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389f3b5ecSHerbert DürrApache OpenOffice (AOO)
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65e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    The Apache OpenOffice project provides a full featured office productivity suite
7a4309db7SHerbert Dürr    based on open standards. It is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
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9cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
10bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    http://openoffice.apache.org/
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12cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly
136d64d62fSAndre Fischer    implemented in C++ but also in Java, Perl, Python and other languages.
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15cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    Currently supported platforms include:
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17*93b78cf9SPedro Giffuni        Microsoft Windows
186d64d62fSAndre Fischer        Linux variants
19*93b78cf9SPedro Giffuni        FreeBSD
20cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        Mac OS X
21cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        OS/2
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235e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 100 million
24cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
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265e05a6ffSHerbert DürrGetting the latest sources via Subversion
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2989f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    You can always checkout the latest source via subversion using the following
30cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    command:
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32c4d5573cSpfg    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk aoo
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34bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    For further information visit http://openoffice.apache.org/source.html
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36cccf2bc7SJürgen SchmidtBuilding Apache OpenOffice
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395e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries.
405e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    The list of prerequisites varies for the different platforms.
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425e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    A comprehensive and complete building guide can be found in the project wiki under
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446d64d62fSAndre Fischer    http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
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46cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
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4889f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    cd aoo/main
495e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    autoconf
50cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./configure <configure_switches>
51cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./bootstrap
526d64d62fSAndre Fischer    source *.set.sh
536d64d62fSAndre Fischer    cd instsetoo_native
545e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    build --all
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566d64d62fSAndre Fischer    Note that building OpenOffice can take several hours.
576d64d62fSAndre Fischer
58cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on windows, dmg on Mac OS,
59cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    rpm and deb packages on Linux, pkg packages on Solaris) and an archived version. The output
605b4810c3Sjim    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/Apache_OpenOffice/...
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