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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.

Seth
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  • Welcome to AskUbuntu! Your question seems to be similar to [this one](http://askubuntu.com/q/116590/58950). 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? – carnendil May 22 '13 at 18:00
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    Why not try libre office? It's based on Open office and installed by default. – Alvar May 22 '13 at 18:01

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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

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  • Cheers - worked a treat – gpslok May 25 '13 at 11:51
  • W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/openoffice/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found – Vitaly Zdanevich Nov 05 '13 at 14:17
  • @VitalyZdanevich The above PPA will not work for 13.10. To install for 13.10 see [here](http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-openoffice-4-0-on-ubuntu-linux-mint-and-debian/). – Mitch Nov 05 '13 at 14:30
  • `ppa:upubuntu-com/openoffice` seems broken (at least for Ubuntu Trusty). – Hibou57 Jan 25 '16 at 10:20
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    @Hibou57 Take a look at the second duplicate answer, or [here](http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-openoffice-4-1-1-on-ubuntu-14-10-ubuntu-14-04-ubuntu-12-04-debian-8-debian-7-and-derivatives/) – Mitch Jan 25 '16 at 10:42
  • @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. – Hibou57 Jan 25 '16 at 18:57
  • If you can't use `add-apt-repository`, see [here](http://lifeonubuntu.com/ubuntu-missing-add-apt-repository-command/). – Czechnology Oct 18 '16 at 13:51
  • W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/office/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/openoffice/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. – Kiran Reddy Apr 15 '17 at 05:43
  • @KiranReddy What Ubuntu release are you using? – Mitch Apr 15 '17 at 06:11
  • @Mitch it's 14.04 – Kiran Reddy Apr 15 '17 at 06:23
  • This PPA appears to be dead. – Cerin Jan 15 '18 at 16:22
  • @Cerin Which version of Ubuntu version are you trying to install office on? – Mitch Jan 15 '18 at 16:45
  • 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. – Cerin Jan 15 '18 at 20:44
  • @Cerin It says that in the answer. The PPA is not for 14.04 and above. – Mitch Jan 16 '18 at 04:52
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or you can install "Libre Office" which is totally identical with the former OpenOffice which declared as a fork to that project by Oracle. More info is at : Difference between LibreOffice and OpenOffice

use Terminal and write :

1- if you already found it in Ubuntu and wand to have the latest version :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-0
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

2- OR if you didn't have it installed just write :

sudo apt-get install libreoffice
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