Is it still possible to compile LibreOffice 24 for Linux 32-bit?

[Dan Horák]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 12:51:06 -0600
Escuelas Linux <escuelaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

>  The release notes for the latest version of LibreOffice (24.2) state that
> 
> 
> "The minimum requirements for building and running LibreOffice on Linux
> have been raised from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/CentOS 7 to Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 8/CentOS 8 (or equivalent)".
> 
> 
> Since Red Hat/CentOS 8 does not have a 32-bit edition, I wonder if my
> problems compiling for 32-bit are due to a possible lack of support.
> 
> I have been compiling LibreOffice for Linux 32-bit since the Foundation
> stopped releasing 32-bit binaries. I have been able to solve problems,
> sometimes on my own, sometimes with the generous help of people on this
> very mailing list.
> 
> But now I'm stuck.
> 
> I am using Debian 12 Bookworm 32-bit as my OS base. I downloaded all the
> dependencies asked for on the BuildingOnLinux Foundation wiki.
> 
> Since trying to compile 24.2 with a simple 'make' treats all warnings as
> errors, I tried using
> 
> 
> make CFLAGS="-Wno-error" CXXFLAGS="-Wno-error"
> 
> 
> But this approach only resulted in some non-compileable modules.
> 
> I was finally able to compile most of them using
> 
> 
> make -Wall -Wno-restrict
> 
> 
> But it stops at one of the last stages with this message:
> 
> 
> "/usr/bin/ld: Error: /tmp/ccDBatVc.ltrans0.ltrans.o(.data.rel.ro) is too
> big (0x3ef58 bytes)
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: Could not set dynamic section sizes: memory exhausted
> 
> collect2: Error: ld returned 1 exit state
> 
> make[1]: ***
> [/home/linux/Downloads/libreoffice-24.2.0.3/Library_merged.mk:11:
> /home/linux/Downloads/libreoffice-24.2.0.3/instdir/program/libmergedlo.so]
> Error"
> 
> 
> Since I have allocated 12 GB of RAM in the virtual machine, I don't know
> why the memory is exhausted.

because 32-bit system means max 4GB of address space for a process and
ld runs as a single process

you can try disabling or reducing the size of debuginfo to reduce the
size of the *.o files if it's used, you can disable LTO and there are
some options for ld to reduce its memory consumption a bit


		Dan