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".
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Get AOO3.4 build ready with APPR patch
Get the latest source code for Apache OpenOffice 3.4
You can get the source code 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 "$AOO_HOME/main".
Get the package for APPR
Here is the link. Please put it under "/opt/aoo340" and uncompress it. You can get a dir "/opt/aoo340/APPR.for.AOO340.on.Ubuntu.11.04/APPR", mark it as APPR_HOME, then run commands below to apply APPR's patch into AOO's codebase.
cd "$APPR_HOME/src/appr_hook/ooo_patch" chmod a+x apply.sh ./apply.sh "$AOO_HOME/main"
Make a full build for AOO3.4
Please build AOO's source code with "export TIMELOG=TRUE"
cd "$AOO_HOME/main" autoconf ./configure ... source LinuxX86.Env.sh export TIMELOG=TRUE cd instset_ooo build --all -P4
Get the installation package
You can get it at "$AOO_HOME/main/instsetoo_native/unxlngi6.pro/OpenOffice/archive/install/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.0_Linux_x86_install-arc_en-US.tar.gz". Please extract it, rename it to soffice and move it to "/opt/aoo340/". You can get a dir "/opt/aoo340/soffice", mark it as SOFFICE_HOME.
Install Macro library for APPR
You need to launch AOO3.4 by run command "$SOFFICE_HOME/openoffice.org3/program/soffice.bin" in ternimal. Then import the Macro library under "$APPR_HOME/starBASIC/script.xlb". Please refer to user guide under "$APPR_HOME/docs".