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[U. George]

It was written in mostly C++.
u should be able to build by running the setup script "./configure" . 
configure will test your system to see if its up to snuff, and then 
build makefiles appropriate to your machine, OS, and development 
packages installed.

On 10/28/2010 10:51 AM, Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
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> To the list:
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> I contacted the maintainer for the Alpha Port and got this back:
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> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 13:38 -0600, Jon Norstog wrote:
>> Dear Caolon:
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>> I looked for a source code download of the Alpha port.  Is there a
>> page I can go to?  What will I need for the build?
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> Source code is the normal OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice source. You'll need the
> same as you would need on any Linux platform, nothing extra or specific for Alpha.
>
> C.
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> I'm not sure what that means - sounds like the 64-bit X86 source code has been
> made Alpha compatible.  I did send an email requesting clarification of that
> point.
>
> jn
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Dialup Jon Norstog"<thursday at allidaho.com>
> To: Linux on Alpha processors<axp-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:04:51 -0700
> Subject: Re: Spreadsheet application for CentOS 4.3
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>> Well, shut my mouth.  The OO ports page lists the Alpha [port as
>> complete, with 2 new maintainers - including one Russian! Plus ports
>> in progress for Tru64 and VMS.
>>
>> I may get a few more years out of my Alpha box, after all.
>>
>> jn
>>
>> ---------- Original Message -----------
>> From: Michael Cree<mcree at orcon.net.nz>
>> To: axp-list at redhat.com
>> Sent: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:16:49 +1300
>> Subject: Re: Spreadsheet application for CentOS 4.3
>>
>>> On 25/10/10 15:57, Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
>>>> The
>>>> OpenOffice Alpha port has never really been finished and probably never will
>>>> be, unless the Russian guys decide to do it.
>>>
>>> Huh?  I am running OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 fine on my Alpha without a
>>> problem.  Gosh, it even says copyright Oracle!  That's unusually up
>>> to date for Debian!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Michael.
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