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| <h2>Instructions for Installing and Setting Up OpenOffice.org 1.1.x</h2> |
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| <p><i>Last updated: 2005-12-21</i></p> |
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| <li><a href="#win">Windows</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#multiple">Windows, Multiple User Environments</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#other_linux">Packages for Linux Distributions</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#fileassoc">File Associations</a></li> |
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| <h3>Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Quick-Start Guide for OpenOffice.org 1.1.x</h3> |
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| <p>Welcome to OpenOffice.org's Quick-Start Guide for Windows environments. Below you will find step-by-step instructions to install OpenOffice.org version |
| 1.1 on your system. Before beginning installation, you may want to print this instruction sheet for reference while the setup program is executing.</p> |
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| <p><b>Note:</b> If you want to install a shared OpenOffice.org, to be used by many users, you will need to read these instructions.</p> |
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| <p><b>Note:</b> If you will be installing OpenOffice.org on a Windows PC used by more than one user, and you want all users to be able to use OpenOffice.org |
| (each user logs in separately), please see the <a href="#multiple">Quick-Start Guide for Multiple Users</a>. <strong>Java is optional. </strong>The JRE/JDK may |
| be downloaded from <a href="http://java.com/">Java.com</a> depending on your needs. Check |
| <a href="//dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_11.html">System Requirements</a> for additional information.</p> |
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| <li><a href="#gtgstarted">Getting Started</a></li> |
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| <li><a href="#win98me">Special Instructions for Win98/ME Users</a></li> |
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| <li><a href="#install">Unzipping/Executing the Installation Program</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#reading">Further Reading</a></li> |
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| <h3>Getting Started<a name="gtgstarted"></a></h3> |
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| <p>The first thing you'll want to do is read through these instructions completely, and use the OpenOffice.org site to answer any questions you might have. |
| The site contains documentation for users of all levels, beginner to advanced; a good place to get started for all new users of OpenOffice.org would be |
| browsing the <a href="//faq.html">FAQ</a>. You will also want to review the System Requirements for OpenOffice.org use:</p> |
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| <li>A Pentium-compatible PC</li> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000 or XP (2000, ME or XP required for Asian/CJK versions)</li> |
| <li>64 MB RAM minimum</li> |
| <li>250 MB hard disk space</li> |
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| <li>The Microsoft Layer for Unicode – unicows.dll (<b>Win98/Me users only</b> - instructions for this are covered in next section)</li> |
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| <p>The file you'll be downloading is approximately over 60 MB in size – a 2.5 hour download with a 56kbps dial-up connection. This file is compressed |
| using ZIP compression, and you'll need a utility like <a href="http://www.7-zip.org">7-Zip</a> in order to unpack the files. Some versions of Windows |
| support "compressed folders" which automatically packs/unpacks these kinds of files. In Windows Explorer, the icons have a "zipper" down the middle.</p> |
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| <p>To download the most current version of OpenOffice.org, navigate to the |
| <a href="/download/index.html" target="_blank">Download Homepage</a> page and click on the link to the latest build; then choose a |
| mirror (download location) closest to you. You may also want to copy the downloaded file to a backup medium (CD-ROM, ZIP disk, etc.)</p> |
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| <p><strong><a name="fileassoc"></a><b>Note:</b> Depending on your install set you may be asked if you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office |
| suite.</strong> If you answer "yes" and then change your mind, returning to the prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office |
| files.</p> |
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| <h3>Unzipping/Executing the Installation Program<a name="install"></a></h3> |
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| <p>Either using Windows Explorer or Mozilla/Netscape's Download Manager, navigate to the OpenOffice.org file you downloaded. Windows Explorer users will |
| want to find the file and double-click to launch the Installation program. Alternately, Mozilla/Netscape users will want to open the Download Manager, |
| highlight the file, and click “Launch File”. In either case, your unzip utility will start if one is successfully installed on your system.</p> |
