Debian Installation

Pre-Installation: Remove LibreOffice

If Libreoffice is on the system, remove libreoffice. As root or sudo:

apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* libexttextcat-data*

apt-get autoremove

Install OpenOffice.org

Step 1. Download the package

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

Step 2. Extract files

tar -xvzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.8_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

Step 3. Installation

As root or sudo:

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

dpkg -i en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/*.deb

Verify installation.

Step 4. Open Writer

Click the Writer option.

The Welcome Screen displays.

Click Next.

Step 5. Setup OpenOffice.org

Enter the user first name, last name and initials. This will only be required one time after installation and apply to Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math and Writer.

Click Finish.

The OpenOffice logo displays.

OpenOffice Writer opens and is ready to use.