## 15.3 Productivity 



When it comes to productivity, new users often look for a good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some [x11-wm.html desktop environments] like  **KDE**  already provide an office suite, there is no default application. DragonFly provides all that is needed, regardless of your desktop environment.



This section covers these applications:



[[!table  data="""
| Application Name | Resources Needed | Installation from Ports | Major Dependencies 
  **KOffice**  | light | heavy |  **KDE**  
  **AbiWord**  | light | light |  **Gtk+**  or  **GNOME**  
  **The Gimp**  | light | heavy |  **Gtk+**  
  **OpenOffice.org**  | heavy | huge | ***'GCC 3.1***', ***'JDK™ 1.3***',  **Mozilla**  |

"""]]

### 15.3.1 KOffice 



The KDE community has provided its desktop environment with an office suite which can be used outside  **KDE** . It includes the four standard components that can be found in other office suites.  **KWord**  is the word processor,  **KSpread**  is the spreadsheet program,  **KPresenter**  manages slide presentations, and  **Kontour**  lets you draw graphical documents.



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



To install  **KOffice**  as a package, you can use the ports collection. For instance, to install  **KOffice**  for ***'KDE3***', do:



    

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/koffice

    # bmake install clean





### 15.3.2 AbiWord 



 **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`.



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



    

    # pkg_radd abiword

or

    # pkgin in abiword



If the package is not available, it can be compiled from the ports collection. The ports collection should be more up to date. It can be done as follows:



    

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/editors/abiword

    # bmake install clean





### 15.3.3 The GIMP 



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.



You can install the package by issuing this command:

    

    # pkg_radd gimp-2.6

or 

    # pkgin in gimp-2.6


If your FTP site does not have this package, you can use the ports collection. The [graphics](http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/graphics.html) directory of the ports collection also contains  **The Gimp Manual** . Here is how to get them installed:



    

    # cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/gimp

    # bmake install clean

    

### 15.3.4 OpenOffice.org 



 **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 word processor of  **OpenOffice.org**  uses a native XML file format for increased portability and flexibility. The spreadsheet program features a macro language and it can be interfaced with external databases.  **OpenOffice.org**  is already stable and runs natively on Windows®, Solaris™, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS® X. More information about  **OpenOffice.org**  can be found on the [OpenOffice web site](http://www.openoffice.org/). For FreeBSD specific information, and to directly download packages use the [FreeBSD OpenOffice Porting Team](http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/)'s web site. These packages should work on DragonFly.



To install  **OpenOffice.org**:

  
Load linux module into kernel 

    #kldload linux

Add to /boot/loader.conf:
 
    #echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

Then
 
    #cd /usr/pkgsrc/emulators/suse100_base
    #bmake install clean

Install  OpenOffice:

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

Use: 

    %soffice 

to start openoffice.org application menu. 

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, go to Tools → Options → Paths and change path for Temporary files (point to /tmp folder with full read&write privileges (for user) created earlier.
    
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