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How to Install Apache OpenOffice 4.1 on Fedora 33/32 & CentOS 7/6

Written by Rahul, Updated on November 24, 2020

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 has been released on Nov 10, 2020. This version has Improvements to graphics, charts, forms, text annotations and accessibility feature. The Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 Release Notes provide an explanation of these changes. However,you should have the opportunity to migrate your old profile settings to the new profile area.

This how-to guide will help you to Install Apache Openoffice 4.1.8 on CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora systems. If you are running Libre-Office or an older version of Apache OpenOffice, We recommend removing that from the system.

System Requirements:

  • Linux kernel version 2.6 or higher, glibc2 version 2.5 or higher
  • 256 Mbytes RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 400 Mbytes available disk space
  • X-Server with 1024 x 768 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.x or Later

Step 1 – Check Java Version

First, make sure you have java installed on your system. It is recommended the last version of Oracle Java 1.6.x, patch level 45, or the latest Oracle Java 7 or OpenJDK 6 build 27 or OpenJDK 7. Use the following command to check the installed java version.

java -version

If you do not have already installed java on your system, use below link to install latest java version.

Install JAVA/JDK 11 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6

Step 2 – Download OpenOffice

Download openoffice from Apache official site as per your system setting or Use the following command to download.

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.8/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.8_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
tar xzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.8_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz

After extracting archive it will create an installation directory named en-US, and placed all the files there.

Step 3 – Install Apache OpenOffice

Navigate to Apache OpenOffice installation directory and to its RPMS folder, You will see a list of rpms there. Install all rpms using the following command.

cd en-US/RPMS/
rpm -Uvh *.rpm

Now install the desktop integration features for your setup. Go to desktop-integration in the installation directory, and install the required package.

cd desktop-integration/
rpm -Uvh openoffice4.1-redhat-menus-*.noarch.rpm

Step 4 – Launch Apache OpenOffice

After successfully installed all the packages in the above steps, start Openoffice using following command.

openoffice4

You can also use GUI menu to start openoffice like below
openoffice-4-1-0-startup

install openoffice centos fedora

Congratulation’s You have successfully installed Apache OpenOffice on your system.

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22 Comments

  1. Avatar Tony Rawlings Reply
    June 26, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    My last try at trying to install Openoffice. Fresh install of Fedora30. Removed LibreOffice. Followed the instructions, no errors. Icons appear in the Office section, but nothing happens. Installed OK on Ubuntu and Zorin(Ubuntu based) and obviously Windows 10. I give up.

  2. Avatar Tony Rawlings Reply
    June 24, 2019 at 11:19 am

    I have installed this successfully before, but this time I get this. I removed libreoffice before installing OpenOffice.

    [[email protected] desktop-integration]# rpm -Uvh openoffice4.1.6-redhat-menus-4.1.6-9790.noarch.rpm
    Verifying… ################################# [100%]
    Preparing… ################################# [100%]
    Updating / installing…
    1:openoffice4.1.6-redhat-menus-4.1.################################# [100%]
    /bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
    gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
    /bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
    gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
    [[email protected] desktop-integration]# openoffice4
    ERROR: ld.so: object ‘/lib/$LIB/liblsp.so’ from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
    ERROR: ld.so: object ‘/lib/$LIB/liblsp.so’ from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
    /opt/openoffice4/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    ERROR: ld.so: object ‘/lib/$LIB/liblsp.so’ from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
    /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    [[email protected] desktop-integration]# rpm -Uvh openoffice4.1.6-redhat-menus-*.noarch.rpm
    Verifying… ################################# [100%]
    Preparing… ################################# [100%]
    package openoffice4.1.6-redhat-menus-4.1.6-9790.noarch is already installed
    [[email protected] desktop-integration]#

    Have I done something wrong here?

