Novell OPENOFFICE 2.X User manual

OpenOffice.org 2.x
Setup Guide
[Setup Guide 2.0]
[Rev A_10]
First edition: [2005-02-24]
First Englis edition: [2005-02-24]

Contents
Contents
Contents.................................................................................................................................................i
Copyrig t and trademark information.................................................................................................iii
Feedback.........................................................................................................................................iii
Acknowledgments...............................................................................................................................iv
Modifications and updates..............................................................................................................iv
Overview...............................................................................................................................................1
General Installation Information...........................................................................................................3
RPM-based Installation........................................................................................................................5
Installation........................................................................................................................................5
Removal...........................................................................................................................................5
Debian-based Installation.....................................................................................................................7
Installing .debs.................................................................................................................................7
Removing .debs................................................................................................................................7
Installing from Linux RPMs............................................................................................................7
Solaris Installation................................................................................................................................9
Installation........................................................................................................................................9
Removal...........................................................................................................................................9
FreeBSD Installation...........................................................................................................................11
Quick met od.................................................................................................................................11
Removal.........................................................................................................................................11
Gentoo installation..............................................................................................................................13
Removal.........................................................................................................................................14
Additional Information..................................................................................................................14
Slackware Installation.........................................................................................................................15
Removing ......................................................................................................................................15
Installation on Ot er UNIX systems..................................................................................................17
Mac OS X Installation........................................................................................................................19
Installing X11.................................................................................................................................19
Using Java 1.5................................................................................................................................21
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Contents
Removal.........................................................................................................................................22
Before OOo 2.0.2.................................................................................................................22
After OOo 2.0.2....................................................................................................................23
Windows® 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Installation.....................................................................................25
Single-User Installation.................................................................................................................25
Multiple User Environment under Windows® NT/2000/XP.......................................................30
User Configuration from a Multi-user install................................................................................33
Customizing an Installation................................................................................................................37
Auto installation.............................................................................................................................37
Installing individual modules from RPMs....................................................................................37
Installing multiple instances of OpenOffice.org wit t e same version number.........................38
Appendix 1 — MacOSX Extras.........................................................................................................41
Installing X11.................................................................................................................................41
How to install X11 wit Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4 ?.......................................................................41
Installing X11 on Pant er(10.3)...........................................................................................41
Installing X11 on Tiger(10.4)...............................................................................................41
Launc ing X11.....................................................................................................................41
X11 claims to be already installed.......................................................................................42
C eck and Select X11 settings :...........................................................................................42
1.6 How to get rid of t e Xterm t at starts wit out asking ?..............................................42
Public Documentation License, Version 1.0......................................................................................43
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Copyright and trademark information
Copyright and trademark information
T e contents of t is Documentation are subject to t e Public Documentation License, Version
1.0 (t e "License"); you may only use t is Documentation if you comply wit t e terms of t is
License. A copy of t e License is available at:
ttp://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf
T e Original Documentation is Setup Guide 2.0. T e Initial Writer(s) of t e Original
Documentation is/are G. Roderick Singleton © 2005. All Rig ts Reserved. (Initial Writer
contact(s):G. Roderick Singleton.)
Contributor(s): Jacqueline McNally, Sop ie Gautier_________________________________.
Portions created by G. Roderick Singleton are Copyrig t © 2005. All Rig ts Reserved.
(Contributor contact(s):G. Roderick Singleton.
Portions created by Marko Moëller are Copyrig t © 2005. All Rig ts Reserved.
(Contributor contact(s):Marko. Moeller.
All trademarks wit in t is guide belong to legitimate owners.
[Note: a copy of the PDL is included in this template and is also available at:
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf.]
Feedback
Please direct any comments or suggestions about t is document to:
[e-mail]
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Derek Dreger for taking care of t e 1.x.x Setup Guides.
[e-mail] for Debian install from rpm, Jaqueline for Windows®, S aun
McDonald for t e Mac section, [e-mail] and too many ot ers to mention
individually.
