README.md
1# Apache OpenOffice<sup>®</sup>
2
3The Apache OpenOffice project (AOO) provides a full featured office productivity suite based on open standards.
4It is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
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6For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit the [Project Website](https://openoffice.apache.org/).
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8Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly implemented in C++ but also in Java, Perl, Python and other languages.
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10Currently supported platforms include:
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12- Microsoft Windows
13- macOS (OS X)
14- Linux variants
15- FreeBSD
16- OS/2
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18OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 375 million downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
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20# Getting the latest sources via Git
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22You can always checkout the latest source via Git using the following command:
23```
24git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice.git aoo
25```
26For further information visit [https://openoffice.apache.org/source.html](https://openoffice.apache.org/source.html).
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28# Building Apache OpenOffice
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30Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries.\
31The list of prerequisites varies for the different platforms.
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33A comprehensive and complete building guide can be found in the [Project Wiki](https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO).
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35With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
36```
37cd aoo/main
38autoconf
39./configure <configure_switches>
40./bootstrap
41source *.Set.sh
42cd instsetoo_native
43build --all
44```
45Note that building OpenOffice can take several hours.
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47The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on Windows, dmg on macOS, rpm and deb packages on Linux) and an archived version.\
48The output can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/Apache_OpenOffice/...
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