OpenOffice installation in Linux Mint

Install OpenOffice In Linux Mint

Before you go on installing OpenOffice, I would advise uninstalling the already installed LibreOffice. To remove LibreOffice, use the following commands:

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

Once you have removed LibreOffice, let’s see how to install OpenOffice now.

Install 32 bit OpenOffice in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

cd ~/Downloads

Once you are in the Downloads, use the command below to download the files.

wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

Once we have the files, time to install them.

tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz
cd en-GB/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Install 64 bit OpenOffice in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Go to Downloads directory.

cd ~/Downloads

Download the installation files.

wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz

Extract and install the downloaded files.

tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz
cd en-GB/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb