fastest way to get libreoffice betas on archlinux?

Box0 · 2012-06-11 16:42:59

hi,

I noticed that the libreoffice 3.6 series will have a feature that would enormously simplify some work i have to do. So my question is, assuming that i don't want to compile the whole libreoffice, what's the fastest way to instal libreoffice 3.6 betas on archlinux?

Is there some unstable repository that i'm not aware of? Or a way to install deb or rpm packages? Or anything I completely ignore?

thanks

Terminator · 2012-06-11 17:12:42

There does not seem to be a libreoffice 3.6 yet. The pre-release on their website is LibreOffice 3.5.4 RC2 (2012-05-24).

fiddlinmacx · 2012-06-11 17:17:45

If you want a newer version you'll have to get it from the git repository although I don't see any 3.6 even there. Are you sure you weren't looking at a Roadmap of some sort. The feature you're looking at might be planned for the future.

progandy · 2012-06-11 17:18:17

Currently there are pre-release dev-builds for 3.6 here: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/

fiddlinmacx · 2012-06-11 17:21:35

BTW, if you're going to compile from git, there's already a libreoffice-git package in the AUR. Perhaps you can adopt it and bring it up to date.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository for more info.

AndyRTR · 2012-06-11 17:26:51

Use abs

In trunk there's already a PKGBUILD.36 you may want to try out.

Trilby · 2012-06-11 17:46:51

I may be missing something, but aren't a lot of these suggestions ignoring the OP's main question: is there somewhere to get it WITHOUT compiling from source. All these options would require compiling. That said, the OP probably should do his own search. Here are a couple of freebies:

You could check through the unofficial repos to see if any of them have it.

Otherwise it is possible to convert a deb and/or rpm. See here for an example.

Box0 · 2012-06-12 15:19:21

I was referring to the pre-releases already linked by progandy.

Anyway, it seems it's not possible to get the betas on arch without compiling stuff. I tried to convert the deb packages but in the end I installed a debian virtual machine and then used the deb packages there.

Not the best solution but it works and I don't have to wait until august to use the smart art and the damn contextual space

cheers

Pres · 2012-06-12 15:57:37

What problem do you have with compiling?

I'm sure if you start compiling now it will be done before August...

Box0 · 2012-06-12 17:56:52

you're right of course, i'm just lazy

edit: i have another newbie question. Assuming i compile the beta1 package in one of my machines, is there a way to move the compiled packages in another machine (running arch of course) and installing them directly?

Last edited by Box0 (2012-06-12 18:13:45)

Trilby · 2012-06-12 18:43:53

Box, short answer is "yes". Long answer is "yes, now go read the documentation yourself!"

As a pointer in the right direction, read up on makepkg (and check out the '-U' flag of pacman).

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