Thanks Rob. . Have you tried searching for a directory named LINUXexample.out?
Yes I did!. It exists in the sdk folder. And contains several other folders like bin,misc,inc,obj.... .o files get generated in the LINUXexample.out/obj directory but no executable is generated in the corresponding ../bin directory. The ./ assumption is definitely worth reporting as a bug. The rest of the
issues could be something you've missed, whether because you didn't see some file with instructions or because they weren't included in the packages you installed.
Well, i followed the compilation procedures. I just didnt follow the installation ones because apt-get and even PackageManger GUI couldn't find the sdk packages. So i directly downloaded the .deb files from OpenOffice site and used dpkg from command line. There were no instructions for using dpkg though... . I will try and install everything fresh OR will use LibreOffice sdk instead (apt-get is able to find that) because both sdk are similar (or so i have heard)... This time i will use your suggestions if i get the same errors... . Thanks for helping! . Abhinav