1. Get the code
$ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core |
Grab a cup of coffee!
Receiving objects: 100% (2851664/2851664), 917.96 MiB | 2.67 MiB/s, done. |
2. in order to speed up the building process we highly recommend to install ccache and create some links to point g++ and gcc compilers to the ccache binary:
sudo apt-get install ccache ln -s /usr/bin/ccache ~/bin/g++ ln -s /usr/bin/ccache ~/bin/gcc ccache --max-size 32G |
If you are using a laptop’s hard disk to build LibreOffice, then it would be a good idea to enable also ccache compression:
$ export CCACHE_COMPRESS=1 |
3. Download all the dependencies needed to build LO:
sudo apt-get build-dep libreoffice |
4. Check that dependencies are filled and that we have a well-equipped build environment
./autogen.sh |
5. Rock and Roll!
make dev-install |
Want to read more about the building process? Then, don’t miss this developer oriented webpage or this one.