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Hallo all.This is my first post to the list.
I have successfully build libreoffice-3.3.3.1 form source.However, I need office only to open and edit word documents and nothing else. So I want only to build the writer part and not the whole office.I have googled but have not found anything to this effect.The documentation covers only building from git and not the individual parts. So is it possible only to build a part of libreoffice instead of whole suite ?
There are not parts of LO, each of which performs one of these functions. What appear to be separate programs bundled together are simply aspects of a single application. So no, one can't have Writer alone
Hi 
There is a way to open Writer by default rather than the general screen that
shows the different apps. It will be slightly different between different
platforms but at a guess you are using a *nix such as Gnu&Linux or Bsd?
Basically you need to have a soft-link/short-cut or something to
swriter
but i am not sure about the pathname. The S is leftover from when LibreOffice
was called StarOffice which was about a decade ago.
Regards from
Tom
Am 10.08.2011 14:37, Partha Chowdhury wrote:
Hallo all.This is my first post to the list.
I have successfully build libreoffice-3.3.3.1 form source.However, I
need office only to open and edit word documents and nothing else. So I
want only to build the writer part and not the whole office.I have
googled but have not found anything to this effect.The documentation
covers only building from git and not the individual parts. So is it
possible only to build a part of libreoffice instead of whole suite ?
http://abiword.org/
18 MB download, excellent .doc filters.
Hi
On Ubuntu and just using the package manager i see a separate package called
libreoffice-writer
but i assume their are a LOT of dependencies that would get pulled in,
presumably including Calc, Draw, Math but possibly not Base as that one seems to
be handled differently and needs to be installed separately.
Is ti possible to try an entry-level Gnu&Linux distro in a VM to see what
dependencies do get pulled in from the PPA or whatever? Hmm, it might be tricky
to find one that doesn't include LibreOffice as the default office suite now.
Regards from
Tom
Lol!
Very funny ... And very adequate. Why would anybody want to compile just the writer component? As in ... COMPILE? If you are using Linux just install writer
Yum install libreoffice-writer
Hi
It might be Bsd rather than Gnu&Linux or it might be one of the more purist
distros such as a lovingly tended Slackware or Arch that is kept as minimalist
as possible. Remember true hi-fi connoisseurs would often prefer an amp that
had only 1 dial rather than all the extra levels and indicators. Gnu&Linux is
about choosing your own way of doing things.
Regards from
Tom
Am 10.08.2011 17:43, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
Lol!
Very funny ... And very adequate. Why would anybody want to compile just the writer component? As in ... COMPILE? If you are using Linux just install writer
Yum install libreoffice-writer
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from twohot@device.mobile
And what do you get when you install Writer only? May be 320 instead of 350 Megabyte?
I need office only to open and edit word documents and nothing else.
In this case you should install Writer and Abiword. No software can interprete word documents perfectly, not even WinWord. Sometimes Abiword makes a better guess than LibreOffice.
Refer to http://zamzar.com/ which converts almost any trash into something usable.
Hi
Yes, i liked the suggestion for just installing AbiWord.
Gnome Office only has a few components but they are good and the AbiWord
component seems to be exactly what Partha Chowdhury (= the OP) needs. I think
it's good when communities work together like this. I'm not sure that AbiWord
allows you to easily set the default formats to MS Office ones (ie .doc or
.docX) which is one reason i prefer Writer but the native OpenDocument Formats
are more secure and are the same for Gnome Office, LibreOffice/OpenOffice,
Google-docs and many more too
Regards from
Tom
Am 10.08.2011 18:24, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi
Yes, i liked the suggestion for just installing AbiWord.Gnome Office only has a few components but they are good and the AbiWord
component seems to be exactly what Partha Chowdhury (= the OP) needs. I think
it's good when communities work together like this. I'm not sure that AbiWord
allows you to easily set the default formats to MS Office ones (ie .doc or
.docX) which is one reason i prefer Writer but the native OpenDocument Formats
are more secure and are the same for Gnome Office, LibreOffice/OpenOffice,
Google-docs and many more too
Regards from
Tom
Hi,
I never work in any file format other than the respective application's native file format.
While working with *.doc subtile formatting errors may increase with every save.
When I receive *.doc per mail, I use to open the attachment, save a local copy as odt, edit and save that one, and finally I send back my version using File>Send>Email as doc or File>Send>Email as PDF (final version).
I have tried abiword, but when I try to open a doc document in abiword which was created by microsoft office 2003, the file looks gibberish.In addition , all indentation, margins,tables,frames etc look out-of-place.It cannot render the file properly.Atleast openoffice or Libreoffice renders it properly.And abiword being a lightweight lacks many features than LO-writer.
I am using Linux from Scratch, http://www.linuxfromscratch.org, which teaches you to build a minimalist bootable GNU/Linux system entirely from source code.from there, One can easily install any software of his choice or need and have a minimal yet very fast,efficient and functional system.
Hi
Yes, i have heard that of AbiWord before. Writer does have a lot more
features.
With LinuxFromScratch you might find Slackware forums helpful as i think they
are the most similar to what you are doing. There will be slight differences of
course but they are probably very used to the approach and the ideal of keeping
the system streamlined. Othe distros forums might have soem tips but take care
as they probably don't worry about adding 'bloat'. Also the forum
http://www.linuxquestions.org
is good for every distro but again take care as people might not worry about
adding bloat which you may not want. Good to get ideas from tho!
I have 1 machine that has Ubuntu and doesn't yet have LibreOffice installed but
it's difficult for me to get to. If i do manage it i will try to remember to
get a list of dependencies for Writer alone. I have a feeling that it is going
to be the entirety of LibreOffice excluding only Base and possibly Java.
Regards from
Tom
Partha,
Hallo all.This is my first post to the list.
I have successfully build libreoffice-3.3.3.1 form source.However, I
need office only to open and edit word documents and nothing else. So I
want only to build the writer part and not the whole office.I have
googled but have not found anything to this effect.The documentation
covers only building from git and not the individual parts. So is it
possible only to build a part of libreoffice instead of whole suite ?
I might check out the source code,
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffices. I am not sure what you need
from the list.
The OP asked the list if anyone knows if it is possible to compile just
a single component, instead of the entire suite.
As so far it seems noone knows here, I'd suggest the OP to post his
question to the developers list, at least there I guess more people are
used to play with the build system.
The devs list mailman page:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
There's also #libreoffice-dev at freenode (IRC).
Hi
+1
It's outside the scope of the users list although there is always a hope that
Cor or Nuno or someone knows the answer to something like this. A devs list is
a much better place to get answers
Regards from
Tom