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<chapter id="desktop">
<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Christophe</firstname>
<surname>Juniet</surname>
<contrib>Contributed by </contrib>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</chapterinfo>
<title>Desktop Applications</title>
<sect1 id="desktop-synopsis">
<title>Synopsis</title>
<para>FreeBSD can run a wide variety of desktop applications, such
as browsers and word processors. Most of these are available as
packages or can be automatically built from the Ports Collection.
Many new users expect to find these kinds of
applications on their desktop. This chapter will show you how
to install some popular desktop applications effortlessly,
either from their packages or from the Ports Collection.</para>
<para>Note that when installing programs from the ports, they are
compiled from source. This can take a very long time, depending
on what you are compiling and the processing power of your
machine(s). If building from source takes a prohibitively long
amount of time for you, you can install most of the programs of
the Ports Collection from pre-built packages.</para>
<para>As FreeBSD features Linux binary compatibility, many
applications originally developed for Linux are available for
your desktop. It is strongly recommended that you read
<xref linkend="linuxemu"/> before installing any of the Linux
applications. Many of the ports using the Linux binary
compatibility start with <quote>linux-</quote>. Remember this
when you search for a particular port, for instance with
&man.whereis.1;. In the following text, it is assumed that you
have enabled Linux binary compatibility before installing any of
the Linux applications.</para>
<para>Here are the categories covered by this chapter:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Browsers (such as <application>Firefox</application>,
<application>Opera</application>,
<application>Konqueror</application>,
<application>Chromium</application>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Productivity (such as
<application>KOffice</application>,
<application>AbiWord</application>,
<application>The GIMP</application>,
<application>OpenOffice.org</application>,
<application>LibreOffice</application>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Document Viewers (such as <application>&acrobat.reader;</application>,
<application>gv</application>,
<application>Xpdf</application>,
<application>GQview</application>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Finance (such as
<application>GnuCash</application>,
<application>Gnumeric</application>,
<application>Abacus</application>)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Before reading this chapter, you should:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Know how to install additional third-party software
(<xref linkend="ports"/>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Know how to install additional Linux software
(<xref linkend="linuxemu"/>).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>For information on how to get a multimedia environment, read
<xref linkend="multimedia"/>. If you want to set up and use
electronic mail, please refer to <xref linkend="mail"/>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-browsers">
<title>Browsers</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>browsers</primary>
<secondary>web</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>FreeBSD does not come with a particular browser
pre-installed. Instead, the
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/www.html">www</ulink>
directory of the Ports Collection contains a lot of browsers
ready to be installed. If you do not have time to compile
everything (this can take a very long time in some cases) many
of them are available as packages.</para>
<para><application>KDE</application> and
<application>GNOME</application> already provide HTML browsers.
Please refer to <xref linkend="x11-wm"/> for more information on
how to set up these complete desktops.</para>
<para>If you are looking for light-weight browsers, you should
investigate the Ports Collection for
<filename role="package">www/dillo2</filename>,
<filename role="package">www/links</filename>, or
<filename role="package">www/w3m</filename>.</para>
<para>This section covers these applications:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Application Name</entry>
<entry>Resources Needed</entry>
<entry>Installation from Ports</entry>
<entry>Major Dependencies</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><application>Firefox</application></entry>
<entry>medium</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Opera</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>FreeBSD and Linux versions available. The Linux
version depends on the Linux Binary Compatibility and
<application>linux-openmotif</application>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Konqueror</application></entry>
<entry>medium</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>KDE</application> Libraries</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Chromium</application></entry>
<entry>medium</entry>
<entry>medium</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<sect2>
<title>Firefox</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Firefox</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Firefox</application> is a modern, free,
open-source stable browser that is fully ported to &os;: it
features a very standards-compliant HTML display engine,
tabbed browsing, popup blocking, extensions, improved
security, and more. <application>Firefox</application> is
based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
<para>Install the package by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox</userinput></screen>
<para>This will install the latest release version of
<application>Firefox</application>,
if you want to run <application>Firefox</application>
Extended Support Release (ESR) version, use instead:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox-esr</userinput></screen>
<para>You can also use the Ports Collection if you
prefer to compile from source code:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/firefox</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>For <application>Firefox</application> ESR, in the
previous command replace <literal>firefox</literal> with
<literal>firefox-esr</literal>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-java-plugin">
