glfs/xsoft/suites/openoffice/openoffice-intro.xml

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>OpenOffice</application></title>

<para>The <application>OpenOffice</application> is a office suite, the 
Open Source sibling of <application>StarOffice</application>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&openoffice-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&openoffice-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &openoffice-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&openoffice-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&openoffice-time;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Install size:
&openoffice-installsize;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>OpenOffice</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref linkend="j2sdk"/>,
<xref linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="unzip"/>, <xref linkend="tcsh"/>,
<xref linkend="which"/></para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/> and <ulink
url="http://ant.apache.org/">Apache Ant</ulink></para></sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>

<sect2><title>Additional downloads</title>

<para>Download the General Polygon Clipper Library from <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.cs.man.ac.uk/pub/toby/gpc/gpc231.tar.Z"/>.</para>

<para>Also download the various patches from <userinput><ulink url="&hfile-root;"/></userinput>.
The <filename>openoffice-&openoffice-version;-no-pam.patch</filename> is needed only if
Linux PAM is not installed. The <filename>openoffice-&openoffice-version;-no-mozab.patch</filename>
disables building of <application>Mozilla</application> Addressbook which causes build problems since OpenOffice
includes precompiled <application>Mozilla</application> libraries that
are incompatible with <acronym>LFS</acronym>. The
<filename>openoffice-&openoffice-version;-test-bin-loc.patch</filename> corrects the location where
the installation scripts look for the <command>test</command> executable.</para>

<para>The source tarball only contains English language help. A localized help
content file may be available at <ulink
url="http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/helpcontent/"/>.</para>

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<para>If you have difficulties in building openoffice, check out the
openoffice
hint for detailed information at <ulink
url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/"/>. The
hint also discusses installation of auxiliary software.
</para>
<note><para>There is a problem with the current version of OO on LFS.
The build and installation appears to be successful but no files are installed.
The cause is being investigated.</para></note>
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</sect2>