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Generate a document thumbnail (doc, xls, ppt and openoffice formats) in Ubuntu Server 10.04
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  1. Install OpenOffice headless package

    $ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-headless openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-impress

  2. Install UNO python library

    $ sudo apt-get install python-uno unoconv

  3. Install necessary fonts (Especially for international language)

    Copy fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/

    Then run

    $ fc-cache

  4. Run OpenOffice as a service

    $ soffice -headless -nofirststartwizard -accept="socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.Service"

  5. Convert document to PDF using unoconv command

    $ unoconv -f pdf __[filename]__

  6. Create PDF thumbnail by using MuPDF tool

    $ pdfdraw -r 100 -o __[output-thumbnail]__ __[pdf-file]__ 1
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