OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 ==================== System Requirements ------------------ This build was made on a stock YDL 3.0 distribution with gcc 3.2.2 and glibc-2.3.1-51a It will therefore require a late glibc 2.3.1 or glibc-2.3.2 based distribution (such as YDL 3.0, Debian with glibc-2.3.2 or latest Mandrakesoft system) to work properly. Users of YDL 2.X and older distributions should upgrade to glibc-2.3.2 in order to install and use this binary. You will also need over 300 meg of free disk space for the installer and installation. Disclaimer ---------- Please note the usual warnings and disclaimer apply: OpenOffice.org is under continuous development and comes with no warranty of any kind. This binary is simply provided "as is" as a service to the PPC Linux community in case they can not or do not want to create their own binaries. Please do not use this piece of software and then complain that you "lost everything". For more info on the status of OpenOffice.org, please see http://www.openoffice.org Special PPC Linux Specific Additions ------------------------------------ This build is NOT a stock build of OpenOffice.org 1.1.1. This PPC Linux build includes some special additions added by me to help improve the OOo experience and make it more comparable to using OpenOffice.org on Windows and or x86 Linux. These additions are NOT part of standard OpenOffice.org. They are detailed below: 1. This build includes the addition of crimson.jar, xalan.jar, and xml-apis.jar all from the Apache Jakarta project. They were added to allow the PPC Linux Blackdown JDK 1.3.1 to correctly handle JDK 1.4.X features used in the FlatXML filter and other java projects. Please check out the Apache Jakarta website for license details, source code, and etc. 2. This build includes patches to support MacOSX Panther builds that have not been included in the official tree yet (I make MacOSX Panther release builds as well from the same tree). These patches are available from me and should be approved and in place when OOo 1.1.2 is released. 3. This build includes a developmental version of FontOOo.sxw and msfontextract modules that provide a nice AutoPilot interface to downloading and installing MicroSoft Web Fonts from sourceforge which provide metrically compatible fonts that greatly improve cross-platform compatibility and layout when exchanging Microsoft Office documents. This code has not yet been approved by Sun or OpenOffice.org but is pending approval. All patches are available from me and should be in place and approved when OOo 1.1.2 is released. To use this new feature simple go File->AutoPilot->FontOOo from the Writer. 4. This build includes a patch to allow building on Kernel 2.6 which is needed since signahl handling has changed. This patch is available from me 5. This build includes a patched set of Mozilla xpcom libraries and runtime to allow partial integration between OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla address book. These files have not been committed to the OOo tree since they really represent Binary files that just bloat the source code download. Copies of these zipped Mozilla components are available from me. Future versions of OOo will use a source code based build of Mozilla (at least partially) to prevent the need for binary collections in the source tree. Instructions and patches are available to build these direct from source yourself on www.openoffice.org in the Issuezilla database. Quick Install Instructions -------------------------- Please see the included SETUP_GUIDE.pdf for full information on how to install. This install has 2 phases: Phase 1, by root (must have X11 running) tar -zxf OOo_1.1.1_LinuxPowerPC_en_installer.tar.gz cd OOo_1.1.1__LinuxPowerPC__en_installer chown -R root:root ./ ./setup -net This will allow you to select your destination directory and install custom modules over and above the normal standard install. Phase 2, by each user (Please first see the Desktop Integration Note below) After phase 1 is over, each interested user must cd to the *installed* location (assumes root installed into /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.1) cd /usr/local/OpenOffice.org1.1.1/ ./setup And follow the prompts and select a "Workstation" install and remember to select your jdk installation location. To run OpenOffice cd to your $HOME and into OpenOffice.org1.1.1 and run the startup script: ./soffice Setting Up a Printer and Adding Fonts ------------------------------------- To set things up for your printer: cd ~/OpenOffice.org1.1.1/ ./spadmin The create a New Printer and pick the correct printing command, postscript printer description file (ppd), etc Desktop Integration ------------------- Desktop integration for KDE will work but requires the generation of a proper symlink in .kde PRIOR to doing the Phase 2 setup. cd $HOME/.kde/share ln -s applink-redhat applink Known Issues ------------ There are no PPC specific known issues at this time. Please see the release notes for OOo 1.1.1 from http://www.openoffice.org/ to see which bugs and fixes have been made. Hope you find this useful. Kevin