UBUNTU SETUP

1) Install OpenOffice:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install curl -y
   curl -O http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/3.1.0/OOo_3.1.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz # [x86_64]
   curl -O http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/3.1.0/OOo_3.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz  # [i383/i686]
   tar xzf [OOo_3.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz or downloaded filename]
   cd OOO[tab]/DEBS
   sudo dpkg -i *.deb
   sudo apt-get install openoffice.org openoffice.org-headless -y

2) Add /opt/openoffice.org3/program to your $PATH



MAC OSX SETUP

1) Download OpenOffice from the website and install into /Applications folder

   Goto: http://download.openoffice.org/other.html

2) Add /Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS to your $PATH



CONVERSION ON EITHER PLATFORM


3) Start OpenOffice headless process

   soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" -nofirststartwizard &

4) From RAILS_ROOT, run a file through the jodconverter to convert to pdf:

   java -jar ./vendor/jodconverter-2.2.2/lib/jodconverter-cli-2.2.2.jar Resume.doc Resume.pdf