If you have ever tried to build LibreOffice code, you know that it can take a lot of time. LibreOffice has ~6 million lines of C++ and some Java code (<280k). But, there are tools that can help you build LibreOffice from source code much faster, if you do it repeatedly! Here I discuss how to use one of these tools: “ccache”. Read the rest
Month: July 2023
Parallel build: tuning the performance
Do you want to build LibreOffice alongside other applications that are open on your computer like the IDEs, and you want to keep the programs responsive during the build? Then you need to know how to tune the parallel build. Here I discuss how. Read the rest