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rcb1974
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 Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 7:21 pm Post subject: LibreOffice, Javascript, and Webkit-GTK on Raspberry Pi 2 |
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It has been 5 days and the Libreoffice build has not finished compiling. How much longer will it take? I am using -j4 in my make.conf, a USB hard disk as the PORTAGE_TMPDIR mounted at /tmp, and an 8GB flash for swap. Don't want to cross compile.
Has anyone else compiled LibreOffice on a raspberry pi 2?
Webkit-gtk was difficult to compile since in v2.6.5 and some later versions there is a missing semicolon after a "return" statement in the FEBlendNEON.h file which prevents it from building. I checked version 2.8.1 and it was fixed, but there is no ebuild in portage for that version yet. To get it to compile on my machine, I had to quickly edit FEBlendNEON.h after portage extracted it, but before it was used by the compiler.
| Code: | | nano /tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.6.6/work/webkitgtk-2.6.6/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/cpu/arm/filters/FEBlendNEON.h |
Also, has anyone gotten javascript to work in Midori or Etherium browsers? When I have scripting enabled in those browsers, they crash constantly.
What about hardware accelerated mp4 playback in xine or vlc?
My goal is to have the RPI2 replace the desktop that I use for light browsing and some video playback. Want to minimize my electric bill.
Thanks,
Richard |
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charles17
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 5:33 am Post subject: Re: LibreOffice, Javascript, and Webkit-GTK on Raspberry Pi |
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| rcb1974 wrote: | | Webkit-gtk was difficult to compile since in v2.6.5 and some later versions there is a missing semicolon after a "return" statement in the FEBlendNEON.h file which prevents it from building. I checked version 2.8.1 and it was fixed, but there is no ebuild in portage for that version yet. To get it to compile on my machine, I had to quickly edit FEBlendNEON.h after portage extracted it, but before it was used by the compiler. |
You could drop the diff as a user patch under /etc/portage/patches/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.6.6/ and use the /etc/portage/bashrc trick. |
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rcb1974
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 6:34 pm Post subject: It finished |
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It finished and works really well. It seems almost as fast as Libreoffice running on my desktop computer. I am surprised and impressed.
Now I have to figure out how to get Firefox and Thunderbird to compile... |
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rcb1974
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Thunderbird and KDE (kde-meta) both compiled and installed flawlessly on my Raspberry Pi 2. I am pleased with the performance of both. Konqueror can even play Youtube videos without much frame skipping. Very good.
Now I have to get Firefox to build. This is the last big software package I wanted to get running. |
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