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1Apache OpenOffice (AOO)
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3
4    The Apache OpenOffice project provides a full featured office productivity suite
5    based on open standards. It is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
6
7    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
8    http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/
9
10    Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly
11    implemented in C++ but also in Java, Python and other languages.
12
13    Currently supported platforms include:
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15        UNIX variants
16        Windows
17        Mac OS X
18        OS/2
19
20    OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 100 million
21    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
22
23Getting the latest sources via Subversion
24=========================================
25
26    You can always checkout the latest source via subversion using the following
27    command:
28
29    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/trunk aoo
30
31    For further information visit http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/source.html
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33Building Apache OpenOffice
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35
36    Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries.
37    The list of prerequisites varies for the different platforms.
38
39    A comprehensive and complete building guide can be found in the project wiki under
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41    http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide
42
43    The complete list of prerequisites is documented at
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45    http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Build_Requirements
46
47    and platform specific guides for
48
49    Windows:
50        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows
51    Linux:
52        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Linux
53    Mac OS X:
54        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions
55    Solaris:
56        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Solaris
57
58    With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
59
60    cd aoo/main
61    autoconf
62    ./configure <configure_switches>
63    ./bootstrap
64    cd instsetoo_native/util
65    build --all
66
67    The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on windows, dmg on Mac OS,
68    rpm and deb packages on Linux, pkg packages on Solaris) and an archived version. The output
69    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/OpenOffice/...
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