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max4ever
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 Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject: [HOWTO] Install OpenOffice Localized |
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HOWTO: Install OpenOffice Localized
So you want to install openoffice(or maybe openoffice-ximian, this howto should work for both, just change the name where necessary)
so open konsole/xterm/whatever... then "su" to root and type
if it works, you're done reading, if not you would get an ugly code saying | Code: | * ****************************************************************
* It is important to note that OpenOffice.org is a very fragile
* build when it comes to CFLAGS. A number of flags have already
* been filtered out. If you experience difficulty merging this
* package and use agressive CFLAGS, lower the CFLAGS and try to
* merge again.
* ****************************************************************
* Unknown LANGUAGE setting!
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* Known LANGUAGE settings are:
* ENUS | PORT | RUSS | GREEK | DTCH | FREN | SPAN | FINN | CAT | ITAL |
* CZECH | SLOVAK | DAN | SWED | POL | GER | PORTBR | THAI | ESTONIAN |
* JAPN | KOREAN | CHINSIM | CHINTRAD | TURK | HINDI | ARAB | HEBREW
!!! ERROR: app-office/openoffice-XXX failed.
!!! Function set_languages, Line 194, Exitcode 0
!!! (no error message) |
suppose we want to install openoffice in italian(borchi suggested that "more languages are supported but those listed in ebuild" so if you want to experiment theoretically you should manually hack the ebuild...)
we would do an | Code: | | LANGUAGE=ITAL emerge openoffice |
if it didn't work keep on reading
ok so let's take a look at what is actually $LANGUAGE set to
then | Code: | | export LANGUAGE="ITAL" |
(notice there is no $ in front of language)
and one more time let's look at our variable
it said ITAL? ok let's try to
and it still gives us the same error, you would say WHY? everyone just says to set the language variable...
well don't worry i found a fix  we just type this
now just run and wait until it compiles 
that's it , if it doesn't work, then i guess your only way to install it would be to hack the .ebuild  which is in /usr/portage/app-office/openoffice/name_of_ebuild.ebuild
------------------------------------[NOTES]------------------------------------
you need A LOT of free space, at least more than 1 GB... i don't know how much exactly...
I've been having some font problems in OpenOffice so i read
http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html, THE thing that solved the problems was that i checked(as in clicked/set to on) the "do NOT use anti-alias" for fonts smaller than 8 pixels(don't know how the option is called exactly in english...)
P.S. you might want to check the bug report for this ebuild if you are having problems, though i know you're too lazy to do that :p
Enjoy 
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jaxgough
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: HOWTO: Install OpenOffice Localized |
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I always use the -k switch when emerging to do it local (i.e. from the packages CD)
I used USE="bindist" aswell but it does not seem to matter. The -k works fine.
Jax |
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Genkaku
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:08 am Post subject: |
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My system:
Athlon XP 2600+@2800+ Barton
256MB RAM
Compile time of OpenOffice-Ximian-1.3.2:
405 minutes.
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borchi
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:35 am Post subject: |
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i believe more languages are supported but those listed in ebuild.
for example i must manually edit the openoffice ebuild to build it with SLOVENIAN localization. i also heard the same for HUNGARIAN localization so there are possibly more languages that need to be added to the ebuild.
who decides what localizations are supported in gentoo for openoffice?
btw, i only tried slovenian localization with openoffice-ximian (but probably should work with "vanilla" openoffice, too). |
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bludger
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Didn't work!
I tried the following:
export LANGUAGE=ENUS
env-update
emerge openoffice
I still get the set-language error. I guess I will have to hack the ebuild again. Rather annoying! |
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Xk2c
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| bludger wrote: | Didn't work!
I tried the following:
export LANGUAGE=ENUS
env-update
emerge openoffice
I still get the set-language error. I guess I will have to hack the ebuild again. Rather annoying! |
alternatively you could also put :
in /etc/make.conf. This worked for me.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject: What about multiple languages? |
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Hi
Thanks for your howto, but I'd like to know if there's a way to install OOo in multiple languages. For example, does
| Code: | | LANGUAGE="ENUS FREN" emerge openoffice |
work? If not is there some other way to do this? (And I don't want to try it out, since compiling OOo takes a day on my PC...)
