Install only part of openoffice.org suite

clkmsc · 2007-07-12 02:16:53

Quick question:

Is it possible to install only part of the openoffice.org suite, for instance just writer, from the repositories or do I have to compile it from source to do so?

mucknert · 2007-07-12 06:46:04

No can do, as far as I know. OpenOffice is monolithic and each part depends on the other.

clkmsc · 2007-07-15 21:15:51

Wierd - how does Debian have packages in its repositories for each part of openoffice then (ie. openoffice.org-writer)?

There must be some way.

mucknert · 2007-07-16 14:55:57

Oh. Good question. I ... don't know. Can anyone provide some insights?

Jack B · 2007-07-18 12:37:11

Openoffice is not a separate set of programs like MS Office, rather it is one big program with a set of different interfaces. Compiling writer alone would still be probably 3/4 the size of the whole suite, as most of the code is common to all of the suite. So it's generally considered not worthwhile compiling only one part of the suite.

Hope that makes sense.
Jack B

clkmsc · 2007-07-19 00:50:24

Okay, that helps. I just don't need all of the features of openoffice, but if it would hardly make a difference to remove them I guess I can live with it.

.:B:. · 2007-07-19 21:21:17

If it makes you feel better just remove the menu entries . Highly cosmetic but it can ease the mind .

Ramses de Norre · 2007-07-19 21:34:46

B wrote:

If it makes you feel better just remove the menu entries . Highly cosmetic but it can ease the mind .

I've got only one entry "openoffice" that runs soffice, from their you can open whatever openoffice thing you want.

tuxing · 2007-07-20 00:42:15

you nedd to install:

-- openoffice-base # nedded for any OOo component

-- openoffice-writer # the writer only

-- openoffice-de # your language package

-- openoffice-spell-de # your lang pack for spell checking

The fedora repos have OOo componet'ized', where on AL I only found the whole thing

PS: @ mucknert:
No! OOo is *not* a monolith (as would it be on M$) :-o

mucknert · 2007-07-20 05:13:07

@ tuxing: Well, Jack B says differently.

AndyRTR · 2007-07-20 06:49:34

as long as our pacman/makepkg doesn't support splitted packages i will not split OOo. and even when we will have it one day i doubt i'll do that. see also our not splitted kde packages. just KISS also for the maintainer

Cogar · 2007-07-22 19:02:23

mucknert wrote:

@ tuxing: Well, Jack B says differently.

FWIW, both are correct, although using different terminology. openoffice-base is needed for everything and if you only "install" OpenOffice Writer, you end up with a "single application" that is indeed about 3/4 the size of the whole suite.

I am new to using Arch, so I don't know if hard drive space is supposed to be a big deal (the users of many other distros don't seem to care), but IMO all the larger suite "uses" is some extra drive space--and if keeping it all together makes it easier for the maintainer, so much the better.

Arch Linux

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Install only part of openoffice.org suite

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