On 2/17/2020 6:14 PM, Carl Marcum wrote: > > > On 2/17/20 5:35 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> On 2/15/2020 9:14 AM, Carl Marcum wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Not sure if anyone has went down this road yet but I've installed CentOS >>> 8 with a Gnome desktop env, on a server of mine and would like to build >>> AOO 4.2 on it or even 4.1.x if needed. >>> My starting point was the Building Guide section for Centos 7 for AOO >>> 4.2. [1] >>> >>> I have the following repos enabled: >>> CentOS-8 - AppStream 9.1 kB/s | 4.3 kB >>> 00:00 >>> CentOS-8 - Base 8.0 kB/s | 3.8 kB >>> 00:00 >>> CentOS-8 - Extras 1.2 kB/s | 1.5 kB >>> 00:01 >>> CentOS-8 - PowerTools 8.5 kB/s | 4.3 kB >>> 00:00 >>> Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - 27 kB/s | 12 kB >>> 00:00 >>> Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 32 kB/s | 17 kB >>> 00:00 >>> >>> But I'm not finding a few of the listed dependencies: >>> >>> No match for argument: gnome-vfs2-devel >>> No match for argument: gstreamer-devel >>> No match for argument: gstreamer-plugins-base-devel >>> No match for argument: ORBit2-devel >>> Error: Unable to find a match: gnome-vfs2-devel gstreamer-devel >>> gstreamer-plugins-base-devel ORBit2-devel >>> >>> I found that gstreamer 0.1 is no longer maintained and they suggest 1.0 >>> series. [2] >>> Do we still need 0.1 for building. >>> >>> It looks like gnome-vfs2 is superseded by GVfs [3] . >>> I have a number of gvfs-* packages installed already so I added >>> gvfs-devel. >>> Would this work ? >>> >>> I see ORBit2 is used for CORBA. I'm coming up blank on any CentOS 8 >>> package. >>> >>> Also, what minimum or better yet latest Java could I build 4.2 with? >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> [1] >>> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step#CentOS_7_for_AOO_4.2.x_and_later >>> >>> >>> [2] >>> https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/frequently-asked-questions/getting.html?gi-language=c >>> >>> >>> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVfs >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Carl >> Carl; >> >> As I do not build I cannot help much with the problems you are >> encountering but what i can do is as you find solutions to the problems >> that are version 8 specific I can add a section to the guide for >> CentOS 8. >> >> Regards >> Keith >> > Hi Keith, > > Thank you. > > I'm trying to keep good notes to help update the guides. > In addition to the base server itself, I also setup 2 fresh VM's. One > with CentOS 8 with a basic Gnome Desktop and one with CentOS 7 the same > way so I can try to verify as many dependencies as I can instead of > starting with a system already setup for building software. > That way I can always roll them back and start again. > I could always add more types if it would be useful. > I used to have a MSDN subscription and could get Windows OS's for > development but not anymore so Windows is out for now. > > Best regards, > Carl
Carl that sounds great. I look forward to working with you to get those sections updated. Also I have started a thread on dev@ to discuss options for restructuring the Build Guides. Any thoughts you have would be more than welcome there. Regards Keith
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