How can I install OpenOffice?

Question

Hi I'm new to Ubuntu having finally given up the ghost with Windows 8! On Ubuntu 13.04, I've used the Software Centre to install a number of apps including Skype. However OpenOffice is proving very tiresome.

This is the download:

Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

It won't install from the Software Centre, or from double click. Right click doesn't offer an install option.

Solution

Well first thing to do is remove Libreoffice if its installed. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then to install OpenOffice you do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/openoffice 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install apache-openoffice

I just tested it on 13.04, and it works.

For Ubuntu 14.04 and above download either the 32bit or 64bit of Apache OpenOffice.

For 32 Bit:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
tar xzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

For 64 Bit:

wget http://netassist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
tar xzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

once extracted, navigate to the DEBS folder where the file was extracted, and issue the command(s) below:

cd en-US/DEBS/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Then navigate to the desktop-integration folder, and issue the command(s) below:

cd desktop-integration/
sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.0-debian-menus*.deb

^{Source for OpenOffice Install:Upubuntu}

Comments

[carnendil]

Welcome to AskUbuntu! Your question seems to be similar to this one. If those answers don't fully address your question please edit it to include why. On the other hand, why not give LibreOffice (installed by default) a try?

[Alvar]

Why not try libre office? It's based on Open office and installed by default.

[gpslok]

Cheers - worked a treat

[Vitaly Zdanevich]

W: Failed to fetch ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/openoffice/ubuntu/dists/saucy‌​/… 404 Not Found

[Mitch]

@VitalyZdanevich The above PPA will not work for 13.10. To install for 13.10 see here.

[Hibou57]

ppa:upubuntu-com/openoffice seems broken (at least for Ubuntu Trusty).

[Hibou57]

The OP asked for OpenOffice, not LibreOffice.

[Mitch]

@Hibou57 Take a look at the second duplicate answer, or here

[Hibou57]

@Mitch, yes, I know, just that I feel it's better to use a PPA when available, as it provides automatic updates. That's why I was disappointed about this.

[Czechnology]

If you can't use add-apt-repository, see here.

[Kiran Reddy]

W: Failed to fetch ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/office/ubuntu/dists/trusty/ma‌​in/… 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/openoffice/ubuntu/dists/trust‌​y/… 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Mitch]

@KiranReddy What Ubuntu release are you using?

[Kiran Reddy]

@Mitch it's 14.04

[Cerin]

This PPA appears to be dead.

[Cerin]

I'm using Libreoffice 5...and it's terrible. Calc crashes, the text doesn't update, and formulas don't refresh.

[Mitch]

@Cerin Which version of Ubuntu version are you trying to install office on?

[Cerin]

Ubuntu 16.04. And yes, I know it doesn't support 16, which was my point. It looks like compiling from source is the only way to install Openoffice now on Ubuntu.

[Mitch]

@Cerin It says that in the answer. The PPA is not for 14.04 and above.