<title>Firefox and &java; Plugin</title>
<note>
<para>In this section and in the next two sections, we assume you have
already installed <application>Firefox</application>.</para>
</note>
<para>Install <application>OpenJDK 6</application>
through the Ports Collection by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk6</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Then install the <filename
role="package">java/icedtea-web</filename> port:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Make sure you have kept the default configuration options
for both ports.</para>
<para>Start your browser, enter <literal>about:plugins</literal>
in the location bar and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A page
listing the installed plugins will be displayed; the
<application>&java;</application> plugin should be listed there
now.</para>
<para>If the browser is unable to find the plugin, each user
will have to run the following command and relaunch the
browser:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
$HOME/.mozilla/plugins/</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-flash-plugin">
<title>Firefox and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>Flash</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>The &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;. However,
a software layer (wrapper) for running the Linux version of the plugin
exists. This wrapper also supports &adobe; &acrobat; plugin,
&realplayer; plugin and more.</para>
<para>According to the version of &os; you run various steps are
required:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<title>Under &os; 7.X</title>
<para>Install the <filename
role="package">www/nspluginwrapper</filename> port. This
port requires <filename
role="package">emulators/linux_base-fc4</filename> which
is a large port.</para>
<para>The next step is to install the <filename
role="package">www/linux-flashplugin9</filename>
port. This will install &flash; 9.X, this version is
known to run correctly under &os; 7.X.</para>
</step>
<step>
<title>Under &os; 8.X or Newer</title>
<para>Install the <filename
role="package">www/nspluginwrapper</filename> port. This
port requires <filename
role="package">emulators/linux_base-f10</filename> which
is a large port.</para>
<para>The next step is to install &flash; 11.X from the
<filename role="package">www/linux-f10-flashplugin11</filename>
port.</para>
<para>This version will require the following link to be
created:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so \
/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/</userinput></screen>
<para>The <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins</filename>
directory will have to be created manually if it does not
exist on the system.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<para>Once the right &flash; port, according to the &os; version
you run,
is installed, the plugin must be installed by each
user with <command>nspluginwrapper</command>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -i</userinput></screen>
<para>Then, start your browser, enter
<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and press
<keycap>Enter</keycap>.
A list should appear with all the currently
available plugins.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="moz-swfdec-flash-plugin">
<title>Firefox and Swfdec &flash; Plugin</title>
<para>Swfdec is the library for decoding and rendering &flash; animations.
And Swfdec-Mozilla is a plugin for <application>Firefox</application>
browsers that uses the Swfdec library for playing SWF files.
It is still in heavy development.</para>
<para>If you cannot or do not want to compile it, just install
the package from the network:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r swfdec-plugin</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can compile and install it
from the Ports Collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/swfdec-plugin</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Then, restart your browser for this plugin taking effect.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Opera</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Opera</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Opera</application> is a
full-featured and standards-compliant browser. It also
comes with a built-in mail and news reader, an IRC client,
an RSS/Atom feeds reader and much more. Despite this,
<application>Opera</application> is relatively lightweight
and very fast. It comes in two flavors: a <quote>native</quote>
FreeBSD version and a version that runs under Linux
emulation.</para>
<para>To browse the Web with the FreeBSD version of <application>Opera</application>,
install the package:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r opera</userinput></screen>
<para>Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but
<application>Opera</application> can still be obtained
through the Ports Collection by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/opera</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>To install the Linux version of
<application>Opera</application>, substitute
<literal>linux-opera</literal> in place of
<literal>opera</literal> in the example above.</para>
<para>The &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;.
However, a &linux; version of the plugin exists. To install
this version, the <filename
role="package">www/linux-f10-flashplugin11</filename> port has
to be installed, then install the port <filename
role="package">www/opera-linuxplugins</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin11</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-linuxplugins</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>You can check the presence of the plugin: start your
browser, enter <literal>opera:plugins</literal> in the
location bar and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. A list should
appear with all the currently available plugins.</para>
<para>To add the <application>&java;</application> plugin,
follow the <link linkend="moz-java-plugin">instructions for
Firefox</link>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Konqueror</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Konqueror</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Konqueror</application> is part of
<application>KDE</application> but it can also be used outside
of <application>KDE</application> by installing
<filename role="package">x11/kdebase3</filename>.
