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| <h2>Linux Setup</h2> |
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| <p><a href="mailto:mdekkers@openoffice.org">Martijn Dekkers</a></p> |
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| <p><i>Last updated: 2002-04-30</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> You want to make sure you have the latest JRE installed. It must be at least JRE 1.3. You can find the JRE for Linux at |
| <a href="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html">Blackdown.org</a> - or might be included on the installation media of your distribution.</p> |
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| <li> Download the tarball from OpenOffice.org, and extract the tarball (.tar.gz file) to a temporary directory. "<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. Open a terminal, such as |
| "<code>xterm</code>" or "<code>konsole</code>". To extract the tarball, change to the /tmp directory: <code>cd /tmp</code> and extract the tarball: |
| "<code>tar -zxvf [tarball name]</code>".</li> |
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| <li> This will create a directory "<code>install</code>". Change into this directory: "<code>cd install</code>."</li> |
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| <li> Execute setup. This is done with the following command: "<code>./setup /net</code>" This command will start the first step of the Linux setup |
| process.</li> |
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| <li> Follow the instructions of the installation application. When asked where to place your OpenOffice.org program files, you can choose |
| "<code>/opt/OpenOffice.org[version number]</code>" as a good place for your new home of OpenOffice.org. For example, if your version is 1.0, |
| "<code>/opt/OpenOffice.org1.0</code>" would be a good place.</li> |
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| <li> When the installer is finished, you should execute the user-setup for OpenOffice.org. To do so, first change into the program directory where you |
| installed OpenOffice.org: <code>cd /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0</code>.</li> |
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| <li> From this directory, execute the following command: "<code>./setup </code>[without the <code>/net</code>, this time]".</li> |
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| <li> The user portion of setup will now execute. Tell setup to perform a normal installation (should copy about 1.4 MB of files to your home directory) |
| and tell it to store the files in your user directory under ooo641d (for example: "<code>/home/billg/OpenOffice.org1.0</code>"). Follow the instructions |
| and fill in your contact details, and tell OpenOffice.org where your Java installation lives. When setup asks where to install the files for |
| OpenOffice.org, usually OpenOffice.org will find Java on its own, but sometimes it need you to give the path to Java. (Hint: if you don't know the path |
| to your Java setup, you can type in the command line: <code>whereis java</code> - this will give the path to your Java installation)</li> |
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| <li>That's it! If you use GNOME or KDE, you will find that OpenOffice.org 1.0 is fully integrated in your environment. If you use a different |
| Windowmanager, you can start OpenOffice.org 1.0 by typing "<code>~/OpenOffice.org1.0/soffice</code>"</li> |
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| <p>Have Fun!</p> |
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| <p>Martijn Dekkers,<br /> |
| Founder, OOoDocs</p> |
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