Hi David, On Tuesday, 2011-08-30 21:46:53 +0100, David McKay wrote:
> If someone could create a working Dev environment in Linux in a > VirtualBox image (say) that would be a great and fast way to get > people started. The problem with a VB image is that it is quite large to download, gets quickly outdated and needs to be maintained. OOo tried that once, see http://ooo-wiki.apache.org/wiki/Prepared_Build_Images There wasn't much feedback, I think it simply wasn't used much. It's more fun to shrink a Windows partition and install a decent GNU/Linux distribution ;-) Then, depending on distro, one of apt-get build-dep openoffice.org apt-get build-dep libreoffice or what the distro offers as build dependencies with its package manager. Then clone the repo and follow http://ooo-wiki.apache.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Linux Eike -- PGP/OpenPGP/GnuPG encrypted mail preferred in all private communication. Key ID: 0x293C05FD - 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD
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