<application>Konqueror</application> is much more than a browser,
it is also a file manager and a multimedia viewer.</para>
<para>There is also a set of plugins available for
<application>Konqueror</application>,
available in <filename role="package">misc/konq-plugins</filename>.</para>
<para><application>Konqueror</application> supports WebKit as
well as its own KHTML. WebKit is used by many modern browsers
including Chromium. To use WebKit with
<application>Konqueror</application> on &os;:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/kwebkitpart</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Then in <application>Konqueror</application>, click
<quote>Settings</quote>, <quote>Configure Konqueror</quote>,
then <quote>Change KHTML to WebKit</quote>.</para>
<para><application>Konqueror</application> also supports <application>&flash;</application>; a <quote>How To</quote> guide
for getting <application>&flash;</application> support on
<application>Konqueror</application>
is available at <ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php"></ulink>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Chromium</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Chromium</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Chromium</application> is an open-source
browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
stable web browsing experience. <application>Chromium</application>
features tabbed browsing, popup blocking, extensions, and much
more. <application>Chromium</application> is the open-source
project upon which the Google Chrome web browser is
based.</para>
<para><application>Chromium</application> can be installed as a
package by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r chromium</userinput></screen>
<para>Alternatively, <application>Chromium</application> can be
compiled from source using the Ports Collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/chromium</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para><application>Chromium</application> is installed as
<filename>/usr/local/bin/chrome</filename>, not
<filename>/usr/local/bin/chromium</filename>.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="chromium-java-plugin">
<title>Chromium and &java; Plugin</title>
<note>
<para>This section assumes <application>Chromium</application>
is already installed.</para>
</note>
<para>Install <application>OpenJDK 6</application> through the
Ports Collection by typing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk6
&prompt.root; make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Next, install <filename
role="package">java/icedtea-web</filename> from the Ports
Collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web
&prompt.root; make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Start <application>Chromium</application>, and enter
<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the address bar.
IcedTea-Web should be listed as one of the installed plugins.</para>
<para>If <application>Chromium</application> does not display the
IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands, and restart the web
browser:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins
&prompt.root; ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
/usr/local/share/chromium/plugins/</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="chromium-flash-plugin">
<title>Chromium and &adobe; &flash; Plugin</title>
<note>
<para>This section assumes <application>Chromium</application>
is already installed.</para>
</note>
<para>Configuring <application>Chromium</application> and
&adobe; &flash; is similar to the <link
linkend="moz-flash-plugin">instructions for Firefox</link>. For
more detailed instructions on installing &adobe; &flash; on
&os;, please refer to that section. No additional configuration
should be necessary, since <application>Chromium</application> is
able to use some plugins from other browsers.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-productivity">
<title>Productivity</title>
<para>When it comes to productivity, new users often look for a
good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some
<link linkend="x11-wm">desktop environments</link> like
<application>KDE</application> already provide an office suite,
there is no default productivity package. FreeBSD can provide all that is
needed, regardless of your desktop environment.</para>
<para>This section covers these applications:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Application Name</entry>
<entry>Resources Needed</entry>
<entry>Installation from Ports</entry>
<entry>Major Dependencies</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><application>KOffice</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>KDE</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>AbiWord</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application> or <application>GNOME</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>The Gimp</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>OpenOffice.org</application></entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry>huge</entry>
<entry><application>&jdk;</application>, <application>Mozilla</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>LibreOffice</application></entry>
<entry>somewhat heavy</entry>
<entry>huge</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application>, or <application>KDE</application>/
<application>GNOME</application>, or <application>&jdk;</application></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<sect2>
<title>KOffice</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>KOffice</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>office suite</primary>
<secondary><application>KOffice</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>The KDE community has provided its desktop environment
with an office suite which can be used outside
<application>KDE</application>. It includes the four standard
components that can be found in other office suites.
<application>KWord</application> is the word processor,
<application>KSpread</application> is the spreadsheet program,
<application>KPresenter</application> manages slide
presentations, and <application>Kontour</application> lets you
draw graphical documents.</para>
<para>Before installing the latest
<application>KOffice</application>, make sure you have an
up-to-date version of <application>KDE</application>.</para>
<para>To install <application>KOffice</application> for
<application>KDE4</application> as a
package, issue the following command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r koffice-kde4</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can use the Ports Collection.
For instance, to install
<application>KOffice</application> for
<application>KDE4</application>, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/koffice-kde4</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>AbiWord</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>AbiWord</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>AbiWord</application> is a free word
processing program similar in look and feel to <application>µsoft; Word</application>.
