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Apache OpenOffice Administration Guide

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• Deploy Apache OpenOffice using package managers

• Solaris Sparc/x86
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• Mac OS X

• 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

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RPM Based Linux distributions

The RPM package manager is a powerful tool you can use to deploy software packages locally and through a network.

Installation

1. Become root if necessary

   su -
   

2. Change directory to:

   <OpenOffice.org_unzip-dir>/RPMS
   

3. The RPMS directory contains RPM package for the Gnome and KDE integration.
   • For users with KDE, you can remove the Gnome integration RPM:

   rm openoffice.org-gnome-integration-<version>.rpm
   

   • For users with Gnome, you can remove the KDE integration RPM:

   rm openoffice.org-kde-integration-<version>.rpm
   

4. Install into the standard /opt directory

   rpm -ivh *.rpm
   

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You can safely delete the Apache OpenOffice installation packages after the install is complete.

Deinstallation

Use the RPM package manager to uninstall Apache OpenOffice. You have to determine the list of Apache OpenOffice related packages.

• Become root if necessary

su -

• To remove all Apache OpenOffice related packages:

Debian Packages

Installation

The APT or DPKG package manager used to install, update and remove DEB packages, and is provided as part of DEB based Linux distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu.

   cd OOo_inst_folder/DEBS
   sudo dpkg -i *.deb

• Install the Apache OpenOffice packages into the /opt/<openoffice-dir>

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