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| <p>Using the compression utility, extract all the files into a separate directory on your hard drive. Once the files are decompressed, navigate to the |
| folder, find “SETUP.EXE”, and double-click to launch the OpenOffice.org installation program. Follow the prompts, and OpenOffice.org will be |
| installed on your system, ready for use.</p> |
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| <h3>Further Reading<a name="reading"></a></h3> |
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| <p>If you'd like a more detailed guide to installing OpenOffice.org, please visit the |
| <a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html">Setup Guide</a> site where you can download documentation in many languages.</p> |
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| <p>Thank you for using OpenOffice.org, and welcome!</p> |
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| Jack Cole<br /> |
| Volunteer, <a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org">Documentation Project</a> |
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| <h3>Quick-Start Guide, Windows in a Multiple User Environment<a name="multiple"></a></h3> |
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| <p>If you have multiple users set up on your machine, then each user who wishes to use OpenOffice.org 1.x will need to install separately. This uses up a |
| lot of disk space. As an alternative, you can use the multi-user option instead, though installation is a little more complicated:</p> |
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| <li>The new installation of OpenOffice.org is a self-extracting archive and does not require a separate unzipping utility such as 7-Zip.</li> |
| <li>Extract the downloaded file into its own folder. If you have Compressed Folders installed, the easiest way to do this is to right click on the file |
| and then choose <b>Extract All...</b> </li> |
| <li>Open <b>Command Prompt</b> (if you have Windows NT, 2000 or XP) or <b>MS-DOS prompt</b> (for other versions of Windows). You should find this on the |
| Start Menu somewhere under Programs (on some versions of Windows, it is in the Accessories folder).</li> |
| <li>You should then type the location of the folder followed by "install\setup /net". For example, if you unzipped the files to "C:\OpenOffice Setup\" |
| you would type <b>C:\OpenOffice Setup\OOo_1.1x_Win32Intel_install\setup /net</b> followed by Return.</li> |
| <li>Then follow the on screen prompts ... make a note of the folder in which OpenOffice.org 1.0 is installed onto your computer.</li> |
| <li><b>Note: Depending on your install set you may be asked if you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office suite.</b> If you answer "yes" |
| and then change your mind, returning to the prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office files.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p>This will install a shared version of OpenOffice.org on your computer. When each new user on your machine opens OpenOffice for the first time, they will |
| be taken through a few steps to install user portions of the software in their individual areas.</p> |
| |
| <p>Lee Corbin, Louis Suárez-Potts<br /> |
| Allround Superman,<br /> |
| OpenOffice.org Graphic Design Maverick<br /> |
| Volunteer, <a href="/project/marketing/">Marketing Project</a><br /> |
| Author of Dictinstall</p> |
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| <h3>Linux Set Up<a name="linux"></a></h3> |
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| <p><i>Last updated: 2003-10-22</i></p> |
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| <p>Installing OpenOffice.org on Linux is very easy! To make sure you get the best possible setup, simply follow these steps.</p> |
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| <h3>Prerequisites</h3> |
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| <p>If you want Java integration, you want to make sure you have the latest JRE installed. It should be at least JRE 1.4. You can find the JRE for Linux at |
| <a href="http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp">the Java JRE for Linux download site.</a> Alternatively, it might be included on the installation |
| media of your distro as part of a complete Java development environment.</p> |
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| <h3>Installation Steps</h3> |
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| <p> The following steps assume you want to install OpenOffice on a multi-user Linux setup in an area accessible to all users on your system. This is |
| referred to as a "network" or "multi-user" setup. Additionally you may install OpenOffice in a "single-user" setup. Consult details in the |
| <a href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide/index.html">User Setup Guide</a> (a pdf file) included with the installation archive for further |
| details. These instructions assume you are using some X11 window manager to perform the actual installation. The setup is an X application.</p> |
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| <li>Make sure you are root</li> |
| <li>Download the tarball from OpenOffice.org (the download can be done from any user account and then moved), and extract the tarball (.tar.gz file) to a |
| temporary directory. <br /> |
| "<code>/tmp</code>" is a good place for example. For the purpose of this example, I will assume you have downloaded the tarball to your <code>/tmp</code> |
