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System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2

Microsoft Windows

  • Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista (enhanced Vista integration from version 2.2)
  • 128 Mbytes RAM
  • At least 800 Mbytes available disk space for a default install (including a JRE) via download. After installation and deletion of temporary installation files, OpenOffice.org will use approximately 440 Mbytes disk space.
  • 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours

Solaris: SPARC platform edition

  • Solaris 8 OS or higher
  • 128 Mbytes RAM
  • 250 Mbytes available disk space
  • X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours

Solaris: x86 platform edition

  • Solaris 8 OS or higher
  • 128 Mbytes RAM
  • 250 Mbytes available disk space
  • X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours

GNU/Linux ("Linux")

  • Linux kernel version 2.2.13 or higher, glibc2 version 2.2.0 or higher
  • 128 Mbytes RAM
  • 200 Mbytes available disk space
  • X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours

Mac OS X (X11)

  • Power Mac G3 400Mhz or higher
  • Mac OS X 10.4.x
  • 256Mbytes RAM
  • 400Mbytes available disk space
  • X11 required.  Available for OS X 10.4 on the OS X install disc.  The instructions for Tiger users are here.
  • 800 x 600 or higher resolution with 16.7 Million colours

Java

The minimum JDK/JRE version required to use OpenOffice.org features that require java is JDK/JRE version 1.3.1.

To use the XSLT filters with JDK 1.3.1 you should download the files xalan.jar and xml-apis.jar from Xalan website and crimson.jar from the Crimson website. The files also need to be added to the OpenOffice.org classpath. This can be accomplished with Tools->options->OpenOffice.org->Security

For full functionality, jdk/jre 1.4.0_02 or newer or jdk/jre 1.4.1_01 or newer is required

For accessibility

All platforms

Linux:

  • Installation of GNOME 2.2

Solaris:

Installation of GNOME 2.0

Also see Index of System Requirements for each version