Creating a localized build

l10n
#1

Hello,

I am trying to build LibreOffice in Bosnian (bs) using instructions
from the wiki

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/How_to_build
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/How_to_build/localized

but without success. What am I doing wrong? I followed these
instructions to the letter adding --with-lang="bs" to ./autogen.sh
step, I did it several times over the past week to eliminate transient
git problems, also I tried beta3 sources with the same results.

Specifically, make && make dev-install stages work ok, there is a
"build successful" message but the app is in English. The folder with
installed app is not like in the example on wiki:
~/git/loroot/rawbuild/install/LibreOffice/installed/install/en-US/program/soffice
it's more like this:
~/git/loroot/rawbuild/install/program/soffice
Notice the lack of locale in path. When I run this soffice binary
(after running ooenv) the interface is in English. Tried changing
language through Tools>Options>Language, Bosnian is offered but after
restart it's again in English. Searched for a bs folder anywhere in
this tree, none found. Also I have a folder named
~/git/loroot/rawbuild/instsetoo_native/util/LibreOffice/install/LibO_3.3.0beta3_Linux_x86_install_bs/
but it's empty.

Please instruct, where am I mistaking?

Regards,
Vedran Ljubović, bs team

#2

Hi Vedran,

I am trying to build LibreOffice in Bosnian (bs) using instructions
from the wiki

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/How_to_build
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/How_to_build/localized

but without success. What am I doing wrong? I followed these
instructions to the letter adding --with-lang="bs" to ./autogen.sh
step, I did it several times over the past week to eliminate transient
git problems, also I tried beta3 sources with the same results.

I tried and got build with option --with-lang=bs, but not in rawbuild,
rather on the top of loroot.

Specifically, make && make dev-install stages work ok, there is a
"build successful" message but the app is in English. The folder with
installed app is not like in the example on wiki:
~/git/loroot/rawbuild/install/LibreOffice/installed/install/en-US/program/soffice
it's more like this:
~/git/loroot/rawbuild/install/program/soffice

Besides 'rawbuild' method, there is another 'build-repo' one which
I have employed. See Nobert's excellent explanation for the comparison
between both methods:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2010-November/003643.html
(Note also that he introduces a new build structure coming soon.)

Notice the lack of locale in path. When I run this soffice binary
(after running ooenv) the interface is in English. Tried changing
language through Tools>Options>Language, Bosnian is offered but after
restart it's again in English. Searched for a bs folder anywhere in

In case of 'build-repo', the dev-install target path is
~/git/loroot/build/install/program/soffice,
and running it looks like:
http://fixedpoint.jp/20101130/libreoffice-bs-screenshot.png
without changing any language options.
HTH.

Cheers,
-- Takeshi Abe

#3

Hello Takeshi,

<snip>

Besides 'rawbuild' method, there is another 'build-repo' one which
I have employed. See Nobert's excellent explanation for the comparison
between both methods:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2010-November/003643.html
(Note also that he introduces a new build structure coming soon.)

Thanks a lot for this info, but I can't try it before tomorrow. So let
us conclude that the build system is being redisigned and that wikis
should probably be fixed too when it's done