Openoffice debian installation

The Setup Type window appears. Select a setup type we recommend Complete and click Next. The File Type window is displayed. Select the file types that you wish to open with the Apache OpenOffice program. Once you have selected the file types click Next. The Ready to Install the Program window is displayed. Click the Finish button when the Installation Wizard Finished window is displayed.

Run Apache OpenOffice to ensure that the installation was successful When you first run Apache OpenOffice after a successfully installing the program, you will be prompted to accept the license, enter your user name and register your copy.

Click Next to display the License Agreement window. If you wish to reuse personal data from a previous installation click [Next]. The user information window is displayed.

Thank you for using Apache OpenOffice, and welcome! Check to see if LibreOffice has re-routed the OpenOffice binary. Type "whereis soffice" from a console.

If this is symlinked to libreoffice, remove the symlink. Due to directory structure changes in Apache OpenOffice 4. This is normal. If you experience problems using the "update" process, please remove the old OpenOffice 3. If you have been testing one of the older developer snapshots, not the released version, revision , completely remove this old version before attempting a new install or update.

See java requirements. The following command should work: tar -xvzf "linux package name". This will create an installation directory. The name of the installation directory will likely be the language abbreviation for the install set, e. Add the install directory as a "local repository" for your GUI package manager if possible.

This will enable you to do a GUI install rather than command line. Desktop integration. Desktop integration for deb-based systems requires installation of one package.

Historically, for rpm based systems, OpenOffice has provided desktop integration packages for madriva, redhat, suse, and now freedesktop.

These packages are located in the desktop-integration subdirectory of the install directory. For this reason, you may want to install the freedesktop desktop integration package first before trying the others. You will likely need to be root to run the rpm command to install the software. Example for 2. Jump to: navigation , search. Here is an installation method for all Debian-based distros : Contents.

Contents of this article derived from the OpenOffice User Forum. Igor on March 2, pm. Thanks again, Igor Reply. Eren on February 13, pm. Tushar Sehrawat on January 25, pm. Jeff Bogert on May 27, pm. Oliver on May 22, pm. Thanks Oliver Reply. Dale Collmer on February 13, pm. Annonymous on January 19, am. Milton on December 4, am. Rahul K.

Hi Milton. Kindly use command sudo dpkg -i openoffice4. BobbyD on October 30, am. Kent Smith on August 8, am. Chris on October 17, am. Ratanak on May 11, am. Your tutorials is great. Thanks a lot. Sangram on August 18, pm. Mike Zorin on July 14, am. Thanks a lot! It works! Lee on May 22, pm. Worked for me.

Francisco on May 20, am. Hi, Great tutorial. I think however you have to change a 0 for a 1: sudo dpkg -i openoffice4. There are no obvious setup or install files.

Probably through ignorance on my part. I have tried to boot from the disc, it doesn't. Any help would be appreciated. In order to use the packages on the second cd you need to run as root the following command: apt-cdrom add. Serving the community the best way I can.

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Teach him how to fish, he eats for life. Updated Nov. Probably just my ignorance. I ran it from "Run Application".