It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and
so forth. It is very fast, contains many features, and is
very user-friendly.</para>
<para><application>AbiWord</application> can import or export
many file formats, including some proprietary ones like
µsoft;'s <filename>.doc</filename>.</para>
<para><application>AbiWord</application> is available as a
package. You can install it by:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r abiword</userinput></screen>
<para>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:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/abiword</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>The GIMP</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>The GIMP</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para>For image authoring or picture retouching,
<application>The GIMP</application> 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.
<application>The GIMP</application> can read and write a wide
range of file formats. It supports interfaces with scanners
and tablets.</para>
<para>You can install the package by issuing this
command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gimp</userinput></screen>
<para>If your FTP site does not have this package, you can use
the Ports Collection. The
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/graphics.html">graphics</ulink>
directory of the Ports Collection also contains
<application>The Gimp Manual</application>. Here is how to
get them installed:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp-manual-pdf</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>The
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/graphics.html">graphics</ulink>
directory of the Ports Collection holds the development
version of <application>The GIMP</application> in
<filename role="package">graphics/gimp-devel</filename>.
An HTML version of
<application>The Gimp Manual</application> is available from
<filename role="package">graphics/gimp-manual-html</filename>.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>OpenOffice.org</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>OpenOffice.org</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>office suite</primary>
<secondary><application>OpenOffice.org</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>OpenOffice.org</application> 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 — internationalization has been
extended to interfaces, spell checkers, and
dictionaries.</para>
<para>The word processor of
<application>OpenOffice.org</application> 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.
<application>OpenOffice.org</application> is already stable
and runs natively on &windows;, &solaris;, Linux, FreeBSD,
and &macos; X. More
information about <application>OpenOffice.org</application>
can be found on the
<ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org web site</ulink>.
For FreeBSD specific information, and to directly
download packages, use the <ulink
url="http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/">FreeBSD OpenOffice.org
Porting Team</ulink>'s web site.</para>
<para>To install <application>OpenOffice.org</application>,
do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r openoffice.org</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>When running a -RELEASE version of &os;, this should work.
Otherwise, you should look on the &os; <application>OpenOffice.org</application> Porting Team's
web site to download and install the appropriate package
using &man.pkg.add.1;. Both the current release and
development version are available for download at this
location.</para>
</note>
<para>Once the package is installed, you just have to type the
following command to run
<application>OpenOffice.org</application>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>openoffice.org</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>During the first launch, you will be asked some
questions and a <filename>.openoffice.org</filename> folder
will be created in your home directory.</para>
</note>
<para>If the <application>OpenOffice.org</application> packages
are not available, you still have the option to compile the
port. However, you must bear in mind that it requires a lot of
disk space and a fairly long time to compile.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>If you want to build a localized version, replace the
previous command line with the following:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make LOCALIZED_LANG=<replaceable>your_language</replaceable> install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>You have to replace
<replaceable>your_language</replaceable> with the correct
language ISO-code. A list of supported language codes is
available in the
<filename>files/Makefile.localized</filename> file, located
in the port directory.</para>
</note>
<para>Once this is done,
<application>OpenOffice.org</application> can be launched with
the command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>openoffice.org</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>LibreOffice</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>LibreOffice</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>office suite</primary>
<secondary><application>LibreOffice</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>LibreOffice</application> is a free software
office suite developed by <ulink
url="http://www.documentfoundation.org/">The Document
Foundation</ulink> that is compatible with other
major office suites and available on a variety of platforms.
It is a rebranded fork of
<application>OpenOffice.org</application> which includes all of the
mandatory applications in a complete office productivity
suite: a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager,
a drawing program, a database management program, and a tool for
creating and editing mathematical formula. It is available in a
number of different languages — internationalization has been
extended to interfaces, spell checkers, and dictionaries.</para>
<para>The word processor of <application>LibreOffice</application>
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.
<application>LibreOffice</application> is already stable
and runs natively on &windows;, Linux, FreeBSD, and
&macos; X. More information about <application>LibreOffice
</application> can be found on the
<ulink url="http://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice web site</ulink>.</para>
<para>To install <application>LibreOffice</application> as package,
do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r libreoffice</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>When running a -RELEASE version of &os;, this should work.</para>
</note>
<para>Once the package is installed, you need to type the following
command to run <application>LibreOffice</application>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>libreoffice</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>During the first launch, you will be asked some
questions and a <filename class="directory">.libreoffice</filename>
folder will be created in your home directory.</para>
</note>
<para>If the <application>LibreOffice</application> packages
are not available, you still have the option to compile the
port. However, you must bear in mind that it requires a lot of
disk space and a fairly long time to compile.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/libreoffice</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>If you want to build a localized version, replace the
previous command line with the following:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>make LOCALIZED_LANG=<replaceable>your_language</replaceable> install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>You have to replace
<replaceable>your_language</replaceable> with the correct
language ISO-code. A list of supported language codes are
available in the <maketarget>pre-fetch</maketarget> target of
the port <filename>Makefile</filename>.
