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1Apache OpenOffice (AOO)
2=======================
3
4    The Apache OpenOffice project provdes a full featured office productivity suite
5    based on open standards and is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
6
7Incubation Disclaimer
8=====================
9
10    Apache OpenOffice is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF),
11    sponsored by the name of Apache TLP sponsor. Incubation is required of all newly accepted
12    projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and
13    decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful
14    ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or
15    stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
16
17Getting started
18===============
19
20    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
21    http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/
22
23    Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly
24    implemented in C++ but also in Java, Python and other languages.
25
26    Currently supported platforms include:
27
28        UNIX variants
29        Windows
30        Mac OS X
31        OS/2
32
33    OpenOffice is used by million of users worldwide and with more than 100 million
34    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
35
36Getting the latest sources via Subverison
37=========================================
38
39    You can always checkout the latest source via subsversion using the following
40    command:
41
42    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/trunk ooo
43
44    For further information visit http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/source.html
45
46Building Apache OpenOffice
47===========================
48
49    Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries
50    and the list of prerquisites is varying for the differnet platforms.
51
52    A comrephensive and complete building guide can be found in the project wiki under
53
54    http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide
55
56    Here you can a complete list of prerequisites
57
58    http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Build_Requirements
59
60    and platform specific guides for
61
62    Windows:
63        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows
64    Linux:
65        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Linux
66    Mac OS X:
67        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions
68    Solaris:
69        http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Solaris
70
71    With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
72
73    cd main
74    ./configure <configure_switches>
75    ./bootstrap
76    cd instsetoo_native/util
77    ./build --all
78
79    The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on windows, dmg on Mac OS,
80    rpm and deb packages on Linux, pkg packages on Solaris) and an archived version. The output
81    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/OpenOffice/...
82