Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 34. Individual Office Programs

Gnumeric-1.10.17

Introduction to Gnumeric

The Gnumeric package contains a spreadsheet program. This is useful for mathematical analysis.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Gnumeric Dependencies

Required

GOffice-0.8.17, libglade-2.6.4 and Rarian-0.8.1

Optional

GConf-2.28.1, (libgnomeui-2.24.3 with the libgsf-gnome-1 library from the libgsf-1.14.21 package, for a GNOME-2 desktop), dblatex (for PDF docs), Gnome Basic (this package is no longer under active development), libgnomedb* (requires libgda), pxlib, Psiconv and PyGTK-2.17.0

* The libgda/libgnomedb stack required for Gnumeric database access may conflict with the versions used by the AbiWord-2.8.6 database plugin. Though the libraries themselves pose no conflict, the executables and support files may overwrite one another. Note that the current (version 4.1.x) stack does not support AbiWord database access.

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Note

Though only a run-time dependency, if you don't install the Yelp-2.30.1 package, the built-in help functionality in Gnumeric will not be available.

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnumeric

Installation of Gnumeric

Install Gnumeric by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 && \
make

This package requires that it is installed before the test suite is run. The commands to run the tests are located a bit later in the instructions. If you run the tests now, two will fail with obscure messages about gconf (assuming that you installed that dependancy).

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-pdfdocs: Use this switch if you have installed dblatex and wish to create PDF docs.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2: This parameter causes the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.30.2 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Additionally (if applicable), the parameter ensures that the GConf-2 database is correctly updated.

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This parameter is used so that all ScrollKeeper files are installed in, and the ScrollKeeper database is properly updated in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of some files being installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

Testing gnumeric

If you wish to run the testuite, issue: 

make check

All 11 tests (if you have installed the recommended dependencies) should pass (many tests are skipped because the xls files do not exist).

Contents

Installed Programs: gnumeric, gnumeric-1.10.17, ssconvert, ssgrep, and ssindex
Installed Libraries: libspreadsheet and numerous filters, plugins and GNOME components
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libspreadsheet-1.10, /usr/lib/gnumeric, /usr/share/{,gnome/help/}gnumeric

Short Descriptions

gnumeric

is a symlink to gnumeric-1.10.17

gnumeric-1.10.17

is GNOME's spreadsheet application.

ssconvert

is a command line utility to convert spreadsheet files between various spreadsheet file formats.

ssgrep

is a command line utility to search spreadsheets for strings.

ssindex

is a command line utility to generate index data for spreadsheet files.

Last updated on 2012-01-04 17:36:19 +0000