Thanks again. |
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ares
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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LANGUAGE=FREN emerge openoffice
ENUS is set default
It's possible select number of location, example
LANGUAGE=39 emerge openoffice
39=ITAL
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| My question was not about installing in one language different from ENUS but simultaneously in multiple languages, so that different users can use it in different languages (just like kde). Thanks anyway for replying. |
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ares
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am Post subject: |
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yes
LANGUAGE=ITAL,FREN emerge openoffice
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:37 am Post subject: Thanks |
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| Thanks, I'll try that when I'm back at home. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ares wrote: | yes
LANGUAGE=ITAL,FREN emerge openoffice |
I tried that with the openoffice-bin package and I didn't get any error message (I thought this was maybe only possible with the source package, and the binary would give me an error message). Now I wonder if this is really possible with openoffice-bin or not. At least I don't find any menu in the options where I could specify which of the languages I chose during installation should be used  |
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ares
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| SPW wrote: | | ares wrote: | yes
LANGUAGE=ITAL,FREN emerge openoffice |
I tried that with the openoffice-bin package and I didn't get any error message (I thought this was maybe only possible with the source package, and the binary would give me an error message). Now I wonder if this is really possible with openoffice-bin or not. At least I don't find any menu in the options where I could specify which of the languages I chose during installation should be used |
openoffice-bin is default language en_US, not possible emerge with LANGUAGE=
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| ares wrote: | | openoffice-bin is default language en_US, not possible emerge with LANGUAGE= |
That's what I expected, but I was induced into error because "LANGUAGE=SPAN,FREN,ENUS,GER emerge openoffice-bin" didn't bring up any error or warning that multi-language support is impossible with the binaries.
But I was also wondering HOW one can change the language of OOo once it is installed in multiple languages (compiled from sources). I can't imagine WHERE I would change the language of the program.
In KDE it is quite easy to change these settings (using Control Centre). Does OOo look at the language defined in the locale or is there some other possibility to change it? |
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ares
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Launch ooffice
Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Language
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| ares wrote: | Launch ooffice
Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Language |
how could I overlook this? 
thanks |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| ares wrote: | yes
LANGUAGE=ITAL,FREN emerge openoffice |
Well it doesn't work for me. It fails like this when I call "LANGUAGE="ENUS,FREN,GER" emerge openoffice"
| Code: | * Unknown LANGUAGE setting!
*
* Known LANGUAGE settings are:
* ENUS | PORT | RUSS | GREEK | DTCH | FREN | SPAN | FINN | CAT | ITAL |
* CZECH | SLOVAK | DAN | SWED | POL | GER | PORTBR | THAI | ESTONIAN |
* JAPN | KOREAN | CHINSIM | CHINTRAD | TURK | HINDI | ARAB | HEBREW
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Unfortunately this is quite normal considering the code in the ebuild:
| Code: |
set_languages () {
if [ -z "$LANGUAGE" ]; then
LANGUAGE=01
fi
case "$LANGUAGE" in
01 | ENUS ) LANGNO=01; LANGNAME=ENUS; LFULLNAME="US English (default)"
;;
03 | PORT ) LANGNO=03; LANGNAME=PORT; LFULLNAME=Portuguese
;;
07 | RUSS ) LANGNO=07; LANGNAME=RUSS; LFULLNAME=Russian
;;
30 | GREEK ) LANGNO=30; LANGNAME=GREEK; LFULLNAME=Greek
;;
31 | DTCH ) LANGNO=31; LANGNAME=DTCH; LFULLNAME=Dutch
;;
33 | FREN ) LANGNO=33; LANGNAME=FREN; LFULLNAME=French
;;
# [...]
* )
eerror "Unknown LANGUAGE setting!"
eerror
eerror "Known LANGUAGE settings are:"
eerror " ENUS | PORT | RUSS | GREEK | DTCH | FREN | SPAN | FINN | CAT | ITAL |"
eerror " CZECH | SLOVAK | DAN | SWED | POL | GER | PORTBR | THAI | ESTONIAN |"
eerror " JAPN | KOREAN | CHINSIM | CHINTRAD | TURK | HINDI | ARAB | HEBREW"
die
;;
esac
}
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Clearly the ebuild doesn't support multiple languages, which is a pity 
I suppose this explains why the variable is called LANGUAGE and not LANGUAGES... |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Hi guys.
To enable the localization of the binary just put
in your
And then you have the localized binary.
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vega
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| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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In fact, LANGUAGE is not supported anymore.
From the portage log:
| Code: | * Please note that this package now uses the LINGUAS environment
* variable to provide localization. The old LANGUAGE=ENUS|PORT...
* system does NOT work anymore. |
So, use your LINGUAS setting in your /etc/make.conf to setup localization in ooffice.
But one thing is really disturbing me. I have | Code: | | LINGUAS="en_US pt_BR" |
in my /etc/make.conf but the log file show me this: | Code: | * Sorry, but openoffice does not support the en_US LINGUA
* Installing OpenOffice.org for Portuguese brazilian environment. |
Really strange, uh?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: available LINGUAS parameters |
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