Using the Apache OpenOffice Extension Manager
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- Apache OpenOffice Basic Macros and Libraries
- Apache OpenOffice Extension Manager
- Adding Template Files to an Apache OpenOffice Installation
- Adding AutoText Files to an Apache OpenOffice Network Installation
- Deactivating the Apache OpenOffice Registration Wizard
- Accessing Email Clients
- Customizing the User Interface
- Restricting Functionality in Apache OpenOffice
- Accessing Apache OpenOffice User Profiles on an LDAP Server
You can use the Apache OpenOffice Extension Manager to add, remove, disable, enable, and export Apache OpenOffice extensions. For example, you can use the Extension Manager to add or remove the following types of extensions:
- Configuration Data
- Configuration Libraries
- Extensions
- Universal Network Objects (UNO) components
These components represent compiled software packages. UNO is the interface-based component model for Apache OpenOffice. For more information on this model, go to the UNO Development Kit project web site.
You can manage extensions from a dialog box or a command-line.
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Using the Extension Manager Dialog Box
You can open the Extension Manager dialog box from the Tools menu in any Apache OpenOffice Program. However, to add packages for all users of a Apache OpenOffice installation, you need to open the Extension Manager dialog box from the command-line.
To Add a Package With the Extension Manager Dialog Box
- Become root.
- In UNIX and Linux, open a terminal, and type su
- In Windows, open a Command Prompt.
- Change to the <Apache OpenOffice installation directory>/Apache OpenOffice2/program directory.
- Type unopkg gui
The Extension Manager dialog box opens. - In the list of extensions, select the extension category that you want to add the extension to.
- Click the Add button.
- Locate the extension that you want to add, and then click OK.
To Remove an Extension With the Extension Manager Dialog Box
- Become root.
- In UNIX and Linux, open a terminal, and type su
- In Windows, open a Command Prompt.
- Change to the <Apache OpenOffice installation directory>/Apache OpenOffice2/program directory.
- Type unopkg gui
The Extension Manager dialog box opens. - In the list of extensions, select the extension that you want to remove.
- Click the Remove button.
Using the unopkg Command to Manage Extensions
You can manage packages from the command line. The syntax for the unopkg command is:
unopkg add {v, f, log-file, shared} extension-path | remove {v, f, log-file, shared} extension-name | list {v, f, log-file, shared} extension-name | reinstall {v, f, log-file, shared} | gui | -V | -h
- add
- Adds extensions to a Apache OpenOffice installation.
- remove
- Removes extensions from a Apache OpenOffice installation.
- list
- Displays information about the deployed extensions.
- reinstall
- Reinstalls the deployed extensions.
- gui
- Opens the Extension Manager dialog box.
- –V, – –version
- Displays the version information for the unopkg command.
- –h, – –help
- Displays the help for the unopkg command.
- -v, --verbose
- Runs the command in verbose mode.
- -f, --force
- Overwrites existing extensions that have the same names.
- --log-file <filename>
- Creates a log file. The default file name path for the log file is <cache-dir>/log.txt
- --shared
- Expert feature: operate on shared installation deployment context; run only when no concurrent processes are running
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