How to enable APPR with Apache OpenOffice 3.4 on Ubuntu 11.04

APPR is a performance toolset for OpenOffice. You will get a step-to-step guide on "How to enable APPR with Apache OpenOffice 3.4 on Ubuntu 11.04".

Step-1 Get AOO340 build ready with APPR patch

Step-1.1

Get the latest source code for Apache OpenOffice 3.4 from "https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/trunk". Please put it under "/opt/aoo340/build", mark it as AOO_HOME. Then you can locate to all the modules under "$AOO_HOME/main".

Step-1.2 Get the package for APPR. Please put it under "/opt/aoo340" and unzip it. You can get a dir "/opt/aoo340/APPR.for.AOO340.on.Ubuntu.11.04/APPR", mark it as APPR_HOME, then run commands below to apply APPR's patch into AOO's codebase.

 cd "$APPR_HOME/src/appr_hook/ooo_patch"
   chmod a+x apply.sh
   ./apply.sh "$AOO_HOME/main"
              

Step-1.3 Build AOO's source code with "export TIMELOG=TRUE"

 cd "$AOO_HOME/main"
   autoconf
   ./configure ...
   source LinuxX86.Env.sh
   export TIMELOG=TRUE
   cd instset_ooo
   build --all -P4
   

1.4 Get the installation package at "$AOO_HOME/main/instsetoo_native/unxlngi6.pro/OpenOffice/archive/install/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.0_Linux_x86_install-arc_en-US.tar.gz"