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Chapter 2 Installing the StarOffice 9 Suite

This chapter describes how to install and to remove the StarOffice 9 office productivity suite on the Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Linux platforms.

Caution – Caution –

Before you install the StarOffice suite, read the Readme file in the directory that contains the installation files. The Readme file may contain important last minute information that is not included in this guide.

The Administration Guide provides information about the tools that you can use to maintain StarOffice software on a network.

Several installation methods are available:

  • Installing with administrator rights in a central location where all users have read and execute permissions.

    This preferred method enables every user to start the software from that central location. The software automatically copies the configuration files to the user's home folder when the user first starts the application.

  • Using the graphical user interface setup program for an easy interactive installation.

  • Using the operating system native installation mechanisms.

    • Windows: msi files

    • Mac OS X: dmg file

    • Linux: rpm files

    • Solaris: pkg files

Installing StarOffice 9 Software on Windows

The following sections describe how to install, modify, or remove StarOffice 9 software using the Microsoft Windows operating system.

System Requirements on Windows

  • Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, or Vista

  • Pentium compatible PC

  • 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)

  • 650 MB including Sun JavaTM Runtime Environment software (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions: 700 MB, multi-language version: 750 MB) available hard disk space during installation

  • 500 MB Disk space needed after installation is complete when deleting temporary installer files

  • 1024x768 resolution, 256 colors

Installing on Windows

You can install StarOffice from a CD/DVD or from a downloaded installation set.

Notes about updating an existing StarOffice 8 version:

The installer reads the Windows registry to detect all StarOffice 8 versions. The installer asks whether you want to remove the older versions. If you leave the appropriate checkbox enabled, the StarOffice 9 installer removes the installation files for the known StarOffice 8 versions (normally located in a subfolder of C:\Program Files\Sun or on the network file server). After removing the old versions, no user can start the old versions any more.

This update does not change any existing StarOffice 8 user configuration files. On first start of StarOffice 9 the user sees the Welcome wizard, where the user can choose to copy settings from the StarOffice 8 user folder to the new StarOffice 9 user folder.

ProcédureTo Install on Windows

Before You Begin

You need administrator rights to install the StarOffice 9 software.

  1. Locate the directory that contains the StarOffice 9 installation files.

  2. Double-click the Setup application.

  3. If you want to change the installation folder or the list of installed programs, choose the user-defined setup.

  4. Indicate whether you want to install for multiple users or for a single user. If you choose to install for multiple users, then the icons to start StarOffice 9 programs will be copied into the Start menu of every user.

  5. Complete the rest of the installation.

    Commands and icons to start Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base are added to the Programs list on the Windows Start menu. An additional StarOffice 9 icon on the desktop starts the software, which displays the Start Center.

Changing or Removing a StarOffice Installation on Windows

You can use the StarOffice setup program to perform the following actions. To perform these actions, you need administrator rights.

  • Change - adds or removes files, filters, or programs.

  • Remove - removes the StarOffice 9 software from your computer. Your settings and documents are not removed.

ProcédureTo Change or Remove StarOffice Software on Windows

Note –

The following steps describe how to access the StarOffice Setup dialog on Windows Vista. On other Windows systems, the procedure might vary.

Before You Begin

Exit all StarOffice programs, including the Quickstarter on the Windows task bar.

  1. In Windows, choose Start->Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.

  2. In the list of programs, select StarOffice 9.

  3. Modify or remove the installed StarOffice 9 software.

    • To modify the list of installed StarOffice 9 software, click Change.

    • To remove the complete StarOffice 9 suite, click Remove.

Installing on Mac OS X

This section describes how to install or remove the StarOffice 9 suite on Mac OS X.

System Requirements on Mac OS X

  • Intel based Macintosh PC with OS X 10.4

  • 500 MB (Chinese, Japanese and Korean versions: 600 MB, multi-language version: 800 MB) available hard disk space

  • Additional 150 MB for the .dmg file containing the installable program; this one can be deleted after installation was successful

ProcédureTo Install StarOffice 9 Software on Mac OS X

  1. Locate the .dmg file on the installation medium or in your Download folder.

  2. Drag and drop the StarOffice icon to the Application icon.

ProcédureTo Remove StarOffice 9 Software on Mac OS X

  1. Open the Application folder.

  2. Drag the StarOffice icon to the Trash icon.

Installing on the Linux or Solaris Operating Systems

This section describes how to install or remove the StarOffice 9 suite on a computer running the Linux or Solaris operating system.

ProcédureTo Install a Multiuser Installation on the Linux or Solaris Platform

  1. Open a shell or terminal window.

  2. Become superuser by typing su -

  3. Grant permission to open a graphical display for root, using the authority from your user account.

    XAUTHORITY=/home/username/.Xauthority; export XAUTHORITY

    DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY

  4. Change to the directory that contains the StarOffice 9 installation program.

  5. Start the setup script.

    ./setup

  6. Follow the instructions.

ProcédureTo Remove a Multiuser Installation on the Linux or Solaris Platform

  1. Open a shell or terminal window.

  2. Become superuser by typing su -

  3. Grant permission to open a graphical display for root, using the authority from your user account.

    XAUTHORITY=/home/username/.Xauthority; export XAUTHORITY

    DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY

  4. Change to the directory that contains the StarOffice 9 installation program.

  5. Start the setup script.

    ./setup

  6. Choose to uninstall the software.

  7. Follow the instructions.

ProcédureTo Install a Single-User Installation on Linux

On Linux systems, you can choose to install the StarOffice 9 software only for your own use. Although you then do not need to become root to install, no complete system integration of the software after installation will occur. The single-user installation will copy all files to your home folder.

  1. In a file browser, locate the directory that contains the StarOffice 9 installation files.

  2. Double-click the Setup script.

  3. If you want to change the list of installed modules, choose the user-defined setup.

  4. Follow the installation instructions.

ProcédureTo Remove a Single-User Installation on Linux

  1. In a file browser, locate the directory that contains the StarOffice 9 installation files.

  2. Double-click the Setup script.

  3. Choose to uninstall the software.

  4. Follow the instructions.

Installing Extensions

Extensions are files that add functionality to your installed StarOffice suite. You can download an extension file from the Extensions web site (see below).

Note –

You can find some extension files in a folder on the StarOffice 9 CD or DVD. Double-click an extension file to install the extension.

ProcédureTo Install an Extension

  1. Choose Tools->Extension Manager.

  2. In the Extension Manager dialog box, click the Get More Extensions Here link.

    This opens your default web browser and displays the Extensions web site.

  3. Select an extension on the web site and click the Get It! button.

    Selecting an extension on the web site should start to download and install the extension automatically.

  4. If the extension did not install automatically, do one of the following:

    In a file manager, browse to the downloaded .oxt file and double-click the file.

    In the Extension Manager dialog box, click Add, select the downloaded .oxt file, and click Open.

  5. Optional: Some extensions are visible only after a restart of StarOffice.

    To restart StarOffice under Windows operating systems, also quit the Quickstarter in the notification area of the system tray.

Installing an Email and Calendar Client

The StarOffice 9 CD or DVD installation media also contains a folder with a set of files to install Thunderbird and the Lightning add-on to Thunderbird. Thunderbird is an open source email client that runs on all main platforms which also run StarOffice.

More information about installing Thunderbird is available at http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/.

Once you have installed Thunderbird, you can start Thunderbird, then add the Lightning add-on to Thunderbird. Lightning is a Thunderbird add-on that adds functions and a user interface to maintain calendar events and tasks.

Depending on your version of Thunderbird 3, the Lightning add-on may or may not be pre-installed. More information about adding the Lightning add-on is available at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/.