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This how-to guide will help you to Install Apache Openoffice 4.1.4 on Ubuntu, Debian, and LinuxMint operating systems. If you are running LibreOffice or 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) 1.6.x or Later
Step 1 – Check JAVA Version
As Openoffice4 required JAVA 1.6 ( Oracle Java 6) or later versions. So make sure you have installed correct version on your system. To check currently installed version use following command –
java -version
If you do not have installed Java on your system, use one of below links to install latest Java version in your Debian based systems.
Step 2 – Download OpenOffice and Extract
Download openoffice from Apache official site or from sourceforge.net as per your system configuration or Use the following command to download.
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.4/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.4_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz tar xzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.4_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_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
Before installing OpenOffice make sure you don’t have installed LibreOffice on your system. If have, uninstall it using the following command.
Now navigate to Apache OpenOffice installation directory and to its DEBS folder, You will see a list of Debian packages there. Install all packages using the following command.
cd en-US/DEBS/ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Now install the desktop integration features for your setup. Go to desktop-integration in the installation directory, and install required package.
cd desktop-integration/ sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
Step 4 – Access Apache OpenOffice
After successfully installed all the packages in above steps, start Openoffice using following command.
openoffice4
I was not able to get the openoffice4 command to work as per the tutorial but found that the package had been installed in the /opt directory on my MINT linux pc. After trying several promising names of shell scripts in the program directory (e,g., names like startup.sh which had the error “./startup.sh: 41: exec: ./startup.sh.bin: not found”). I found an unlikely script that worked called ‘soffice’ and set up a launcher for it.
Added info: Problem is only with 4.1.5. I can install 4.1.4 (4.1.3 already worked here).
Thanks
Oliver
No error msgs during the dpkg, but afterwords Open Office just doesn’t start:
/opt/openoffice4/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/opt/openoffice4/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Open Office 4.1.3 worked perfectly. And no, I did not have Libre Office on my system (Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia). Java is version 8.
Thanks
Oliver
I have had installation errors and haven’t been able to run Open Office (see below)
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
(Reading database … 260239 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.5-9789_all.deb …
Unpacking openoffice-debian-menus (4.1.5-9789) …
dpkg: error processing archive openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.5-9789_all.deb (–install):
trying to overwrite ‘/usr/bin/soffice’, which is also in package libreoffice-common 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.2-0ubuntu3) …
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) …
Processing triggers for gnome-icon-theme (3.10.0-0ubuntu2) …
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) …
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index…
Errors were encountered while processing:
openoffice4.1-debian-menus_4.1.5-9789_all.deb
Please advise
I suggest when ever you tell someone how to install something please do tell how to uninstall as well.
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.0-debian-menus*.deb this command doest not respond I get this answer”
“dpkg: error: cannot access archive ‘openoffice4.0-debian-menus*.deb’: No such file or directory” any help
Hi Milton. Kindly use command
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
Rahul, you are a god! Followed your instructions and got open office installed on the first try. Thanks so much.
I just lost a day of my life trying to install Apache/OpenOffice on my linux (Ubuntu 6.1.5) system. Now I’m back to touchy old Libreoffice.
The hangup? sudo dpkg -i *.deb in en-US/DEBS/. No matter how carefully I followed the instructions, I got a big fat error message, with no helpful info on it at all. Damn shame. I sure could use that day again.
Make sure you change the version number to the version you have:
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
Your tutorials is great.
I’m a beginner in linux world.
Thanks a lot.
Why can’t I have both Libre Office and Open Office on Ubuntu 16? – I have them both on Ubuntu 14.
I am transferring a database from Access to Base and the LO Base and OO Base operate differently, so I need both.
Thanks
But in Desktop integration , change it to
sudo dpkg -i openoffice*.deb
so that it works for all upcomming version
Worked perfectly, except had to change the open version number in the last command
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
Thanks!
Thanks a lot! It works!
Worked for me.
Hi,
Great tutorial. Thanks.
I think however you have to change a 0 for a 1:
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.1-debian-menus*.deb
You need to remove LibreOffice before installing it.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/471437/unable-to-install-apache-openoffice-4-1-on-ubuntu-14-04
Entering ¨openoffice4¨ did nothing.. ubuntu 15.04
Entering ¨openoffice4¨ did nothing in root. Am I doing something wrong? thanks
I should add, I didn’t install java in my first ubuntu 14.04 installation, but Open Office worked then (maybe it had java by default, I don’t know).
After completing the steps given, I entered openoffice4 and received the message command not found. I returned to root directory and entered openoffice4, and I received the message command not found. I went back and installed the packages again, but I get the same message when I try to run the program.
This is after re-installing ubuntu 14.04 and adding updates. I had Open Office working before, I don’t remember how I installed it the first time. I copied your inputs as given and pasted in the terminal and the installation seemed to complete successfully. Maybe something has changed since you posted this article, or somehow I’m missing something.
I always get “openoffice4: command not found” when I type openoffice4
will try to find out where this got installed
It works! Tested!