Linux Build Requirements

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Make sure that your system meets the following build requirements.

Hardware Requirements

  • 1 or more reasonable fast CPUs, x-way CPU's recommended.
  • 1 GB Ram ( 2 GB recommended )
  • 10 GB free disk space

Software Requirements

  • glibc: for OOo<=3.1: 2.2.x or higher , for OOo>3.1: 2.3.2 or higher
  • C/C++ Compiler: OpenOffice.org has been successfully build on Linux with gcc versions greater 3.3.x. Currently "officially used" GCC version is 4.2.3
  • The X11 development libraries and header files should be installed. Should be in place with most Linux distributions. Note the there are currently some issues with X version 4.3
  • PAM (should come with most Linux distributions). You must install the development package for your distribution.
  • Shell: either bash or csh are supported.


  • GTK - If you enable the crash reporter in configure then you need the gtk 2, jpeg and tiff development libraries.
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