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6.1 KiB
188 lines
6.1 KiB
Packaging Information for KOffice.
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We recommend building several binary packages from the KOffice source.
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Splitting KOffice into packages:
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* gives users a better choice of which components they have
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installed;
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* allows users to install just the applications without unnecessary
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dependencies;
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* helps to reduce packaging conflicts for users with non-standard
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package selections.
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Table Of Contents
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1. Database drivers (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
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2. Development files
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2.1. KexiDB development files
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2.2. Chalk development files
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3. Scripting support
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4. Microsoft Access Import (optional, recommended)
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5. Quick command-line tests of Kexi installation
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1. Database drivers
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Kexi provides database drivers for MySQL and PostgreSQL. We suggest
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putting each driver in a separate package, and that installation of
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these packages be optional. Each driver package may then depend on
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the corresponding 'native' libraries: libmysqlclient for MySQL; and
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and libpqxx for PostgreSQL (libpqxx in turn depends on libpq).
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Thus, the MySQL driver package could contain:
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lib/kde3/kexidb_mysqldriver.so
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lib/kde3/kexidb_mysqldriver.la
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lib/kde3/keximigrate_mysql.so
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lib/kde3/keximigrate_mysql.la
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share/services/kexidb_mysqldriver.desktop
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share/services/keximigrate_mysql.desktop
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The PostgreSQL driver package consists of the following files:
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lib/kde3/kexidb_pqxxsqldriver.so
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lib/kde3/kexidb_pqxxsqldriver.la
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lib/kde3/keximigrate_pqxx.so
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lib/kde3/keximigrate_pqxx.la
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share/services/kexidb_pqxxsqldriver.desktop
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share/services/keximigrate_pqxx.desktop
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Note that you SHOULD NOT care about SQLite database driver or adding
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dependencies for SQLite, because SQLite support is built into Kexi
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using a fork of SQLite source code.
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2. Development files
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2.1. KexiDB development files
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Location: koffice/kexi/kexiutils, koffice/kexi/kexidb, koffice/kexi/migration
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KexiDB, the database abstraction library used in Kexi, installs some
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development files which are required for building external plugins,
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such as the MS Access import plugin described below.
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We recommend providing KexiDB development files in a separate package.
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The files are:
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include/kexidb/*.h
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include/kexiutils/*.h
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lib/libkexidb.la
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lib/libkexidb.so
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lib/libkexidbparser.so
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lib/libkexidbparser.la
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The installation can be tested by building the MS Access import plugin
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as described in the Microsoft Access import plugin section below.
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2.2. Chalk development files
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Location: koffice/chalk/core, koffice/chalk/sdk,
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koffice/chalk/chalkcolor, koffice/chalk/ui
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These directories contain header files that are installed and can be
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used by plugin developers to extend Chalk with new tools, colorspaces,
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paint-ops and more. If your distribution packages development files
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separately, it may be a good idea to make a package with these headers.
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3. Scripting support
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Preliminary support for Ruby and Python scripting is available for
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Chalk and Kexi.
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It can be disabled by passing the '--disable-scripting' option to
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'configure'.
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The 'Kross' scripting library (koffice/lib/kross) provides access to
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the Python and Ruby scripting languages by the dynamically loaded
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plugins.
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Build time dependencies:
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Python and Ruby development packages need to be installed in order
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to build KOffice with full scripting support. In addition, the Ruby
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interpreter is also required at build time.
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Run time dependencies:
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Kross detects which of these libraries is installed dynamically, at
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run-time. Therefore, KOffice packages need not have any run-time
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dependencies on any scripting interpreter.
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The scripting language plugins can be found in:
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koffice/lib/kross/python; and
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koffice/lib/kross/ruby.
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They install as:
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lib/kde3/krosspython.{la,so}; and
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lib/kde3/krossruby.{la,so}
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It is recommended to put each interpreter plugin into a separate
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package, and the user decide if they would like support for each
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language individually.
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For example, the Python scripting package may contain:
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lib/kde3/krosspython.so
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lib/kde3/krosspython.la
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/exportxhtml/ExportXHTML.py
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/exportxhtml/ExportXHTML.rc
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/importxhtml/ImportXHTML.py
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/importxhtml/ImportXHTML.rc
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/projectdocumentor/ProjectDocumentor.py
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share/apps/kexi/scripts/projectdocumentor/ProjectDocumentor.rc
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share/apps/chalk/scripts/invert.py
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share/apps/chalk/scripts/reshapehisto.py
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and the Ruby scripting package may contain:
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lib/kde3/krossruby.so
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lib/kde3/krossruby.la
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share/apps/chalk/scripts/ruby/invert.rb
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share/apps/chalk/scripts/ruby/changecs.rb
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share/apps/chalk/scripts/ruby/randompaint.rb
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4. Microsoft Access Import (optional, recommended)
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A plugin to allow the import of MS Access (.mdb) files is available
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for packaging separately. It is called KexiMDB.
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This package is based on a stripped-down and modified version of
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mdbtools: http://mdbtools.sf.net/
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The package should be built after KOffice. It requires GLib, and the
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Kexi development files as described above.
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The version of the plugin for use with KOffice 1.5 should be available
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from:
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ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/database/keximdb-1.0.tar.gz
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Alternatively, it can be found in the KDE Subversion repository. It
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can be built as follows:
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svn export svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/work/keximdb/koffice-1.5 keximdb-1.0
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cd keximdb-1.0
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make -f Makefile.cvs
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./configure --enable-debug=full
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make
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make install
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Configure may need to be informed of the location of the KexiDB
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headers using the --with-kexidb-includes=... and the
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--with-kexidb-libraries=... options.
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5. Quick command-line tests of Kexi installation
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------------------------------------------------
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If you don't want to click through Kexi interface but still want
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to make (almost) sure the application is properly packaged, please
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install it and type the following from the command line:
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kexi --create-opendb --drv sqlite3 --new form testdb
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(ignore possible warning message)
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This will:
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- create a new empty database file "testdb",
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- open it,
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- create a new empty form
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