</para>
</note>
<para>Once this is done,
<application>LibreOffice</application> can be launched with
the command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>libreoffice</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-viewers">
<title>Document Viewers</title>
<para>Some new document formats have gained popularity since
the advent of &unix;;
the standard viewers they require may not be available in the
base system. We will see how to install such viewers in this
section.</para>
<para>This section covers these applications:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Application Name</entry>
<entry>Resources Needed</entry>
<entry>Installation from Ports</entry>
<entry>Major Dependencies</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><application>&acrobat.reader;</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>Linux Binary Compatibility</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>gv</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry><application>Xaw3d</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Xpdf</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry><application>FreeType</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>GQview</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry><application>Gtk+</application> or <application>GNOME</application></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<sect2>
<title>&acrobat.reader;</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Acrobat Reader</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>PDF</primary>
<secondary>viewing</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>Many documents are now distributed as PDF files,
which stands for <quote>Portable Document Format</quote>. One
of the recommended viewers for these types of files is
<application>&acrobat.reader;</application>, released by Adobe
for Linux. As FreeBSD can run Linux binaries, it is also
available for FreeBSD.</para>
<para>To install <application>&acrobat.reader; 8</application> from
the Ports collection, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/print/acroread8</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>A package is not available due to licencing restrictions.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>gv</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>gv</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>PDF</primary>
<secondary>viewing</secondary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>PostScript</primary>
<secondary>viewing</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>gv</application> is a &postscript; and PDF
viewer. It is originally based on
<application>ghostview</application> but it has a nicer look
thanks to the <application>Xaw3d</application> library. It is fast and its interface is
clean. <application>gv</application> has many features, such as
orientation, paper size, scale, and anti-aliasing. Almost any
operation can be done with either the keyboard or the
mouse.</para>
<para>To install <application>gv</application> as a package,
do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gv</userinput></screen>
<para>If you cannot get the package, you can use the Ports Collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/print/gv</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Xpdf</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Xpdf</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>PDF</primary>
<secondary>viewing</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>If you want a small FreeBSD PDF viewer,
<application>Xpdf</application> is a light-weight and
efficient viewer. It requires very few resources and is
very stable. It uses the standard X fonts and does not
require <application>&motif;</application> or any other X toolkit.</para>
<para>To install the <application>Xpdf</application> package,
issue this command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r xpdf</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available or you prefer to use the
Ports Collection, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/graphics/xpdf</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Once the installation is complete, you can launch
<application>Xpdf</application> and use the right mouse button
to activate the menu.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>GQview</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>GQview</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>GQview</application> is an image manager.
You can view a file with a single click, launch an external
editor, get thumbnail previews, and much more. It also
features a slideshow mode and some basic file operations. You
can manage image collections and easily find duplicates.
<application>GQview</application> can do full screen viewing
and supports internationalization.</para>
<para>If you want to install the
<application>GQview</application> package, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gqview</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available or you prefer to use the
Ports Collection, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/graphics/gqview</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-finance">
<title>Finance</title>
<para>If, for any reason, you would like to manage your personal
finances on your FreeBSD Desktop, there are some powerful and
easy-to-use applications ready to be installed. Some of them
are compatible with widespread file formats, such as the formats used by
<application><trademark class="registered">Quicken</trademark></application>
and <application>Excel</application> to store documents.</para>
<para>This section covers these programs:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Application Name</entry>
<entry>Resources Needed</entry>
<entry>Installation from Ports</entry>
<entry>Major Dependencies</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><application>GnuCash</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>GNOME</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Gnumeric</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>GNOME</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Abacus</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry><application>Tcl/Tk</application></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>KMyMoney</application></entry>
<entry>light</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
<entry><application>KDE</application></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<sect2>
<title>GnuCash</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>GnuCash</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>GnuCash</application> is part of the
<application>GNOME</application> effort to provide
user-friendly, yet powerful, applications to end-users. With
<application>GnuCash</application>, you can keep track of your
income and expenses, your bank accounts, and your stocks. It
features an intuitive interface while remaining very
professional.</para>
<para><application>GnuCash</application> provides a smart
register, a hierarchical system of accounts, and many keyboard
accelerators and auto-completion methods. It can split a
single transaction into several more detailed pieces.
