERY long time!

Installing OpenOffice.org

Once OpenOffice.org is fully built, installing it can be done in the following manner:

• In a new terminal, set your DISPLAY environment variable to the remotehost you wish to display it to. NOTE: Do not use "localhost" or ":0" as your display as this can cause errors. Make sure it is the full name of the host you want to display to.
• Do NOT source the OO environment setting file "IrixMipsEnv.Set"
• Now change to the directory where the installation set resides.

    % cd $SRC_ROOT/instsetoo/unxirgm.pro/01/normal

  and start the installation,

    % ./setup

• Make sure you select a Standard Installation
• Once it has been installed, cd to the directory you installed it to, and simply type ./soffice to run the binary.
• If you wish to install OpenOffice for multiple users, then as root, install OpenOffice to /usr/OpenOffice using the

  	  % setup -net

  command, then get each user to run setup for themselves, by running the command:

  	  % /usr/OpenOffice/program/setup

  They will require approx 1.5 Mb of available disk space in their home directories.