Modifications and updates
Version Date Description of Change
[0.15a] [2005-08-18] [Markomlm/grs: Solaris Part added and minor edits for style]
[0.16] [2005-08-29] [grs: 16t -- added upgrade from 1.1.x warning]
[0.17] [2005-08-31] [grs: 17t – c anged install script yperlink]
[0.18] [2005-09-05] [grs: 18t -- fixed typos, remove Ubuntu script note
[0.19] [2005-09-07] [grs: 19t -- C anged debian section to reflect new filenames
[0.20] [2005-09-20] [grs: 20t -- Updated to U v met ods in RPM section
[0.21] [2005-10-02] [grs: 22nd Updated wit Slackware installation ]
[Rev A] [2005-10-12] [grs: Rev A – First non draft version ]
[Rev. A_01] [2005-10-13] [markomlm: – First non draft version linked pictures]
[Rev. A_02] [2005-10-18] [grs: – minor edits and spelling corrections]
[Rev. A_03] [2005-10-23] [grs: – create A4 version and spelling corrections]
[Rev. A_04] [2005-10-26] [grs: – installing modules added]
[Rev. A_05] [2005-12-31] [grs: – new customization added and pzisson Getnoo c anges
integrated]
[Rev. A_06] [2006-02-13] [grs: – multi-instance section added]
[Rev. A_08] [2006-06-10] [grs: – X11 install for MacOSX]
[Rev. A_09] [2006-06-13] [smsm1: – MacOSX corrections]
[Rev. A_10] [2006-06-13] [grs: – fix formatting]
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Acknowledgments
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Overview
Overview
T is document is designed to provide users wit instructions on installing OpenOffice.org 2.x
and its successors on t eir systems.
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Overview
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General Installation Information
General Installation Information
Starting wit OpenOffice.org 2.x, installation is done using t e native installers available on
eac system. T is means t at installation only requires t at you unpack t e download image
and t en launc t e local tool.
Using t e native installers will provide better upgrades et cetera.
Language packs are mostly available from eac Native Language Community and may also be
available from ttp://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ plus t e
appropriate release. For example,
http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/2.0rc2/
Warning: Please keep in mind that upgrading from 1.1.x to any 2.x release is NOT
recommended, keep the installation of each separate.
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General Installation Information
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RPM-based Installation
R M-based Installation
Installation
1. Unpack t e downloaded image into a directory. For example,Currently, t e following
command would unpack into t e current directory:
tar xvzf Ooo_2.0.xxx_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz .
1. su to root, if necessary.
2. cd into t e directory wit t e unpacked image. T is could be R MS.
3. T en execute rpm -Uvh *rpm for t e standard installation in /opt. If you prefer to
install in anot er directory, try
rpm -Uvh --prefix /<where_ooo_should_go>/ *.rpm or somet ing
similar. W en relocating, only relocate t e base rpms, in ot er words, do not include
any user interface RPMs as t ese must go in t eir default locations for proper system
integration.
Note: Upgrade the core first and then upgrade the user interface. Separating steps and 4 ensures a good
upgrade.
4. cd into t e desktop-integration directory and execute
rpm -Uvh for t e menu rpm t at applies to your system. For example, on a RedHat-
based system, you would use
rpm -Uvh openoffice.org-redhat-menus-<release>.noarch.rpm or
similar.
5. Download and install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org. For example, if
you relocated Openoffice.org, you need
rpm -Uvh --prefix //<where_ooo_should_go>/ <name_of_pack>.rpm
Please read t e man page for t e rpm t at comes wit your distribution and select t e options
t at best apply to your situation. T e examples above are only t at, examples.
Installing individual components is t e same as above but only requires t e specific module be
installed. For example, install all core rpms and t en install t ose for eac module you wis ,
suc as, openoffice.org-impress-2.0.0-1.i586.rpm to install only Impress.
Ot er modules may also be necessary.
Note: You may substitute -ihv for -Uhv in any of the above commands to install without upgrading.
Removal
I found t e following useful:
rpm -qa openoffice.org\* | xargs rpm --erase -–nodeps
Anot er met od of removing an OpenOffice.org release is to use a file t at lists t e modules as
follows:
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RPM-based Installation
rpm -qa | grep openoffice > rmlist
w ic records w at is installed in t e file rmlist. T e grep string will, of course, vary
according to t e release. Edit rmlist for anyt ing you do not want to remove. T en w en it
is time to remove a release one simply as to enter:
rpm -e `cat rmlist`
Warning: Using rpm -e openoffice.org\* does not work. under FC or Suse 9. and possibly other
distributions.
Remember wit t e development and beta releases t at it may be best to remove
<installdir>/openoffice* and any $HOME/.openoffice* files and directories
before installing a new version.