<application>GnuCash</application> can import and merge
<application>Quicken</application> QIF files. It also handles
most international date and currency formats.</para>
<para>To install <application>GnuCash</application> on your
system, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gnucash</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can use the Ports Collection:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/finance/gnucash</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Gnumeric</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Gnumeric</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>spreadsheet</primary>
<secondary><application>Gnumeric</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Gnumeric</application> is a spreadsheet program, part
of the <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment.
It features convenient automatic <quote>guessing</quote> of user
input according to the cell format with an autofill system for
many sequences. It can import files in a number of popular
formats like those of <application>Excel</application>,
<application>Lotus 1-2-3</application>, or <application>Quattro Pro</application>.
<application>Gnumeric</application> supports graphs through
the <filename role="package">math/guppi</filename> graphing
program. It has a large number of built-in functions and
allows all of the usual cell formats such as number, currency,
date, time, and much more.</para>
<para>To install <application>Gnumeric</application> as a
package, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r gnumeric</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can use the Ports Collection
by doing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/math/gnumeric</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Abacus</title>
<indexterm>
<primary><application>Abacus</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>spreadsheet</primary>
<secondary><application>Abacus</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>Abacus</application> is a small and easy to
use spreadsheet program. It includes many built-in functions useful
in several domains such as statistics, finances, and
mathematics. It can import and export the <application>Excel</application> file format.
<application>Abacus</application> can produce &postscript;
output.</para>
<para>To install <application>Abacus</application> as a
package, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r abacus</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can use the Ports Collection
by doing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/deskutils/abacus</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>KMyMoney</title>
<indexterm><primary><application>KMyMoney</application></primary></indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>spreadsheet</primary>
<secondary><application>KMyMoney</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
<para><application>KMyMoney</application> is a personal finance
manager built for <application>KDE</application>. <application>KMyMoney</application> intends to provide and
incorporate all the important features found in commercial
personal finance manager applications. It also highlights
ease-of-use and proper double-entry accounting among its
features. <application>KMyMoney</application> imports from standard Quicken Interchange
Format (QIF) files, tracks investments, handles multiple
currencies, and provides a wealth of reports. OFX import
capabilities are also available through a separate plugin.</para>
<para>To install <application>KMyMoney</application> as a
package, do:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kmymoney2</userinput></screen>
<para>If the package is not available, you can use the Ports
Collection by doing:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/finance/kmymoney2</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-summary">
<title>Summary</title>
<para>While FreeBSD is popular among ISPs for its performance and
stability, it is quite ready for day-to-day use as a desktop.
With several thousand applications available as
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/applications.html">packages</ulink> or
<ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/index.html">ports</ulink>,
you can build a perfect desktop that suits all your needs.</para>
<para>Here is a quick review of all the desktop applications
covered in this chapter:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Application Name</entry>
<entry>Package Name</entry>
<entry>Ports Name</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><application>Opera</application></entry>
<entry><literal>opera</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">www/opera</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Firefox</application></entry>
<entry><literal>firefox</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">www/firefox</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Chromium</application></entry>
<entry><literal>chromium</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">www/chromium</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>KOffice</application></entry>
<entry><literal>koffice-kde4</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">editors/koffice-kde4</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>AbiWord</application></entry>
<entry><literal>abiword</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">editors/abiword</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>The GIMP</application></entry>
<entry><literal>gimp</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">graphics/gimp</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>OpenOffice.org</application></entry>
<entry><literal>openoffice</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">editors/openoffice.org-3</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>LibreOffice</application></entry>
<entry><literal>libreoffice</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">editors/libreoffice</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>&acrobat.reader;</application></entry>
<entry><literal>acroread</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">print/acroread8</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>gv</application></entry>
<entry><literal>gv</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">print/gv</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Xpdf</application></entry>
<entry><literal>xpdf</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">graphics/xpdf</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>GQview</application></entry>
<entry><literal>gqview</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">graphics/gqview</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>GnuCash</application></entry>
<entry><literal>gnucash</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">finance/gnucash</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Gnumeric</application></entry>
<entry><literal>gnumeric</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">math/gnumeric</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>Abacus</application></entry>
<entry><literal>abacus</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">deskutils/abacus</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><application>KMyMoney</application></entry>
<entry><literal>kmymoney2</literal></entry>
<entry><filename role="package">finance/kmymoney2</filename></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect1>
</chapter>