Intructions for building NeoOffice 2017

Important: NeoOffice 2017 will build on macOS 10.12 Sierra or macOS 10.14 Mojave only.

Getting NeoOffice 2017 sources

Download and extract the NeoOffice-2017_22.tar.gz file from https://github.com/neooffice/NeoOffice/releases/download/NeoOffice-2017_22/NeoOffice-2017_22.tar.gz.

Install build dependencies

1. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the following dependencies from http://developer.apple.com/ website:

   • macOS 10.12 Sierra:
     • Xcode v8.3.3
     • Command Line Tools for Xcode v8.3.2
   • macOS 10.14 Mojave:
     • Xcode v10.3
     • Command Line Tools for Xcode v10.3

2. Download and install Oracle's Java 1.8 Development Kit (JDK) from the following URL:

   http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/javadownload.php

   Important: the build will fail if Oracle's Java 9 or 10 are installed so be sure to delete such versions from the /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines folder before starting the build.

3. Install the following Mac Ports packages by downloading, compiling, and installing the following packages from the http://www.macports.org/ website. Note that you will need download and install the latest MacPorts package to install the MacPorts "port" command. The "port" command is then used to do the downloading, compiling, and installation of the following packages:

   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install autoconf -x11
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install automake -x11
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install cvs -x11
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install gnutar -x11
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install xz -x11

After running the above command, add "/opt/local/bin" to the end of your shell's PATH environment variable so that the build can find the "autoconf" and other commands.

After running the above command, add "/opt/local/bin" to the end of your shell's PATH environment variable so that the build can all of the commands installed by /opt/local/bin/port command in the previous step.

4. Installed the Perl Archive::Zip module using the following command. You may need to run this command more than once as the unit tests may fail the first time that you run it:

   sudo cpan -i Archive::Zip

5. Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP). SIP must be disabled as it causes exporting DYLD_* environment variables in makefiles to fail which will break the build. To disable SIP, reboot into Recovery mode, run the following command in the Terminal, and then reboot normally:

   csrutil disable

Build NeoOffice 2017

Build NeoOffice 2017 by invoking the following commands:

   cd /absolute/path/of/extracted/source
   make

Important note: if the build fails in the build.neo_tests make target, uncheck iCloud Drive in the System Preferences iCloud panel and reinvoke the above commands to continue the build.

If the build was successful, you should find the following files:

   /absolute/path/of/extracted/source/install*/*.dmg 

Intructions for building NeoOffice 2015

Important: NeoOffice 2015 will build on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion only.

Getting NeoOffice 2015 sources

Download and extract the NeoOffice-2015_12.tar.gz file from https://github.com/neooffice/NeoOffice/releases/download/NeoOffice-2015_12/NeoOffice-2015_12.tar.gz.

Install build dependencies

1. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the following dependencies from http://developer.apple.com/ website:

   Xcode Tools v4.6.3

   After installing Xcode, install the XCode Command Line Tools by launching XCode and selecting the Xcode :: Preferences menu. In the dialog that appears, click on the Downloads tab and press the "Install" button for the "Command Line Tools" option.

   Warning: do not install Xcode 5 or a separately downloaded command line tools package as it will cause the "gcc" and "g++" to really use the clang compiler instead of the gcc compiler.

2. Download and install the Apple's Java 1.6 Development Kit (JDK) from the following URL. Note: the build will ignore Oracle's JDKs:

   http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572

3. Make sure that you have installed the "gcp" and "pkg-config" commands. You can download, compile, and install these commands by downloading, compiling, and installing the following packages from the http://www.macports.org/ website. Note that you will need download and install the latest MacPorts Mountain Lion package to install MacPorts "port" command. The "port" command is then used to do the downloading, compiling, and installation of the following packages:

   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install coreutils
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install pkgconfig
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install libIDL
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install gperf
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install flex
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install wget
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install gnutar

After running the above command, add "/opt/local/bin" to the end of your shell's PATH environment variable so that the build can find the "autoconf" and other commands.

4. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the following Perl module from the http://www.cpan.org/modules/index.html website. Note that you will need to follow the instructions on the website to download and install the Archive::Zip module:

   Archive::Zip

5. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the Subversion client and have the "svn" command in your PATH. Subversion binaries can be downloaded from here:

   http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html

Build NeoOffice 2015

Build NeoOffice 2015 by invoking the following commands:

   cd /absolute/path/of/extracted/source
   make GNUCP=/absolute/path/of/your/gcp/command LIBIDL_CONFIG=/absolute/path/of/your/libIDL-config-2/command PKG_CONFIG=/absolute/path/of/your/pkg-config/command

If the build was successful, you should find the following files:

   /absolute/path/of/extracted/source/install*/*.dmg 

Intructions for building NeoOffice 3.4.1

Important: NeoOffice 3.4.1 will build on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for Intel only.

Getting NeoOffice 3.4.1 sources

Download and extract the NeoOffice-3_4_1-28.tar.gz file from https://github.com/neooffice/NeoOffice/releases/download/NeoOffice-3_4_1-28/NeoOffice-3_4_1-28.tar.gz.

Install build dependencies

1. Make sure that you have booted Mac OS X 10.6 into 32 bit mode by executing the following command and rebooting:

   sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386

2. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the following dependencies from http://developer.apple.com/ website. Note: NeoOffice 3.4.1 will not build if Xcode 4.x is installed:

   Xcode Tools v3.2.6

3. Make sure that you have installed the "gcp" and "pkg-config" commands. You can download, compile, and install these commands by downloading, compiling, and installing the following packages from the http://www.macports.org/ website. Note that you will need download and install the latest MacPorts Snow Leopard package to install MacPorts "port" command. The "port" command is then used to do the downloading, compiling, and installation of the following packages:

   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install coreutils
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install pkgconfig
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install libIDL
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install gperf
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install flex
   sudo /opt/local/bin/port install wget

After running the above commands, execute the following command to ensure that 32 bit versions of the packages are available otherwise the build will fail:

   sudo /opt/local/bin/port upgrade --enforce-variants active +universal 

4. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the following Perl module from the http://www.cpan.org/modules/index.html website. Note that you will need to follow the instructions on the website to download and install the Archive::Zip module:

   Archive::Zip

5. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the Subversion client and have the "svn" command in your PATH. Subversion binaries can be downloaded from here:

   http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html

Build NeoOffice 3.4.1

Build NeoOffice 3.4.1 by invoking the following commands:

   cd /absolute/path/of/extracted/source
   make GNUCP=/absolute/path/of/your/gcp/command LIBIDL_CONFIG=/absolute/path/of/your/libIDL-config-2/command PKG_CONFIG=/absolute/path/of/your/pkg-config/command

If the build was successful, you should find the following files:

   /absolute/path/of/extracted/source/install*/*.dmg