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