Author: buildbot
Date: Sun Jul 14 21:59:20 2013
New Revision: 869501
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for ooo-site
Modified:
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/cgi-bin/ (props changed)
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_4.0.0.html
Propchange: websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/cgi-bin/
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-1503042
+1503071
Propchange: websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/
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-1503042
+1503071
Modified:
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_4.0.0.html
==============================================================================
---
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_4.0.0.html
(original)
+++
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/download/common/instructions_4.0.0.html
Sun Jul 14 21:59:20 2013
@@ -38,13 +38,21 @@ The <a href="">Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Rel
migrate your old profile settings to the new profile area.</p>
<ul>
- <li><b><a href="#win">Windows</a></b></li>
- <li><a href="#fileassoc">File Associations</a></li>
- <li><b><a href="#linux">Linux, General Information</a></b></li>
- <li><a href="#linux-rpm">Linux RPM-based</a></li>
- <li><a href="#linux-deb">Linux DEB-based</a></li>
- <li><a href="#other_linux">Packages for Linux Distributions</a></li>
+ <li><b><a href="#win">Windows</a></b>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#fileassoc">File Associations</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li><b><a href="#apple">Apple Macintosh</a></b></li>
+ <li><b><a href="#linux">Linux</a></b>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#linux-preinstall">Linux PreInstallation</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#linux-general">Linux General Installation Notes: RPM or
DEB</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#linux-rpm">Linux RPM-based</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#linux-deb">Linux DEB-based</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#other_linux">Packages for Linux Distributions</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li><b><a href="#problems">Installation Problems</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="#more">Additional Installation Resources</a></b></li>
</ul>
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ enables you to pause/resume the download
</ol>
-<p><b>NOTE: Much of the information that follows here can be found in a recent
+<p><b>NOTE: Much of the information that follows here can be found in the
<a
href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Win-en-x86-Setup";>
Win 86 Setup Guide, secton 4. Installer Setup </a> from the developer
wiki.</b></p>
@@ -249,6 +257,8 @@ from any web page.</p>
<h2 id="linux"> Linux Installations</h2>
+<h3 id="linux-preinstall">Linux Pre-installation Notes</h3>
+
<p>The following preinstallation steps are recommended for Linux
distributions. These should be taken to assure that you
have a clean install of Apache OpenOffice due to internal considerations
and/or the installation of LibreOffice, if it
exists, on your system.</p>
@@ -258,74 +268,59 @@ exists, on your system.</p>
Type <code>"whereis soffice"</code> from a console.<br /><br />
If this is symlinked to libreoffice, remove the symlink. (see your favorite
reference for how to do this)<br /><br />
This will NOT remove LibreOffice, this will only disallow LibreOffice to
redirect the normal OpenOffice binary --
- typically <code>/usr/bin/soffice</code> -- to libreoffice instead.<br />
- <b>Note:</b>
- Depending on your particular distribution, you may need to deinstall
LibreOffice entirely to get Apache OpenOffice working
- correctly.</li>
- <li>If you have an older 3.3.0 version (or lower) of OpenOffice.org
installed, remove it completely.<br />
- The safest way to do this for most users is to use a GUI package manager to
search for OpenOffice and remove all
- packages.<br /></li>
+ typically <code>/usr/bin/soffice</code> -- to libreoffice instead.<br /></li>
+ <li>Due to directory structure changes in Apache OpenOffice 4.0, your older
Openoffice 3.x will be deleted entirely
+ by the install scripts. This is normal.
+ </li>
+ <li>If you have been testing one of the older developer snapshots, not the
RC, revision 1502185, completely remove this old
+ version.</li>
+ <li>See <a href="java.html">java requirements.</a></li>
</ol>
<hr />
-<h3 id="linux-rpm">Linux RPM-based Installation</h3>
-
-<h4>Prerequisites</h4>
-
-<p>If you want Java integration, you want to make sure you have the latest JRE
installed. It should be at least JRE 1.6.
