HC> I downloaded the Openoffice 1.0.2 tarball over the weekend. The HC> configure step quickly comes to a screeching halt with the message HC> "GPC files not found." I did an "apt-cache search gpc" and gpc HC> has to mean either "Gnu Pascal compiler" or "general polygon HC> clipper." I installed all the packages, even the ones that were HC> *not* development packages. I still get the same error message.
JHP> apt-cache search gpc gives me: JHP> libgpcl-dev - A general polygon clipper library -- development JHP> package libgpcl0 - A general polygon clipper library JHP> JHP> But first, we are working for 1.0.2 as a debian-package, and JHP> second, look to www.linux-debian.de/openoffice and look for patch JHP> 020_remove_gpc.diff, which will remove the dependency. JHP> gpc is nonfree software, so we will not ship it with JHP> OpenOffice.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan-Hendrik Palic advised me off-list that the easiest way to resolve this problem is to install the Debian packages libgpcl-dev and libgpcl0, then copy the files "gpc.c" and "gcp.h" into /usr/src/oo_1.0.2_src/external/gpc. Unfortunately, the Debian packages include "gpc.h" but not "gpc.c". I found the gpc package maintainer's website at http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/aig/staff/alan/software//index.html and downloaded his package ( ftp://ftp.cs.man.ac.uk/pub/toby/gpc/gpc231.tar.Z ). It included both "gpc.c" and "gpc.h". Once the two files were copied into the proper directory, OOo-1.0.2 configured! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!
