How to Install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 on Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 Released on Oct 28, 2016. This version has Improvements to graphics, charts, forms, text annotations and accessibility feature. The Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Release Notes provide an explanation of these changes. However,you should have the opportunity to migrate your old profile settings to the new profile area.

This how-to guide will help you to Install Apache Openoffice 4.1.3 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 in 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.

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

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 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 openoffice4.0-debian-menus*.deb 
Step 4: Start Apache OpenOffice 
After successfully installed all the packages in above steps, start Openoffice using following command.
 # openoffice4 

 Congratulation’s You have successfully install Apache OpenOffice on your Debian-based system.
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