#37024: libreoffice not available on macport --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: mparchet@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: libreoffice Port: libreoffice | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): Replying to [ticket:37024 mparchet@…]:

I use libreoffice and I don't understand why it isn't available on macport

It doesn't exist because nobody has created a port for it. And the reason for that might be that libreoffice appears to be a very large software package, and they already provide pre-compiled Mac binaries. It might be a great deal of effort to reproduce that work in MacPorts, and I'm unclear what would be gained by doing so. The same might be said about OpenOffice.org. Why not just use the binaries they already provide? Replying to [comment:1 mparchet@…]:

I tried to compile libreoffice source code tract from the tar ball version but it compile only with mac os 10.4 not 10.8 Is it a ppc source code ?

The last line of your log shows it checking for the existence of the 10.4 SDK. The 10.4 SDK doesn't exist on recent versions of Xcode, so if they require the 10.4 SDK, that won't work on recent Xcode versions. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37024#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS

#37024: libreoffice not available on macport --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: mparchet@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: libreoffice | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by jssuzanne@…): Hi, I am a newbe on macport, I use it from september. Replying to [comment:2 ryandesign@…]:

Replying to [ticket:37024 mparchet@…]:

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I use libreoffice and I don't understand why it isn't available on macport I am an OpenERP developper and I need libreoffice on my macbook by port.

It doesn't exist because nobody has created a port for it. And the reason for that might be that libreoffice appears to be a very large software package, and they already provide pre-compiled Mac binaries. It might be a great deal of effort to reproduce that work in MacPorts, and I'm unclear what would be gained by doing so. The same might be said about OpenOffice.org. Why not just use the binaries they already provide? The opener module that I need (report_aeroo) use the package debian python-uno, the package need the compilation on the libre office package port. can you help me to make ports for setup libreoffice and python-uno

Replying to [comment:1 mparchet@…]:

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I tried to compile libreoffice source code tract from the tar ball version but it compile only with mac os 10.4 not 10.8 Is it a ppc source code ?

The last line of your log shows it checking for the existence of the 10.4 SDK. The 10.4 SDK doesn't exist on recent versions of Xcode, so if they require the 10.4 SDK, that won't work on recent Xcode versions.

-- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37024#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS