Install the OpenOffice in Linux and start it's services

To install the OpenOffice follow the below steps:

1- To uninstall Libreoffice(if installed) type the below command from terminal

     sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* #if installed

2- To install OpenOffice run the below command from terminal

      //For 32 bit
        wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.0/binaries/en-

US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86_nstall-deb_en-US.tar.gz
        //For 64 bit
        wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.0/binaries/en-

US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
        //For 32 bit
        tar -xvfz Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
        //For 64 bit
        tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

3- Then run the below commands from terminal:

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

4- Then go to /opt/opneoffice/program and type the below command to start Openoffice services:

     soffice "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager" -nologo

-headless -nofirststartwizard

Hope this will help you :)

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