-You can find the JRE for Linux at the <a
href="http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp";> Java JRE for Linux</a>
-download site. Alternatively, a JRE might be included on the installation
media of your distro as part of a complete Java
-development environment.</p>
-<h4>Installation Steps</h4>
+<h3 id="linux-general">Installation Steps --RPM or DEB: Download to
Installation Directory, Unpack</h3>
<ol>
- <li>Review the <a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html";>System
Requirements</a></li>
+<li>Review the <a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo40.html";>System
Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/";>Download your favorite
Linux version of Apache OpenOffice</a></li>
- <li>Review helpful information and installation options in the
- <a
href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html#12";>Setup
Guide.</a></li>
+ <!-- <li>Review helpful information and installation options in the
+ <a
href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html#12";>Setup
Guide.</a></li>-->
<li>Unpack the downloaded image to prepare for installation.<br />
The following command should work: <code>tar -xvzf "linux package
name".tar.gz</code><br />
where "linux package name" is the beginning part of the archive you just
downloaded.<br /><br />
- This will create an installation directory.<br />
+ This will create an <b>installation directory</b>.<br />
The name of the installation directory will likely be the language
abbreviation for the install set, e.g., en-US.</li>
- <li><code>su</code> to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice
installation directory (the unpacked
- archive).<br />
+ <li>Add the install directory as a "local repository" for your GUI package
manager if possible. This
+ will enable you to do a GUI install rather than command line.</li>
+ <li>Historically, OpenOffice has provided desktop integration packages for
madriva, redhat, suee, and now
+ freedesktop. Many new desktop (window managers) like KDE4, Gnome3, and Unity
now adhere to the freedsktop.org
+ standard for icon placement and mime-type definitions. You may want to
switch to using the freedesktop desktop
+ integration package if you experience issues with your former desktop
integration.</li>
+</ol>
+
+<h3 id="linux-rpm">Linux RPM-based Installation</h3>
+<ol>
+ <li><code>su</code> to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice
<b>installation directory</b>.<br />
<em>You will likely need to be root to run the rpm command to install the
software.</em></li>
<li><code>cd</code> into the RPMS subdirectory of the installation
directory.<br />
You should see a lot of rpms here and one sub-directory called
"desktop-integration".</li>
<li>Install this new version by typing <code>rpm -Uvih *rpm</code>.<br />
- By default, this will install/update Apache OpenOffice in your
<code>/opt</code> directory.<br /><br />
+ By default, this will install Apache OpenOffice in your <code>/opt</code>
directory.<br /><br />
Alternatively, you can use a GUI package installer, reference the
installation directory, and install all rpms at the top
level. This may also aid you in determing any dependency problems if they
exist.</li>
- <li>Install the desktop integration features for your setup.<br />
+ <li>Install the desktop integration features for your setup.
<code>cd</code> to <code>desktop-integration</code> in the installation
directory,<br />
- and, depending on your package manager/system, install the appropriate
desktop interface using RPM.</li>
+ and, depending on your package manager/system, install the appropriate
desktop interface using RPM.
+ </li>
<li>Finally, start up Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0.x to insure it's working.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="linux-deb">Linux DEB-based Installation</h3>
-<h4>Prerequisites</h4>
-
-<p>If you want Java integration, you want to make sure you have the latest JRE
installed. It should be at least JRE 1.6.
-You can find the JRE for Linux at the <a
href="http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp";> Java JRE for Linux</a>
-download site. Alternatively, a JRE might be included on the installation
media of your distro as part of a complete Java
-development environment.</p>
-
-<h4>Installation Steps</h4>
<ol>
- <li>Review the <a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo34.html";>System
Requirements</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/";>Download your favorite
Linux version of Apache OpenOffice</a></li>
- <li>Review helpful information and installation options in the
- <a
href="http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html#12";>Setup
Guide.</a></li>
- <li>Unpack the downloaded image to prepare for installation.<br />
- The following command should work: <code>tar -xvzf "linux package
name".tar.gz</code><br />
- where "linux package name" is the beginning part of the archive you just
downloaded.<br /><br />
- This will create an installation directory.<br />
- The name of the installation directory will likely be the language
abbreviation for the install set, e.g., en-US.</li>
<li><code>su</code> to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice
installation directory (the unpacked
archive).<br />
<em>You will likely need to be root to run the deb command to install the
software.</em></li>
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@ can usually be successfully accomplished
<p><a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/faq/installing/ooo.html";>Installing
Apache OpenOffice on MacOS X</a></p>
-See also: <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/";>the Mac porting
project page</a>
+<p>See also: <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/porting/mac/";>the Mac porting
project page</a></p>
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