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BharateeyaOO:

Please install the GIST_TMOTChanakya font and Click here for more information

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Centre for Development of Advanced Computing,
(Erstwhile NCST)
68, Electronics City
Bangalore - 561229
India.
Phone: +91-80-2852-3300
Fax: +91-80-2852-2590
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For Windows

System Requirement
Install Instructions
1. Click on the link below, extract and install the OpenOffice.org1.1.4-Tamil-Windows.zip
2. After installation the Common.xcu file has to be copied to the <OpenOfficeInstall>\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\directory.
(62.9 MB)

To Download in parts please click here. Download all parts and save in folder. After downloading click on OpenOffice.org.zip to combine all parts.

For Linux

System Requirement

Install Instructions
- Install JRE 1.5:
  - Step01. Download Java Runtime Environment from http://java.sun.com & "fontconfig.properties" and save in a directory on your machine.
  - Step02. Go to the directory in which you have saved the files.
  - Step03. Change permission for "jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin"
    $ chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin
  - Step04. login as root
    $ su
  - Step05. Execute the binary file.
    $ ./jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586-rpm.bin
    JRE will get installed in /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/ directory.
  - Step06. Copy GIST-TMOTChanakya font file to lib/fonts directory under Java
    install directory
    $ cp (Full path in which Fonts.tar.gz saved)/Fonts/*.ttf
    /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/lib/fonts
  - Step07. Copy property files "fontconfig.properties" files to lib directory
    under Java install directory
    $ cp ./fontconfig.properties
    /usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/lib
  - Step08. Append following lines to your login's ".bash_profile" file
    export PATH=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/bin:$PATH
    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_02/
    Or
    Add the above lines to "/etc/profile" file
  - Step09. logout as root
    $exit

JRE 1.5 (15.2 MB)
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Download From Here: 1 2 3 4 (4 MB Each)
Font config (fontconfig.properties ) (2.19 KB)

Note : If you are not able to save the file to disk, then right click on the link and click on "save link as"

Install Bharateeya Open office:
- Step01. Download "OpenOffice.org-Tamil-Linux-1.1.4.tar.gz"
  and save in a directory on your machine.
- Step02. Logout from the session and login again.
  Before logging select Tamil as interface language and Gnome as
  Desktop environment. There are options for selecting language
  and desktop environment in login window( where the system asks
  for login and password), see "language" & "session" menus at bottom.
- Step03. Select Tamil Keyboard Layout for input.
  Launch "Keyboard Preferences" from
  Applications->Preferences->Keyboard.
  Under Layouts option you can select layout for Tamil.
- Step04. Go to the directory in which you have saved tar.gz file.
- Step05. Uncompress the tar ball
  $tar -zxvf OpenOffice.org-Tamil-Linux-1.1.4.tar.gz
  On uncompress you will get a new directory "normal"
- Step06 Set the appropriate permission.
  $chmod -R 555 ./normal
- Step07. Make "normal" directory as working directory.
  $cd ./normal
- Step08. Execute "run.sh".
  $./run.sh
- Step09. After successful installation of BOO execute the "spadmin" tool from program directory under Bharateeya Open office installation. The tool will help in installing new fonts for BOO.

(73 MB)

To Download in parts please click here. Download all parts and save in folder. After downloading click on OpenOffice.org-Tamil-Lin.zip to combine all parts.

Glossary :

The glossary contains the dictionary of terms used in Tamil and what they mean in English.

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