| directory.</li> |
| <li>Open a terminal, such as xterm or konsole. <br /> |
| To extract the tarball, change to the <code>/tmp</code> directory: <code>cd /tmp</code><br /> |
| and extract the tarball: "<code>tar -zxvf [tarball name]</code>".</li> |
| <li>This should create a directory "<code>OOo_1.1x_LinuxIntel_install</code>".<br /> |
| ("x" in this sense is a suffix to version 1.1 that will depend on the version you downloaded.)</li> |
| <li> Change into this directory: "<code>cd OOo_1.1x_LinuxIntel_install</code>".</li> |
| <li>Execute the setup script for a "network" installation.<br /> |
| This is done with the following command: "<code>./setup -net</code>"<br /> |
| This is a friendly installation process which will prompt you for a destination directory and other OpenOffice installation options. When the setup is |
| finished, you should have a complete "network" installation installed in the destination directory you specified. Tips on installing OpenOffice.org with |
| an NFS setup can be found on our <a href="nfs_tips.html">nfs tips</a> page. |
| <p> <b>Note:</b> It is NOT advisable to install over an existing OpenOffice installation. If you want to use the same destination as an existing version of |
| OpenOffice, delete the contents of the existing directory!</p></li> |
| <li> Part of the installation process includes telling OpenOffice about your Java installation. Normally this can be automatically found or you may need |
| to supply it, or install the JRE supplied with OpenOffice if you don't already have it installed. (But see Prerequisites for more control over this.)</li> |
| <li>Each user on your system should then execute the user-setup for OpenOffice.org.<br /> |
| To do so, login as a regular user, then change into the program directory where you installed OpenOffice.org:<br /> |
| "<code>cd /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.0</code>", for example<br /> |
| and execute the following command:<br /> |
| "<code>./setup</code>"<br /> |
| The user portion of setup will now execute. Tell setup to perform a Workstation installation (should copy about 1.4 MB of files to your home directory) |
| and typically let it default to the directory it recommends for storage of the local files in your user directory.<br /> |
| Example: "<code>/home/billg/OpenOffice.org1.1.0</code>"<br /> |
| Follow the instructions and fill in your contact details. |
| <p>If your users have been previously running an older version of OpenOffice, they should delete the current version of "<code>.sversionrc</code>" before |
| starting up the newly installed version. This will reinitialize the version information for the new setup.</p></li> |
| <li>That's it! If you use GNOME or KDE (provided your distro keeps the KDE user files in <code>~/.kde2</code>), you will find that OpenOffice.org is fully |
| integrated in your environment. If you use a different Windowmanager, you can start OpenOffice.org by typing <code>~/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/soffice</code></li> |
| <li>You may remove the install files in /tmp, if you are done installing. (thanks to Henrik Eismark for pointing this out)</li> |
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| <p>Have Fun!</p> |
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| <p><a href="mailto:kschenk@openoffice.org">Kay Schenk</a>,<br /> |
| Volunteer Co-Lead <a href="/project/website/">Website Project</a></p> |
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| <h3>Packages for Linux Distributions (Not compiled by OpenOffice.org Staff)<a name="other_linux"></a></h3> |
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| <p><i>Last updated: 2003-12-29</i></p> |
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| <p>Many Linux Distributions now include a version of OpenOffice.org in their own native package manager format (.rpm, .deb, etc.). These packages have been |
| built and are supported by the distributions' own teams, not by OpenOffice.org. Some distributions have strict policies around licensing, which means they |
| have chosen to disable parts of OpenOffice.org which rely on software which does not meet their criteria (e.g., the Fedora RPMs have disabled the parts of |
| OpenOffice.org which require Java).</p> |
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| <p>Please check carefully before using a third-party build that it does actually include all the parts of OpenOffice.org that you will require. Replacing |
| a 'native' distribution build with the full OpenOffice.org original build can be tricky, but can usually be successfully accomplished by completely |
| removing the existing 'native' install.</p> |
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| <p>A few distributions providing 'native' (possibly customized) OpenOffice.org:</p> |
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| <li><a href="http://linux-debian.de/">Debian GNU/Linux</a> Apt-Gettable OpenOffice.org, plus pspfontcache hotfix! (You will have to search a little; Debian |
| updated its website.)</li> |
| <li><a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/features.php3">Mandrake Linux</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-docs.html">RedHat</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/prof/packages_professional/openoffice_org-en.html">SuSE</a></li> |
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