Building from source...

[Joe Altman]

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I want to take a look at Open Office, and want to build from source. I
believe I understand that this is a rather adventurous undertaking;
requiring Gigabytes of space and copious amounts of time.

I also note that there are download and license issues with one of the
java-related bits....something about a manual fetch of the development
kit, from what little I have read? 

My other question has to do with gotchas, or tips; are there any
common things a first-time builder might want to know? Or does the
build from source just work?

I have nearly 5 Gig in /var/ and ~26-27 Gig in /usr, with 1 Gig of RAM
and plenty of time; I don't think the build will encounter issues
there.

Thank you, and best regards,

Joe Altman

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