Sunday, July 27, 2008

Slamd64 OpenOffice Installation Fix

I've just migrated to Slamd64 12.1 and found out that the default OpenOffice 2.4.0 installation source from SUN cannot be installed correctly. I wander around and I found these clues:
So, the solution is to download the x86_64 version of OpenOffice 2.4.1 from:
ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.4.1/

Then prepare the required slackbuild scripts.

Nonetheless, there are still few things need to be fixed in the slackbuild package above. These are the steps that I did to make it work:
  • Place the openoffice 2.4.1 x86_64 file in the same directory as the unpacked slackbuild files.
  • Edit the openoffice.org.Slackbuild file in order to make it to point to the right "target" files. It looks like the following when you're done:

    #!/bin/bash

    # Slackware build script for OpenOffice.org (binary repackaging)

    # Copyright 2006-2008 Robby Workman, Northport, Alabama, ASA
    # All rights reserved.
    #
    # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
    # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    #
    # 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
    # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    #
    # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
    # WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    # MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
    # EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    # SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
    # OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
    # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
    # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

    # Thanks to Sandman1, Larhzu, and MacIver for early assistance.
    # Thanks to Fred Emmott (http://slamd64.com) for some better code in a few
    # places and ideas to include the Optimization Solver and disable javaldx.
    # Thanks to eroc for the idea to include support for other languages.
    #
    # Modified for SLAMD64 and 64 bit build kingbeowulf@gmail.com

    PRGNAM=openoffice.org
    VERSION=2.4.1
    ARCH=${ARCH:-x86_64} # The binaries are built for i586 - leave this alone for Slackware
    BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
    TAG=${TAG:-ewk}

    CWD=$(pwd)
    TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/ewk}
    PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
    OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}

    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
    TARGET=${TARGET:-X86-64}
    else
    TARGET=${TARGET:-Intel}
    fi

    # This should allow you to either pass a different value of OOLANG when you
    # run the script (OOLANG=pt-BR ./openoffice.org.SlackBuild for example) or
    # change it in this script. Note that you will need to have the correct
    # tarball in the build directory for this to work...
    # You can get localized tarballs from the following location:
    # ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.openoffice.org/localized/$OOLANG/$VERSION/
    # Thanks to Niki Kovacs for finding this :-)
    OOLANG=${OOLANG:-en-US}
    PKG_LANG=$(echo $OOLANG | sed s/-/_/) # Leave this alone

    # If you want to disable java support by removing executable permissions
    # form OOo's java loader (this will not affect other apps), set this
    # variable to "YES" Default is "NO"
    # According to Fred Emmott, this is *highly* desirable on 64 bit systems
    DISABLE_JAVA=${DISABLE_JAVA:-YES}

    # If you want to include the new experimental Optimization Solver,
    # download "scsolver.uno.zip" from the following location:
    # http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Optimization_Solver
    # and place it in the same directory as the SlackBuild script ($CWD)
    # Set the following variable to "YES" Default is "NO"
    ADD_SOLVER=${ADD_SOLVER:-NO}

    # Yes, I know there is a Slackware integration file in the desktop-integration
    # directory, but it's worthless to us. I mailed the maintainer of this
    # module with suggestions on how to make it more compliant with standard
    # Slackware packaging, but I received no response. Anyway, to sum up, we're
    # not using that file...

    set -e # Require the script to exit if any command fails

    rm -rf $PKG
    mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
    cd $TMP

    # Ignore this - it's just to get the toplevel directory name of the
    # extracted tarball archive
    # Top level DIR is RPMS in this particular x86_64 build so add another level...
    if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
    SOURCEDIR=${PRGNAM}
    rm -rf $SOURCEDIR
    mkdir $SOURCEDIR
    cd $SOURCEDIR
    tar xvzf $CWD/OOo_${VERSION}_Linux${TARGET}_install_${OOLANG}.tar.gz
    cd $TMP
    else
    SOURCEDIR=$(tar -tzf $CWD/OOo_${VERSION}_Linux${TARGET}_install_${OOLANG}.tar.gz | head -1 | tr -d \/)
    rm -rf $SOURCEDIR
    tar xvzf $CWD/OOo_${VERSION}_Linux${TARGET}_install_${OOLANG}.tar.gz
    fi

    cd $SOURCEDIR/RPMS/
    mv desktop-integration/openoffice.org-freedesktop-menus-*.noarch.rpm .
    for FILE in *.rpm ; do rpm2cpio < $FILE | cpio -imdv ; done
    rm -rf desktop-integration *.rpm
    mv opt usr $PKG
    cd $PKG

    # Create symlinks in /usr/bin to actual binaries and edit the
    # included wrapper scripts in /usr/bin to correct the paths
    ( cd $PKG/usr/bin
    for FILE in sbase scalc sdraw simpress smath soffice spadmin swriter unopkg ;
    do
    rm -f $FILE
    ln -sf ../../opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/$FILE . ;
    done

    for i in $(find . -type f) ; do sed -i 's/etc/opt/g' $i ; done
    )

    # Correct symlinks in /usr/share/applications
    ( cd $PKG/usr/share/applications
    for APP in base calc draw extension impress math printeradmin writer qstart ;
    do
    rm -f openoffice.org2.4-$APP.desktop
    ln -sf ../../../opt/openoffice.org2.4/share/xdg/$APP.desktop \
    openoffice.org2.4-$APP.desktop ; done
    )

    # Fix Exec commands in the desktop files
    # See http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2430
    # --not going to worry about this right now since using KDE and 2.4.1 (kingbeowulf)
    patch -p1 < $CWD/desktop-file-fix-2.4.1.diff

    # Move docs to their correct locations
    mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
    for i in README README.html LICENSE LICENSE.html THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.html ;
    do
    mv $PKG/opt/openoffice.org2.4/$i $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$i ;
    done
    cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild

    # Disable Java support if desired (see above)
    if [ "$DISABLE_JAVA" = "YES" ]; then
    chmod -x $PKG/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/javaldx
    fi

    # Add optimization solver if desired (see above)
    if [ "$ADD_SOLVER" = "YES" -a -f "$CWD/scsolver.uno.zip" ]; then
    ( cd $PKG/opt/openoffice.org2.4
    program/unopkg add --shared $CWD/scsolver.uno.zip
    )
    fi

    mkdir -p $PKG/install
    cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
    cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh

    # Fix ownership and permissions and make the package
    chown -R root:root .
    find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
    chmod -R u+rw,go+r-w,a-s .
    /sbin/makepkg -c n -l y $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-${VERSION}_${PKG_LANG}-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz


    Note that the original script in this post points to a different version of the desktop related file that need to be fixed in XFCE (I'm using XFCE as my window manager) and also it points to a different filename for the original openoffice installation source from the link above. Therefore, you have to rename the file from File: OOo_2.4.1_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_rpm.tar.gz to OOo_2.4.1_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US.tar.gz or edit the slackbuild script to refer to it correctly. I opted for the former.
  • Run the slackbuild script (openoffice.org.Slackbuild) to create an installable package. The result will be placed in /tmp. Its name will be "openoffice_something.tgz". Note that it's quite weird because I have to do this build process as root to complete it correctly.
  • As root, run installpkg to install the result from /tmp into the real installation directory
  • Now, you should have the correct link in your XFCE main menu (in the panel)


Anyway, after this I think I need to learn about the mechanics of the Slackbuild scripts.
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