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## Office suite on DragonFly


Users often look for a good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some desktop environments like  **KDE**  already provide an office suite, there is no default office suite application on DragonFly but it provides all that is needed - [pkgsrc/pkgin](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/) - for installing one.


## KOffice 

To install  **KOffice** , you have to use the pkgsrc collection. 
    

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/koffice

    # bmake install clean
	
or (KDE4 office suite)

	# cd /usr/pkgsrc/wip/koffice
	
	# bmake install clean

The KDE community has provids its desktop environment with an office suite which can be used outside  **KDE** . It includes: KWord - a frame-based, full-featured word processor, KSpread - a spreadsheet application, KPresenter - a presentation application, Kivio - a flowchart application, Kexi - an integrated database application, Krita - a pixel based image editing and paint application, Karbon14 - a vector-drawing application, KPlato - a technology preview of a new project management application.


Before installing the latest  **KOffice** , make sure you have an up-to-date version of  **KDE** .


## AbiWord 


**AbiWord**  is available as a package. You can install it by:

  
    # pkg_radd abiword

or

    # pkgin in abiword


It can also be compiled from the pkgsrc collection.
   

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/abiword

    # bmake install clean

 **AbiWord**  is a free word processing program similar in look and feel to  **Microsoft® Word** . It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth. It is very fast, contains many features, and is very user-friendly.

 **AbiWord**  can import or export many file formats, including some proprietary ones like Microsoft `.doc`.


## OpenOffice.org 


To install  **OpenOffice.org** you have to load linux module into kernel by: 

    #kldload linux

To make that change permanent add the following line to <b>/boot/loader.conf</b> :
 
    #echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

Then install for eg. SUSE-based Linux binary emulation environment
 
    #cd /usr/pkgsrc/emulators/suse100_base
    
    #bmake install clean

And finally, install  OpenOffice.org by:

    #cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/openoffice3-bin
    
    #bmake install clean

To start openoffice.org application menu use: 

    %soffice 


With default settings it will probably fail to save any document. You have to create a /tmp directory inside your user home folder with full read&write privileges. Then inside swriter (word procesor), go to <b>Tools → Options → Paths</b> and change path for temporary files (point to /tmp folder with full read&write privileges (for user) created earlier.


OpenOffice.org includes all of the mandatory applications in a complete office productivity suite: a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, and a drawing program. Its user interface is very similar to other office suites, and it can import and export in various popular file formats. It is available in a number of different languages including interfaces, spell checkers, and dictionaries.


## The GIMP 


You can install the package by issuing this command:

    
    # pkg_radd gimp-2.6

or 

    # pkgin in gimp-2.6

It can also be compiled from the pkgsrc collection.


    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/gimp

    # bmake install clean


For image authoring or picture retouching,  **The GIMP**  is a very sophisticated image manipulation program. It can be used as a simple paint program or as a quality photo retouching suite. It supports a large number of plug-ins and features a scripting interface.  **The GIMP**  can read and write a wide range of file formats. It supports interfaces with scanners and tablets.    

    
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	4	Users often look for a good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some desktop environments like KDE already provide an office suite, there is no default office suite application on DragonFly but it provides all that is needed - [pkgsrc/pkgin](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/) - for installing one.
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	7	## KOffice
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	9	To install KOffice , you have to use the pkgsrc collection.
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	11
	12	# cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/koffice
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	14	# bmake install clean
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	16	or (KDE4 office suite)
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	18	# cd /usr/pkgsrc/wip/koffice
	19
	20	# bmake install clean
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	22	The KDE community has provids its desktop environment with an office suite which can be used outside KDE . It includes: KWord - a frame-based, full-featured word processor, KSpread - a spreadsheet application, KPresenter - a presentation application, Kivio - a flowchart application, Kexi - an integrated database application, Krita - a pixel based image editing and paint application, Karbon14 - a vector-drawing application, KPlato - a technology preview of a new project management application.
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	25	Before installing the latest KOffice , make sure you have an up-to-date version of KDE .
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	27
	28	## AbiWord
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	30
	31	AbiWord is available as a package. You can install it by:
	32
	33
	34	# pkg_radd abiword
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	36	or
	37
	38	# pkgin in abiword
	39
	40
	41	It can also be compiled from the pkgsrc collection.
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	43
	44	# cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/abiword
	45
	46	# bmake install clean
	47
	48	AbiWord is a free word processing program similar in look and feel to Microsoft® Word . It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth. It is very fast, contains many features, and is very user-friendly.
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	50	AbiWord can import or export many file formats, including some proprietary ones like Microsoft `.doc`.
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	52
	53	## OpenOffice.org
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	55
	56	To install OpenOffice.org you have to load linux module into kernel by:
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	58	#kldload linux
	59
	60	To make that change permanent add the following line to <b>/boot/loader.conf</b> :
	61
	62	#echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
	63
	64	Then install for eg. SUSE-based Linux binary emulation environment
65
66	#cd /usr/pkgsrc/emulators/suse100_base
67
68	#bmake install clean
69
70	And finally, install OpenOffice.org by:
71
72	#cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/openoffice3-bin
73
74	#bmake install clean
75
76	To start openoffice.org application menu use:
77
78	%soffice
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80
81	With default settings it will probably fail to save any document. You have to create a /tmp directory inside your user home folder with full read&write privileges. Then inside swriter (word procesor), go to <b>Tools → Options → Paths</b> and change path for temporary files (point to /tmp folder with full read&write privileges (for user) created earlier.
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83
84	OpenOffice.org includes all of the mandatory applications in a complete office productivity suite: a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, and a drawing program. Its user interface is very similar to other office suites, and it can import and export in various popular file formats. It is available in a number of different languages including interfaces, spell checkers, and dictionaries.
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86
87	## The GIMP
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89
90	You can install the package by issuing this command:
91
92
93	# pkg_radd gimp-2.6
94
95	or
96
97	# pkgin in gimp-2.6
98
99	It can also be compiled from the pkgsrc collection.
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101
102	# cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/gimp
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104	# bmake install clean
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106
107	For image authoring or picture retouching, The GIMP is a very sophisticated image manipulation program. It can be used as a simple paint program or as a quality photo retouching suite. It supports a large number of plug-ins and features a scripting interface. The GIMP can read and write a wide range of file formats. It supports interfaces with scanners and tablets.
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110	CategoryHandbook
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112	CategoryHandbook-desktop
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