  3. Avatar NN Reply
    June 17, 2019 at 10:28 pm

    tyr to change “openoffice4.1” to “openoffice4.1.6”

  4. Avatar mvfurque Reply
    December 15, 2017 at 11:04 am

    I have this error

    [[email protected] desktop-integration]# rpm -Uvh openoffice4.1-*.noarch.rpm
    error: File not found by glob: openoffice4.1-*.noarch.rpm
    [[email protected] desktop-integration]#

  5. Avatar czkiss Reply
    March 26, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    Hi,
    I am getting:

    [[email protected] output]$ openoffice4
    javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
    /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libfreetype.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    Altough my JAVA_HOME is set correctly.

    Any idea?

    Cheers, Csaba

  6. Avatar crafty Reply
    March 3, 2017 at 1:27 am

    Everything went smooth for me.

    Thank you.

  7. Avatar paulo Jose Reply
    January 12, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    no passo 3 o comando não é rpm -Uvh * .rpm , e sim rpm -Uvh * .rpm

    • Avatar Mateus Reply
      February 18, 2016 at 2:39 pm

      Acho q vc quis dizer “rpm -Uvh *.rpm”

  8. Avatar kishor Reply
    June 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm

    This worked as charm. To make sure installation happens without error run the last rpm command with root privilege.

  9. Avatar juanelo Reply
    October 21, 2014 at 12:31 am

    Thanks. excelente

  10. Avatar frederick Reply
    July 23, 2014 at 4:05 pm

    my OpenOffice 4.1 hasn’t opened yet> the installation wizards reads “The destination folder specified does not contain a OpenOffice 4.1.0 version…” i have tried to change folders many times but it still gives the same result. what else can i do to make it work? ( i use windows 7)

  11. Avatar rajar hariharan Reply
    June 30, 2014 at 8:56 am

    Great ! Thanks a lot. it working fine.

  12. Avatar George Reply
    June 20, 2014 at 7:51 pm

    This is the the third method of trying to install OO Ive used. It does not work either. Like previous user I get no file exist error and there is no OO in my list of applications anywhere.

    • Avatar George Reply
      June 20, 2014 at 8:12 pm

      Please help. I’ve used Lebre Office but their is a severe bug that Ive now discovered is a recurring bug thru several versions that has not been solved and that bug (a copy issue) has totally FUBARED my ability to rearrange student records into their new classes for the summer. All this was orginally written in OO on a windows 7 computer with OO (that has since been stolen)

  13. Avatar me Reply
    May 26, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    great!! worked nicely, keep the nice work up!

  14. Avatar Doug Reply
    May 16, 2014 at 3:03 am

    Thanks. I was looking for a tutorial just like this. I was able to install it in a matter of minutes (no kidding… around 5 minutes) on Fedora 20 w- XFCE. The whole process was flawless. Nicely done, sir, and thank you again.

  15. Avatar Joe Reply
    March 20, 2014 at 11:44 am

    Thanks. Followed your instructions to the letter. Open Office 4.0.1 is now installed and fully operational on my centOS 6 machine.

  16. Avatar DevdogAZ Reply
    February 4, 2014 at 5:30 am

    Not working for me, either. I followed all the steps, they all seemed to work, but then when I get to Step 4, I can’t start OpenOffice by either command line or GUI. On the command line, when I type openoffice4, I get “bash: openoffice4: command not found” and when I try to use the GUI under Applications/Office, it’s simply not there. What did I do wrong?

    • Avatar karan Reply
      April 10, 2014 at 5:44 pm

      i too have the same problem…..

    • Avatar SAL Reply
      August 14, 2014 at 10:26 am

      run it as root
      Example:
      # cd en-US/RPMS/
      # sudo rpm -Uvh *.rpm

      # cd desktop-integration/
      # sudo rpm -Uvh openoffice4.1-redhat-menus-4.1-9764.noarch.rpm

  17. Avatar Ravi Teja Reply
    January 28, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Not Working, i am Unable to Open Open office

    • Rahul Rahul Kumar Reply
      January 30, 2014 at 10:44 am

      Hi Ravi,

      Are you getting any error ? and what option are you using to openoffice4 GUI or CLI ?

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