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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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7cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    For detailed information about Apache OpenOffice please visit
8bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    http://openoffice.apache.org/
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10cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    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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205e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    OpenOffice is used by millions of users worldwide and with more than 100 million
21cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    downloads it is one of the most successful open source projects.
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235e05a6ffSHerbert DürrGetting the latest sources via Subversion
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2689f3b5ecSHerbert Dürr    You can always checkout the latest source via subversion using the following
27cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    command:
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29*c4d5573cSpfg    svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk aoo
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31bf121af8SHerbert Dürr    For further information visit http://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.
375e05a6ffSHerbert Dürr    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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416d64d62fSAndre Fischer    http://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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55cccf2bc7SJürgen Schmidt    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
575b4810c3Sjim    can be found in the <output> directory in instsetoo_native/<output_dir>/Apache_OpenOffice/...
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