[Solved] I cannot get OpenOffice to install
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[Solved] I cannot get OpenOffice to install
I purged Libre (tried using it, did not like it) and successfully downloaded OpenOffice. It is on my computer - someplace. I found the lengthy and informative post on installation on Cinnamon 20. I tried the steps. It did not work. I am not sure what I did wrpng
Using Linux 21.1, Cinnamon Mint HelP!!
Using Linux 21.1, Cinnamon Mint HelP!!
Last edited by robleyd on Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:42 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Tagged [Solved]. Add green tick
Reason: Tagged [Solved]. Add green tick
OpenOffice 4.1 - install on Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1 (64 bit)
Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
I suggest you to reinstall the LibreOffice. The AOO is a dead project. You will have many incompatibility problem when you use the OpenOffice.
Tibor Kovacs, Hungary; LO7.5.8 /Win7-10 x64Prof.
PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
Perhaps you could share a link to it so we know what was suggested?I found the lengthy and informative post on installation on Cinnamon 20
Did not work doesn't tell us anything useful about what happened. What did you do and what happened when you did it?I tried the steps. It did not work
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David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.3.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.3 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.3.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.3 by Eric Hameleers
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Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
See this tutorial in this forum: [Tutorial] Installing Apache OpenOffice on GNU/Linux.
However, as said by Zizi64, better use LO. It is almost the same so if you don't like it, you may not like AOO as well. If it's the interface that troubles you, try to play with the options in the View > User interface menu (not available in the Start center, you have to launch a component Writer, Calc, or something else).
Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the 🖉 button if your issue has been fixed.
However, as said by Zizi64, better use LO. It is almost the same so if you don't like it, you may not like AOO as well. If it's the interface that troubles you, try to play with the options in the View > User interface menu (not available in the Start center, you have to launch a component Writer, Calc, or something else).
Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the 🖉 button if your issue has been fixed.
LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
Did you follow RoryOF's guide in https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/v ... 6&t=102992?
You may encounter an error
Note that there is a newer version now, which means that the downloaded file will have a different name.
When you copy the entire command line starting with tar vxf, you need to change the version number in the file name. You could also try to copy the opening section of the line:
Paste that on the command line and hit the tab key, and the command interpreter should suggest a matching file name. If that ends with .tar.gz, just hit enter.
After that, following the rest of Rory's guidelines should take you "home free".
You may encounter an error
Note that there is a newer version now, which means that the downloaded file will have a different name.
When you copy the entire command line starting with tar vxf, you need to change the version number in the file name. You could also try to copy the opening section of the line:
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tar vxf Apache_OpenOffice_
After that, following the rest of Rory's guidelines should take you "home free".
Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
If you are new to Linux, the deal is similar to Apple's iPhones/iPads. Don't install 3rd-party software! Simply use what is pre-installed and add what you find in the "App Store". Since 12 years by now, the pre-installed LibreOffice is the new OpenOffice. See https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/li ... penoffice/.Newbie-Margie wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:07 am I purged Libre (tried using it, did not like it) and successfully downloaded OpenOffice. It is on my computer - someplace. I found the lengthy and informative post on installation on Cinnamon 20. I tried the steps. It did not work. I am not sure what I did wrpng
Using Linux 21.1, Cinnamon Mint HelP!!
There are several ways to install 3rd-party software that is not included in Ubuntu's software repository. Integration of 3rd-party software requires a bit more than download and double-click, therefore you must not be a newbie.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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Ubuntu 18.04 with LibreOffice 6.0, latest OpenOffice and LibreOffice
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Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
That being said, the tutorial is pretty straight forward, I used to do that every 6 months when replacing AOO b LO before I switched to LO.
LibreOffice 24.2 on Xubuntu 24.04 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
Here are the instructions to install OpenOffice on a linux deb distro
Change to your Download directory, to which you have downloaded the tar file. Then
this will unpack the file into a folder with name something like en-US in the downloads folder.
Change into that folder, then into DEBS folder in it
then
Do not omit the desktop integration part.
Note that caps are important in linux, and en-US may be en-GB or some other English variant.
Remember that there are two instances of sudo dpkg -i *.deb. Make sure you use full stops, not commas.
Change to your Download directory, to which you have downloaded the tar file. Then
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tar vxf the_full_name_of_the_file.tar.gz.
Change into that folder, then into DEBS folder in it
then
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sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Note that caps are important in linux, and en-US may be en-GB or some other English variant.
Remember that there are two instances of sudo dpkg -i *.deb. Make sure you use full stops, not commas.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
I have used Open Office for many years. It does what I want. I tried Libre, could not even get the program to format a document, looked for a help index, couldn't find any help, fought with it for over an hour and gave up
I will try the suggestions. Appreciate your time and assistance
I will try the suggestions. Appreciate your time and assistance
OpenOffice 4.1 - install on Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1 (64 bit)
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Re: I cannot get OpenOffice to install
The trick was to reinstall the program. I may have done something wrong on the first try to install. OpenOffice has now successfully loaded and I can use my preferred program, which I know and love. Thank you all!
OpenOffice 4.1 - install on Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1 (64 bit)