OpenOffice.org Building Guide

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Introduction Getting the source Basic Concepts Build Requirements Building on Windows Building on Mac OS X     Aqua     X11 Building on Linux Building on Solaris

Preface

Thank you for choosing to start building OpenOffice.org. It is a very interesting procedure and teaches you a lot about the source code and its structure.

This guide is the great first step if you are interested in modifying the source code, applying patches and fixes, or developing new features.

We hope that this document provides you with the information you need.

Contributing authors

The following authors have contributed to this document.
Per Eriksson

Getting help

If you experience problems on the way, please help us develop this guide!

1. First subscribe to our dev mailing list by sending an empty email to dev-subscribe@openoffice.org.
2. Wait for a reply, respond to this email with an empty response.
3. You get a WELCOME email saying you are now a subscriber.
4. Send us a note at dev@openoffice.org with your questions and problems.
5. To unsubscribe from the list, send an empty email to dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.org, wait for a reply, repond to this email, you get a GOODBYE email. You have now left the mailing list.

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