Installing Open Office on Ubantu/Lubantu

Started by certforumz, May 30, 2015, 07:48:17 AM

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The following procedure worked when installed on Lubuntu 14.10

http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-openoffice-4-1-1-on-ubuntu-14-10-ubuntu-14-04-ubuntu-12-04-debian-8-debian-7-and-derivatives/

How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Debian and derivatives:

First, you have to remove the already installed versions of either openoffice and libreoffice:

$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Next, we will download openoffice, extract the archive and install the deb packages:

$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

$ cd en-GB/DEBS

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

$ cd desktop-integration

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Debian and derivatives:

First, you have to remove the already installed versions of either openoffice and libreoffice:

$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Next, we will download openoffice, extract the archive and install the deb packages:

$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

$ cd en-GB/DEBS

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

$ cd desktop-integration

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Optional to remove Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on either 32 bit or 64 bit Ubuntu/Debian and derivatives, do

$ sudo apt-get remove openoffice*