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189f3b5ecSHerbert DürrApache OpenOffice (AOO)
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45e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    The Apache OpenOffice project provides a full featured office productivity suite
5a4309db7SHerbert Dürr    based on open standards. It is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
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77ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
8bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    http://openoffice.apache.org/
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107ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly
116d64d62fSAndre Fischer    implemented in C++ but also in Java, Perl, Python and other languages.
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13cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    Currently supported platforms include:
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156d64d62fSAndre Fischer        Linux variants
16cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        Windows
17cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        Mac OS X
18cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        OS/2
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207ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 275 million
21cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
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23*cb56c0d3SmseidelGetting the latest sources via Git
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26*cb56c0d3Smseidel    You can always checkout the latest source via Git using the following
27cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    command:
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29*cb56c0d3Smseidel    git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice.git aoo
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317ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    For further information visit https://openoffice.apache.org/source.html
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33cccf2bc7SJürgen SchmidtBuilding Apache OpenOffice
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365e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries.
377ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    The list of prerequisites varies for the different platforms.
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395e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    A comprehensive and complete building guide can be found in the project wiki under
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417ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
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43cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
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4589f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    cd aoo/main
465e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    autoconf
47cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./configure <configure_switches>
48cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./bootstrap
496d64d62fSAndre Fischer    source *.set.sh
506d64d62fSAndre Fischer    cd instsetoo_native
515e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    build --all
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536d64d62fSAndre Fischer    Note that building OpenOffice can take several hours.
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557ea948e7SMatthias Seidel    The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on windows, dmg on Mac OS,
56cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    rpm and deb packages on Linux, pkg packages on Solaris) and an archived version. The output
57823ae98bSjim    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/Apache_OpenOffice/...
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