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KOffice-1.2.1

Introduction to KOffice

KOffice is the integrated office suite for KDE.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://download.at.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/koffice-1.2.1/src/koffice-1.2.1.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/koffice-1.2.1/src/koffice-1.2.1.tar.bz2
Download size: 8.8 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 150 MB
Estimated build time: 44.89 SBU

KOffice dependencies

Required

kdebase-3.1.4

Additional downloads

KOffice also has many internationalization packages in the form of:
koffice-i18n-xx-1.2.1.tar.bz2
where the xx is a two to five letter code for the country covered. The sizes of these files range from about 289 KB to 408 KB.

Installation of KOffice

Install KOffice with the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/opt/kde-3.1.4
--disable-debug &&
make &&
make install

The KOffice package provides kword, kspread, kpresenter, kivio, kontour, krita, kugar, kplato, kchart and kformula.

kword

kword is a framemaker-like word processing and desktop publishing program.

kspread

kspread is a scriptable spreadsheet program.

kpresenter

kpresenter is a presentation builder/display program.

kivio

kivio is a flowchart program.

kontour

kontour is a vector drawing program.

krita

krita is a painting and image editing program.

kugar

kugar is a tool for creating reports.

kplato

kplato is a project management application (in early stages of development).

kchart

kchart is a chart drawing application.

kformula

kformula is a formula editor.