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1 89f3b5ecSHerbert DürrApache OpenOffice (AOO)
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4 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    The Apache OpenOffice project provides a full featured office productivity suite
5 a4309db7SHerbert Dürr    based on open standards. It is the continuation of the OpenOffice.org project.
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7 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
8 bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    http://openoffice.apache.org/
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10 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    Apache OpenOffice is a very large project with many components and mainly
11 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer    implemented in C++ but also in Java, Perl, Python and other languages.
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13 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    Currently supported platforms include:
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15 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer        Linux variants
16 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        Windows
17 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        Mac OS X
18 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt        OS/2
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20 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 100 million
21 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
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23 5e05a6ffSHerbert DürrGetting the latest sources via Subversion
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26 89f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    You can always checkout the latest source via subversion using the following
27 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    command:
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29 89f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/trunk aoo
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31 bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    For further information visit http://openoffice.apache.org/source.html
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33 cccf2bc7SJürgen SchmidtBuilding Apache OpenOffice
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36 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    Apache OpenOffice is a big project and depends on several other external libraries.
37 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    The list of prerequisites varies for the different platforms.
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39 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    A comprehensive and complete building guide can be found in the project wiki under
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41 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer    http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
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43 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    With having all prerequisites in place you can simply run
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45 89f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    cd aoo/main
46 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    autoconf
47 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./configure <configure_switches>
48 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    ./bootstrap
49 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer    source *.set.sh
50 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer    cd instsetoo_native
51 5e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    build --all
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53 6d64d62fSAndre Fischer    Note that building OpenOffice can take several hours.
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55 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    The default build will produce a setup version (e.g. setup program on windows, dmg on Mac OS,
56 cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    rpm and deb packages on Linux, pkg packages on Solaris) and an archived version. The output
57 *5b4810c3Sjim    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/Apache_OpenOffice/...
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