Keywords: Apache OpenOffice, Ubuntu, Linuxmint
OpenOffice is one of the most popular, open-source, cross-platform, Office Suite, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems. Nowadays Ubuntu/Linuxmint comes with Libreoffice pre-installed. So if you need to use Openoffice you have to install it manually. Appache OpenOffice is not available via any repository or PPA, we have to download the. deb packages from sourceforge and install it using dpkg command. Please follow the below steps to download and install the Apache OpenOffice.
Steps to install Apache OpenOffice on 64-bit Ubuntu, Linuxmint and other derivatives:
Step 1: First, you have to remove the already installed versions of either libreoffice and OpenOffice. Open the terminal and type below command
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Step 2: Download the Apache OpenOffice Package
$ 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
After the completion of download you will see the output something like below screen shot
Step 3: Extract the package using ‘tar’ command:
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz
Step 4: Install the package using following commands:
$ cd en-GB/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Now you can see the OpenOpice in your menu
Steps to install Apache OpenOffice on 32-bit Ubuntu, Linuxmint and other derivatives:
Step 1: First, you have to remove the already installed versions of either libreoffice and OpenOffice. Open the terminal and type below command
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Step 2: Download the Apache OpenOffice Package
$ 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
Step 3: Extract the package using ‘tar’ command:
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz
Step 4: Install the package using following commands:
$ cd en-GB/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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