You will likely need to be root to run the rpm command to install the software.Ģ. su to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice installation directory. You may want to install the freedesktop desktop integration package if you experience issues with your former desktop integration.ġ. Many new desktop window managers like KDE4, Gnome3, and Unity now adhere to the standard for icon placement and mime-type definitions. Historically, OpenOffice has provided desktop integration packages for madriva, redhat, suse, and now freedesktop. This will enable you to do a GUI install rather than command line.ĥ. Add the install directory as a "local repository" for your GUI package manager if possible. The name of the installation directory will likely be the language abbreviation for the install set, e.g., en-US.Ĥ. This will create an installation directory. The following command should work: tar -xvzf "linux package name".tar.gz where "linux package name" is the beginning part of the archive you just downloaded. Unpack the downloaded image to prepare for installation. Download your favorite Linux version of Apache OpenOfficeģ. RPM or DEB: Download to Installation Directory, UnpackĢ. If you have been testing one of the older developer snapshots, not the released version, revision 150370, completely remove this old version before attempting a new install or update.If you experience problems using the "update" process, please remove the old OpenOffice 3.x packages manually. Due to directory structure changes in Apache OpenOffice 4.0, your older OpenOffice 3.x should be deleted entirely by a new install or update process.This will NOT remove LibreOffice, this will only disallow LibreOffice to redirect the normal OpenOffice binary - typically /usr/bin/soffice - to LibreOffice instead. (see your favorite reference for how to do this). If this is symlinked to LibreOffice, remove the symlink. Check to see if LibreOffice has re-routed the OpenOffice binary.These should be taken to assure that you have a clean install of Apache OpenOffice due to internal considerations and/or the installation of LibreOffice, if it exists on your system. The following pre-installation steps are recommended for Linux distributions. How do I install Apache OpenOffice 4.0 on Linux?
4 Where can I find more information on installing OpenOffice on Linux?.3.3 Install using the rpm method (command line).3.2 Installation using the graphical setup script.3 How do I install (3.3, and lower) on Linux?.2.3 Linux DEB-based Installation (command line).2.2 Linux RPM-based Installation (command line).2 How do I install Apache OpenOffice 3.4 on Linux?.1.2 RPM or DEB: Download to Installation Directory, Unpack.1 How do I install Apache OpenOffice 4.0 on Linux?.