OpenOffice 1.0 Installing Manual
Installing OpenOffice.org:
A guide for Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Windows users
Title: Installing OpenOffice.org: A guide for Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and
Windows users
Version: <VERSION NUMBER (E.G., 0.1)>
First edition: <MM/YY>
First English
edition: <MM/YY>
Contents
Overview........................................................................................................................................ iii
Copyright and trademark information........................................................................................iii
Feedback.................................................................................................................................... iii
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................iii
Modifications and updates......................................................................................................... iii
System Requirements.......................................................................................................................1
Linux........................................................................................................................................... 1
Mac OS X....................................................................................................................................1
Solaris..........................................................................................................................................1
Windows..................................................................................................................................... 1
How to download OpenOffice.org...................................................................................................2
Linux, Windows and Solaris - download.................................................................................... 2
Mac OS X – download ...............................................................................................................2
Which type of installation?.............................................................................................................. 3
Single-user installation.....................................................................................................................3
1 Run the setup program............................................................................................................. 3
2 Read important information..................................................................................................... 4
3 Accept the software license agreement.................................................................................... 4
4 Enter user data..........................................................................................................................5
5 Select installation type and directory....................................................................................... 5
6 Start copying.............................................................................................................................6
7 File associations for Windows ................................................................................................ 6
8 Java setup................................................................................................................................. 7
9 Complete installation............................................................................................................... 7
Multi-user installation......................................................................................................................8
Step 1: “Network” installation.................................................................................................... 8
Step 2: Individual user setup..................................................................................................... 12
Installation - Mac OS X................................................................................................................. 16
About X11.................................................................................................................................16
Installing OpenOffice.org i
Installing OpenOffice.org ii
Overview
This chapter describes how to download OpenOffice.org and install it in Linux, Solaris, Mac
OS X, and Windows environments.
Copyright and trademark information
The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation License,
Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if you comply with the
terms of this License. A copy of the License is available at:
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf
The Original Documentation is Installing OpenOffice.org: A guide for Linux, Solaris, Mac
OS X, and Windows users. The Initial Writer(s) of the Original Documentation is/are Daniel
Carrera © 2004. All Rights Reserved. (Initial Writer contact(s): dcarrera@openoffice.org.
The Initial Writer contact(s) is to report errors in the documentation. For questions regarding
how to use the software, subscribe to the Users Mail List and post your question there:
http://support.openoffice.org/index.html.)
All trademarks within this guide belong to legitimate owners.
Overview
Feedback
Please direct any comments or suggestions about this document to:
authors@user-faq.openoffice.org.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Carla King and James Plate for contributing the instructions for Mac OS X.
Modifications and updates
Version Date Description of Change
1.0 14 Nov 04 Initial version of the document.
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System Requirements
System Requirements
For accessibility support, all platforms require the Java Runtime Environment 1.4.1_01 or
newer.
Solaris
Linux
• 128 MB of RAM.
• PC with Pentium or compatible
processor, or PowerPC processor
• 64 MB RAM.
• 170 MB hard disk space.
• Linux Kernel 2.0.7 or higher
• X Server with a minimum of 256
colors or gray-scale.
• glibc2 2.1.3 or higher (2.2.1 for PPC).
• VGA or higher resolution graphic
device with at least 256 colours, 800
x 600.
Mac OS X
• Mac OS X v10.2 or higher
• 256 MB RAM, 512 MB
recommended.
• 240 MB hard disk space .
• Solaris 7 or higher (SPARC).
• For accessibility support GNOME 2.0
or higher is required.
• VGA or higher resolution graphic
device with at least 256 colours, 800
x 600.
• Gnome 2.0 required for accessibility.
Windows
• Pentium-compatible PC.
• Microsoft Windows 95 or higher.
• Win98 or higher required for
Asian/CJK versions (2000 or higher
recommended).
• 300 MB hard disk space (including
• 64 MB of RAM.
X11).
• 170 MB hard disk space.
• G4/400 or higher recommended.
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How to download OpenOffice.org
How to download OpenOffice.org
The latest version of OpenOffice.org is always available from the OpenOffice.org main
website. Go to the project home page (http://www.openoffice.org) and click on Download.
This takes you to the download page.
Linux, Windows and Solaris - download
If you are using Linux, Windows and Solaris, simply select your language, operating system
and download site. You can choose any site, but it is preferred that you choose a location
close to where you live.
Mac OS X – download
The Mac OS X port is still in development, and the download procedure is a little different:
• There is only one language available, English. But there is a localizer program that
can translate the English interface to various languages.
• There is only one download site listed: The Mac OS X project page.
Note: Currently, the Mac OS X download is only available in English. But there is a localizer
available from the project page that translates the interface to various languages.
Once you are at the Mac OS X project page, click on the Download link. Then select any
download site (preferably one close to where you live). A list of files will appear:
Select the file
ooo103darwingm.dmg.gz.
The download size is about 170MB,
which takes about 20 minutes to
download on a broadband connection.
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