How to install OpenOffice on Ubuntu

OpenOffice is a free and open-source office suite that runs on a variety of platforms. The Java and C++ programming languages are used to create this application software. This office suite comes in a whopping 121 different languages. It was first released for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Solaris before being ported to additional platforms. The OpenOffice suite comprised several apps to do various activities, including the OpenOffice Writer package for word processing, the Calc package for spreadsheet chores, Impress for presentations, Draw for drawing, Math for math, and Base for database administration. We’ll install OpenOffice on Ubuntu in this article. 

Installation of OpenOffice on Ubuntu

Step 1: Firstly, we need to remove the LibreOffice and its libraries because LibreOffice and OpenOffice can’t run on the same system.

sudo apt remove libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-impress libreoffice-calc

libreoffice-math libreoffice-common libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-core

libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-draw libreoffice-style-breeze libreoffice-gnome

libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-style-elementary

libreoffice-help-common libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-writer

Step 2: Now run the below command to completely remove the packages which we have removed in the above screenshot.

sudo apt autoremove

Step 3: Download the latest version of OpenOffice from the official website.

https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html

Step 4: Click on the download button to start the downloading process.

Step 5: Click on the Save File to save the tar file on the local directory,

Step 6: Navigate to the Downloads directory using the below command.

cd Downloads/
ls

Step 7: Now, extract the tar file by executing the below command.

sudo tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.12_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

Step 8: Change the directory using the below command,

cd en-US/

Step 9: Now, execute the following command to install the deb packages.

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Step 10: Navigate to the newly created directory of integration.

cd desktop-integration/

Step 11: Now, once again execute the following command to install the deb packages.

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Step 12: Launch the application using the below command.

openoffice4

Step 13: We can see the complete application installed on our system.

Step 14: We have opened the Text Document from the OpenOffice application.