Re: [Libreoffice] Help?

Alright, thanks for the reply.  So, I tried to install the dependencies, but
I ran into some problems.  There were requests all over the place to change
the architecture for lots of software from x86-64 to normal.  should I go
through with all of these changes, or did I do something wrong?

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@novell.com>wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
>
>        First - welcome to LibreOffice :-) most of these questions are best
> asked on IRC, but lets archive some of the answers here.
>
> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:20 -0500, Jerry Shi wrote:
> > Alright, so I just got off of irc.freenode.net, and now have another
> > question.  For some odd reason, make fetch does not work.  It gives me
> > an error, make: nothing to be done for 'fetch'
>
>         That basically means - it has already fetched everything :-) that
> is a
> good sign.
>
> >                 Alright, thanks for all the help so far.  To answer
> >                 your questions, I'm using openSuse 11.2, on a fairly
> >                 new dual core laptop.
>
>         Oooh - old software on new hardware - fun :-)
>
> >                  zypper si -d OpenOffice_org-bootstrap # for OpenSUSE,
> >                 but I recieve an error about how the
> >                 OpenOffice_org-bootstrap doesn't exist.
>
>         Ah - it is probable that you need the main OSS repositories
> enabled; at
> least - I believe we had the split build in 11.2 (which bootstrap is
> from). Perhaps it is better to add the repository here:
>
>        sudo zypper ar
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Unstable/openSUSE_11.2/lo-unstable
>
>        And then do the zypper si -d command (you could also install RC1
> pre-built to have a play).
>
> >                  So, as far as I can tell, the problem is with this
> >                 line of code:     PR_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(size_t) <=
> >                 4); in function
>
>         Nurgh; still. I suspect this is some dependency problem that we
> need to
> check more carefully in configure. Petr - have you seen this before ?
>
> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:29 -0500, Jerry Shi wrote:
> > So, just one more thing before I go do something else...is it fine if
> > I exclude modules?
>
>         In general, if you hack pieces out of the build blindly, you will
> eventually cause far more trouble than you solve :-) it is usually
> better to try to trouble-shoot why it is not working in the first
> instance, as every problem may have a root issue that causes many other
> problems in turn.
>
> >  I got around the nss thing by disabling it when I
> > was running ./autogen.sh.  Now, I have an error in graphite where "CPU
> > you selected does not support x86-64 instruction set"  I do have a 64
> > bit computer, as I neglected to mention.  Should I just disable these
> > modules so I can at least get a build, or should I try to get a
> > solution?
>
>         Wow :-) that's more fun indeed; again - Petr may be able to help,
> you
> really need all the dependencies installed right (hopefully the above
> helps).
>
>        All the best !
>
>                Michael.
>
> --
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