

You should see a lot of rpms here and one sub-directory called "desktop-integration".ģ. cd into the RPMS subdirectory of the installation directory. You will likely need to be root to run the rpm command to install the software.Ģ. su to root, if necessary, and navigate to Apache OpenOffice installation directory.

You may want to install the freedesktop desktop integration package if you experience issues with your former desktop integration.ġ. Many new desktop window managers like KDE4, Gnome3, and Unity now adhere to the standard for icon placement and mime-type definitions. Historically, OpenOffice has provided desktop integration packages for madriva, redhat, suse, and now freedesktop. This will enable you to do a GUI install rather than command line.ĥ. Add the install directory as a "local repository" for your GUI package manager if possible. The name of the installation directory will likely be the language abbreviation for the install set, e.g., en-US.Ĥ. This will create an installation directory. The following command should work: tar -xvzf "linux package name".tar.gz where "linux package name" is the beginning part of the archive you just downloaded. Unpack the downloaded image to prepare for installation. Download your favorite Linux version of Apache OpenOfficeģ. RPM or DEB: Download to Installation Directory, UnpackĢ.

This will NOT remove LibreOffice, this will only disallow LibreOffice to redirect the normal OpenOffice binary - typically /usr/bin/soffice - to LibreOffice instead. (see your favorite reference for how to do this). If this is symlinked to LibreOffice, remove the symlink.

