[ooo-build] help with exercise

[Rene Engelhard]

On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 07:04:00PM -0700, Minkai Ong wrote:
>    I really need some help with the exercise for Google Summer of Code 2010.
>    I followed the wiki and downloaded the source code. (It is in
>    ooo-build\bonobo\src, right?) Then I followed the wiki of building it. I

No.

>    type this into git:

You surely didn't...

>  ./autogen.sh --with-distro=<distro name>
> 
>    But I get the error message: "./autogen.sh: line 29: aclocal: command not
>    found". What's going on?

What the error message says. You miss the command aclocal.

>    Also, despite the wiki's explanation I still don't understand what is a
>    distro and which one should I use. Well, I tried to use Debian and entered

distro means "Linux distribution" (or more broader: whatever is defined
as distro in ooo-build, like GoOOoWin32)

>    this to git:
> 
>  apt-get build-dep openoffice.org
>  But I get the error message: "sh.exe": apt-get: command not found".
                                 ^^^^^^
Cygwin? Of course "apt-get build-dep openoffice.org" only will work on Debian,
not on Windows.

>  At the end of all this, how am I going to find the shortcut's code? The website mention something about breakpoints. So do I put the code in an IDE like Microsoft Visual Studio, insert breakpoints and run it?

No.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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