T ere may be better ways to do t is but I find t e above effective. Please c eck
ttp://installation.openoffice.org/source/browse/installation/setup_native/scripts/ for example
install and uninstall scripts or use t em as a model for your own.
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ebian-based Installation
Debian-based Installation
Installing .debs
T e simplest way to install t e OpenOffice.org package you've downloaded is use t e
command dpkg -i (s ort for dpkg –install).
1. First log on as root or from t e GUI, open a root terminal.
2. Type:
dpkg -i -–force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb \
desktop-integration/openoffice.org-debian-menus*.deb
and openoffice.org will be installed. If you already ad an older version, dpkg will
upgrade it rat er t an installing bot versions at once.
3. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org.
Removing .debs
4. If you want to remove a package, you ave two options. T e first is most intuitive:
dpkg -r openoffice.org T is will remove t e openoffice.org package
(-r is s ort for --remove).
Note that you give only the 'openoffice.org' for --remove, while --install requires the entire .deb
filename.
Installing from Linux R Ms
1. Download Ooo_2.0.xxx_Linux<NeededC UArchitecture>_install.tar.gz.
2. Unpack downloaded .tar.gz arc ive, for example wit command 'tar xvzf'
3. cd into t e R MS subfolder, w ic will be created after unpacking t e .tar.gz
4. Run su (or sudo -s, if your system uses sudo and you are allowed to run a s ell as
root wit sudo -s. For example, Debian-based Ubuntu Linux uses sudo as t e
default utility t at permits a user to become administrator (root)
5. Delete any openoffice.org*menus*.rpm files t at do not apply to your system. For
example openoffice.org-suse-menus*.rpm and openoffice.org-red at-menus*.rpm are
not for Debian.
6. Install t e alien utility for converting RPM packages to native Debian packages
(.DEB) wit command 'apt-get install alien' or by manually downloading
from ttp://packages.debian.org/alien/.
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ebian-based Installation
Note: alien versions 8.50 and earlier are known not to set the correct file permissions for
some files. Please refer to issue 5416 Solution: Use alien version 8.51 or newer or workaround the
problem by manually correcting the file-permissions
1. Run command 'alien -k *.rpm' to produce .deb packages
2. Install .deb packages wit command
dpkg -i -–force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb
Note: Using -–force-overwrite option can prevent errors where files belong to several packages.
3. Optionally install java runtime environment (j2re) from www.blackdown.org
4. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org (also converted to .deb format
wit alien utility)
5. Exit from administrator (root) s ell wit command 'exit'
6. Now you can run OpenOffice wit t e command
/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice.
Note: For those willing to accept development snapshots, there is another possibility, simply grab the debs from
ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/ in the 680 directory. Pick your
release and let us know which works for you.
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Solaris Installation
Solaris Installation
Installation
1. Download Ooo_2.0.xxx_SOLARIS<NeededC UArchitecture>_install.tar.gz.
2. Unpack t e downloaded image into a directory. For example, t e following command
will unpack into t e current directory:
gunzip -c OOo_*_Solaris*_install.tar.gz | tar -xf -
T is creates a new subdirectory w ic includes t e installation-files.
Use t e ls command to find t e name of t e new directory t en use t e cd command
to enter it.
3. cd into t e packages subfolder. In t is Directory you will find t e needed packages
to install OpenOffice.org and a package for t e desktop-integration in Gnome.
4. Run su to become t e root user.
5. If Gnome is not installed on your system, delete t e subdirectory gnome-desktop-
integration
6. To permanently avoid recurring queries at t e installation, you s ould produce an
admin file wit t e following content:
action=nocheck
conflict=nocheck
idepend=nocheck.
You can do t is wit t e following commands:
echo action=nocheck >admin
echo conflict=nocheck >>admin
echo idepend=nocheck >>admin
7. Install t e packages wit :
pkgadd -a admin -d . openoffice.org*
8. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org.
Removal
No info. Probably pkgrm
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Solaris Installation
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FreeBS Installation
FreeBSD Installation
T is is a quick outline of installation on a FreeBSD system. For a detailed description, please
see
ttp://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/ andbook/ports-overview. tml.
Quick method
1. Download from
2. Unpack from its distribution format (typically a tarball compressed wit
compress(1), gzip(1), or bzip2(1).
3. pkg_add
4. Install Java as needed.
5. Install any language packs needed for OpenOffice.org.
Removal
No info. Probably pkg_rm
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FreeBS Installation
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