Office suite for amd64

KrAmEt · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: Office suite for amd64

aparenty openoffice will not compile under 64bit systems (correct me if im wrong), what office suite do you 64bit users use :?:

Carlo · Developer Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 3356

Give KOffice a try. If you can live with using applications side by side (low integration level), Abiword, Gnumeric and Gimp may be for you. Then there's Softmaker, offering a commercial alternative.
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pacho2 · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

We can use also, abiword, gnumeric and openoffice-bin.

Also, seems that openoffice-2.0.4_rc1 is able to compile on amd64 arch, but it is hardmasked.

Q-collective · Advocate Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071

Another vote for KOffice, it's really nice and has a lot of apps and doesn't take as long as OpenOffice to compile.

playfool · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

OpenOffice does compile for x86_64 - I know because I have had it running on my Fedora box, so the gentoo build must be lacking required patches or be behind

However even given that I strongly prefer GNOME Office (basically all I use is Abiword and GNUmeric.. sometimes GNUcash).

runningwithscissors · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject:

The OpenOffice.org in portage does compile on x86_64.

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KrAmEt · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject:

when i go to #emerge openoffice it say that it is "masked" keyword: "amd64"

i read other place that they do not have a 64bit version, but it is under development.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

OpOf is not worth the time to compile IMO.
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davidgurvich · Veteran Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 1063

Openoffice is worth compiling if you need compatibility. Impress does very good job with Powerpoint files and Writer handles more file formats better than any single application. I don't know how well the other parts of OO compare, but would hope they have similar format capabilities.

Otherwise, I use vi or kate.

Speaking of OO for amd64 take a look at geki's overlay.

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onlinepancakes · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

Abiword FTW! Best writer app ever made. Fast, light, and does its job perfectly.
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KrAmEt · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:08 am Post subject:

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dkostic · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:54 am Post subject:

I have the openoffice binary on my AMD64 and it works fine.

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Archangel1 · Veteran Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 1212 Location: Work

I've got openoffice-bin and KOffice on here. I really like KOffice, it feels much slicker and generally nice whereas OOo is a crusty old heap with all sorts of weirdnesses. But KOffice doesn't interact with MS Office documents remotely as well, so it's not always an option.
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KrAmEt · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject:

i emerged openoffice-bin....works great, can someone explain the difference between openoffice and openoffice-bin to me? i am new to the linux world

KrAmEt · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject:

i emerged openoffice-bin and it work great!...didnt know there were 2...can someone explain to me the difference between the openoffice and openoffice-bin?

davidgurvich · Veteran Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 1063

Openoffice-bin may have been compiled with different USE flags and/or different versions of libraries than your system uses. Sometimes that causes the binary to crash. If that is not the case for you, just keep using the binary.

runningwithscissors · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: