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Chapter 1 Installation

The StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter can run on any combination of hardware and operating system which is capable to support StarOffice 8 and for which the Java Runtime Environment Version 1.5 is available.


Note –

Some Sun Java Runtime Environment versions cause errors when used on the client side. (see Appendix)


The system support includes all versions of the Windows operating system (Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows Vista) as well as several Linux operating systems and the Solaris Operating Systems (for SPARC and x86 platforms).

System Requirements

In detail the operating system requirements are:

Microsoft Windows

  • Microsoft Windows: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT (at least Service Pack 6), Windows 2000 (at least Service Pack 2), Windows XP, Windows Vista

  • Pentium compatible PC

  • 1 GB RAM

  • 300 MB free space on hard drive

Linux

  • Linux kernel version 2.2.13 or higher

  • Glibc2 version 2.2.0 or higher

  • 1 GB RAM

  • Pentium compatible PC

  • 350 MB free space on hard drive


Note –

StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter cannot be installed on a (V)FAT partition


Solaris Operating System

  • Solaris 8 Operating System (SPARC or x86 platform edition) or higher

  • 1 GB RAM

  • 350 MB free space on hard drive

Installing

Installation file formats:

  • Microsoft Windows

    Microsoft Windows Installer format. Execute the setup.exe file to install the product.

  • Solaris Operating System

    Solaris Package format. Use Solaris Package Manager or execute the setup script to install the product package.

  • Linux

    RPM package format. Use the rpm command or execute the setup script to install the product.

The StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter installer installs the following modules:

  • The StarOffice Server Engine, which contains all core components needed to provide StarOffice functionality as GUI-less services.

  • The StarOffice Webservice Engine, which is essentially an installation of a customized version of Tomcat 5.

  • The StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter web application. It is contained in the directory <socs-installation-dir>/engine/webapps/soserv.

  • Example code that demonstrates how to use the PDF conversion Webservice programmatically.

The default installation directory for the StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter is as follows:

  • on Linux and Solaris Operating Systems: /opt/staroffice8pdfconverter

  • on Windows: <default-programs-folder>\Sun\StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter (for example, C:\Program Files\Sun\StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter)

You can select any other directory for installation.

During runtime, StarOffice 8 Server - PDF Converter needs to have write access to the following directories:

  • <socs-installation-dir>/engine/logs

  • <socs-installation-dir>/engine/webapps

  • <socs-installation-dir>/engine/work

  • <socs-installation-dir>/engine/temp