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Posted: Sep. 09 2004,10:14

Can you help me installing OpenOffice from source?

I ve the source package on my hdd and do not know how to install it. I read I have to compile it with "gcc" (I think gcc is not included in DSL) or "tcc" but that s all I know about it.

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Posted: Sep. 10 2004,13:03

You do not want to talk to me, then I talk to myself!!!

I ve done it.

But it is very very slow, much slower than under win98SE.
Did I a mistake during the installation?
The start up time is okay but when typing some letters, the system begins to swap to the HDD.

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Posted: Sep. 10 2004,17:24

Openoffice recommends 386MB ram for operation.
The Openoffice.uci cloop mounted version in the repository uses much less ram.

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Posted: Sep. 10 2004,21:05

FYI,

A precompiled open office myDSL extension already exists in the repository.

If you use the openoffice.uci extension, you can run it without requiring a large amount of free RAM.

Did you compile your Open Office as part of a full hard disk installed version of DSL or did you run it from livecd/frugal/poormans?

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Posted: Sep. 13 2004,10:50

I unpacked the file OO.tar.gz which I got through the web. Then I typed install, then setup. I wondererd it started because it is the only app which I was able to install ("no cc found").

I did not use any ./configure commands or things like that.

You are right. It is very slow because it needs a lot of RAM.

I have a hd-install, so I think the .dsl version will not work properly.
It would be very fine to get OO working.

I am going to download the OO.dsl file. How can I get it installed without a network connection. There is apt-get but I do not know how to use it.
Is apt-get the tool I need to install .dsl files?

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