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Installation Guidelines



This section contains installation information for the various platforms supported by the OpenXMLViewer project.
The installers are platform specific and follow the naming convention as below:
<Plug-in name>_<os>_<platform>.<type>


Eg. The Windows Firefox installer is called OpenXMLViewer_win_firefox.xpi.
For Linux, the same is called OpenXMLViewer_linux_firefox.xpi

The installers are packaged in a zip/tar files depending on the OS and platform.

Command-line utility installation


The package files are named as below

Eg. The Windows package is called OpenXMLViewer_Win_Cmd.zip.
For Linux, the same is called OpenXMLViewer_linux_cmd.tar.

The commandline interface files are called OpenXMLViewer.exe on windows and OpenXMLViewer on linux.

MS Windows XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 Server

Extract the files from the zip to the required folder.

Linux

Root access/install permission are required in order to install the files. Write access to /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/bin is required for the installation to be successful.
Download the tar archive and extract it to a local directory.

> tar -xvf OpenXMLViewer_linux_cmd.tar
> cd OpenXMLViewer_linux_cmd
> ./install.sh

This will install the files to /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/bin folders


Browser plug-in installation


Installing OpenXML Viewer on IE 7, IE 8


1. Download the OpenXMLViewer_Win_IE.zip from the Download section

2. Extract the files in the zip to a temporary folder


3. In case the OS is Windows 2008 or Vista, the installer needs to be "Run as Administrator". Right click on the OpenXMLViewer_Win_IE.msi and select "Run as Administrator".


Click on Next to continue.

5. The license information is displayed.


6. The installation path can be chosen in the dialog.



7.



Click Install to install the plug-in.

8. On completion of the installation, click on the Finish button.

Installing OpenXML Viewer for Opera (Windows)


1. Download the OpenXMLViewer_Win_Opera.zip from the Download section
2. Extract the files in the zip to a temporary folder


3. In case the OS is Windows 2008 or Vista, the installer needs to be "Run as Administrator". Right click on the OpenXMLViewer_Win_Opera.msi and select "Run as Administrator".


4. Click on Next to continue.

5. The license information is displayed.


Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Install to continue.

6. Select to do a Typical install.



7. Click Install to continue.


8. Opera plug-ins need to be installed into %Program Files%/Opera/Program/Plugins for it to be detected. The path is automatically fetched from the Registry and used

9. On completion of the installation, click on the Finish button.


Installing OpenXML Viewer for Opera (Linux)


Prerequisites
Root access/install permission are required in order to install the files. Write access to /usr/local/lib is required for the installation to be successful. Download the tar archive and extract it to a local directory.

> tar –xvf OpenXMLViewer_linux_opera.tar
> cd OpenXMLViewer_linux_opera

Note: The Linux plug-ins are 32-bit binaries. They may not work correctly on a 64-bit OS/browser.



Step 1

  • Open a Super User shell(su)
  • Execute ./install.sh. This will install the plug-in files and create the necessary symbolic links in /usr/local/lib folder.

Step 2
  • This will install the plug-in for Opera for the particular user.
  • Restart Opera. The plugin should be present in Tools>Advanced>Plugins.
To test the installation, drop a .docx file into Opera and verify the corresponding html is being generated.

Installing OpenXML Viewer for Firefox (Windows)


The OpenXML Viewer Firefox plug-in for MS Windows can be downloaded from the Download section
  • Extract the zip file to your local folder.
  • The zip file contains the Readme.txt, the License.txt file and the Firefox extension installer OpenXMLViewer_win_firefox.xpi.
  • Open the .xpi file using Firefox. The code-signed plug-in information is displayed on the screen, signed against MindTree Limited.
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  • Click on the Install Now button.

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  • Once the plug-in is installed, Firefox prompts for a restart. Restart Firefox as prompted.
  • Once Firefox is restarted, navigate to Tools>Add ons. In the extensions tab, OpenXMLViewer should be visible.

Installing OpenXML Viewer for Firefox (Linux)


Prerequisites
Root access/install permissions is required in order to install the files. Write access to /usr/local/lib and /usr/lib/mozilla is required for the installation to be successful.

  • Download the tar archive and extract it to a local directory.
> tar -xvf OpenXMLViewer_linux_firefox.tar
> cd OpenXMLViewer_linux_firefox

Note: The Linux plug-ins are 32-bit binaries. They may not work correctly on a 64-bit OS/browser.


Step 1
  • Open a Super User shell (su)
  • Execute ./install.sh. This will install the plug-in files and create the necessary symbolic links in /usr/local/lib folder.

Step 2
  • Open the OpenXMLViewer_linux_firefox.xpi with Firefox after logging in as the user. This will install the plug-in for Firefox for the particular user. This is similar to the Windows installation (see above)
  • Restart Firefox. The plug-in should be present in Tools>Add-ons>plugins.

For installing the OpenXMLViewer plug-in for other users, log in as the required user. Open the OpenXMLViewer_linux_firefox.xpi using Firefox. The plug-in will be installed for the user.

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