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OpenBSD meets OpenOffice.org

Contributed by Ian Darwin on from the oo-really? dept.

Robert@ just imported a port for OpenOffice.org, the complete, free office suite that is compatible both with OASIS' Open Document formats and with that Microsoft Office thingie that you sometimes hear about (e.g., it will open MS-Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and so on).

This is a first cut and there are some limitations (no Java so some import/exports and other features aren't supported, and it's i386-only for now). And it's not built by default (hey, it takes about 6 hours to build). But it's in. And that marks an important tipping point toward "feature completeness" for ports/packages in our favorite OS.

Update:
To have OpenOffice.Org on the amd64 architecture too, please help getting an amd64 build box. For further information please visit http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=115584969000366&w=2
Thank you for your help!

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  1. By Nate (65.94.57.252) on

    O RLY? I would hope that it would be one of the ports available as a package because of that 6 hour compile, not excluded because of it. Anyone know how heavy a testing this needs before release? 6 hours is a bit of a compile for something I've no personal interest in and if it's doing alright now I'd rather skip it.

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (84.0.197.210) on

      It is not connected to the build *yet*.

    2. By Tron (67.41.207.3) on

      Well, it looks to have been comitted a whole 2 hours ago. Give em 4 more hours and maybe there will be a package. Actually I think it is early to be talking packages, give them a few days to check it out/test.

      I think this is great news! There was a great jump in acceptance when they got the native Firefox port/package. Now maybe in time we'll have a native Java, although I suppose it is too much to expect an Acrobat Reader. I love reading my corporate Exchange via FF-OpenBSD, since I have fewer concerns about getting infected with a MS virus.

      I think I'll get OpenOffice and check it out.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (68.227.41.220) on

        > Well, it looks to have been comitted a whole 2 hours ago. Give em 4 more hours and maybe there will be a package. Actually I think it is early to be talking packages, give them a few days to check it out/test.
        >
        > I think this is great news! There was a great jump in acceptance when they got the native Firefox port/package. Now maybe in time we'll have a native Java, although I suppose it is too much to expect an Acrobat Reader. I love reading my corporate Exchange via FF-OpenBSD, since I have fewer concerns about getting infected with a MS virus.
        >
        > I think I'll get OpenOffice and check it out.

        a native java? like the ones in /usr/ports/devel/jdk/1.[3-5] ?
        an acrobat reader like xpdf?

      2. By Jim (68.250.26.213) on

        > I think this is great news! There was a great jump in acceptance when they got the native Firefox port/package. Now maybe in time we'll have a native Java, although I suppose it is too much to expect an Acrobat Reader.

        ports: graphics/evince

      3. By phessler (64.173.147.26) on

        > Well, it looks to have been comitted a whole 2 hours ago. Give em 4 more hours and maybe there will be a package. Actually I think it is early to be talking packages, give them a few days to check it out/test.

        The ports tree is in soft-lock. OOo Packages will not be built until it is connected to the build. And even then, it'll take a while for a full build to finish and be uploaded to the servers.

  2. By Anonymous Coward (66.11.66.41) on

    Slightly off topic, but anyone know if there's something that works under openbsd that can import (and maybe even export to) visio files?

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (65.204.119.134) on

      well, dia has/had a plugin to import visio files...but I'm not sure how far along it has come.

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      1. By joakinen (80.37.203.191) on

        > well, dia has/had a plugin to import visio files...but I'm not sure how far along it has come.
        >
        >

        It seems that it is a work in progress:

        http://www.redferni.uklinux.net/visio/

  3. By Didier Wiroth (158.64.124.203) didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu on http://www.wiroth.net

    Damn it ... nice to hear !!! nice job
    1st gift was sysjail this week
    and now, is openoffice ... you guys rock!
    Is it already christmas time? ;-))

    currently compiling openoffice, really curious on how it performs.

  4. By anonymous pedro (139.82.36.138) on

    This is very nice. Congratulations to Robert and everyone who helped him for standing up to an effort that, in the beginning, didn't seem anything but colossal.

  5. By gk (62.80.200.132) on

    Great work. I have always been missing an office suite and it
    has made it hard to use OpenBSD on the desktop in a corporate
    environment.

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (68.227.41.220) on

      > Great work. I have always been missing an office suite and it
      > has made it hard to use OpenBSD on the desktop in a corporate
      > environment.
      >

      koffice?

    2. By Mr. AnonymousCoward (66.159.200.194) on

      > Great work. I have always been missing an office suite and it
      > has made it hard to use OpenBSD on the desktop in a corporate
      > environment.
      >

      Let's not forget about Siag Office.

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      1. By Allan (204.149.81.4) apeda@interpublic.com on

        Heh, I suspect you jest. But for those not familiar: Siag hasn't been updated since 2003.
        I mean it was a terrific application for it's time, but OpenOffice has surpassed it.
        Obviously OpenBSD is more focused on being a solid server platform, but it
        would be terrific to be able to run OpenOffice.

        On a related note, and more focused on the target sector:

        Can/could Oracle XE run on OpenBSD under linux emulation?
        I read no a while back. That would be terrific.

        Allan

        >
        > Let's not forget about Siag Office.

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