HOW TO INSTALL APACHE OPEN OFFICE 4.1.3 IN CENTOS/REDHAT

Introduction

Apache Open Office 4 is an document maker office suite package like Microsoft Office and LibreOffice contains bundle of applications used to manage documents. Applications comes with OpenOffice are mentioned below :

• Text Document : This application is same as MS Word used to write text documents. eg : Resume or any EBook Tutorials..etc..
• Spreadsheet : This is used to do calculations similar to MS Excel. Normally Spreadsheet used in corporate officies for financial calculation’s
• Presentation : It is used to create Presentations to present any thing like any Product, any Plan and so on. This application is similar as MS Powerpoint.
• Database : This application is some thing similar to MS Access can be used to create and manage Database.

Apache Open Office 4 is a opensource application created by apache is a cross platform application is avavilable for multiple operating systems i.e. for Linux, Windows, Mac OS. For first time Open Office 4 was released on year 2012 with the Version 3.4 by apache under Apache License.

Here we are going to install the Latest OpenApache package i.e. Apache Open Office Version 4.1.3

So Follow the below steps to Install Step by Step Apache Open Office 4 in CentOS/Redhat :

Before we start the installation of OpenOffice 4.1.3 we have to download the package. To do so refer the below command.

[root@localhost app]# wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
--2017-07-03 09:28:25--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz [following]
--2017-07-03 09:28:26--  https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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Saving to: “Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz”

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2017-07-03 09:32:13 (695 KB/s) - “Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz” saved [161035912/161035912]

As you can see below we have successfully downloaded the Apache Open Office 4 Package but it’s in tar compressed format. Hence to install it we have to extract the package.

[root@localhost app]# ls
Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz

You can refer the below command to extract the Apache Open Office 4 package.

[root@localhost app]# tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz 

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After extract the package you will get a directory i.e. en-US. Refer the sample output below.

[root@localhost app]# ls
Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz  en-US

[root@localhost app]# cd en-US/   # Change Directory
[root@localhost en-US]# ls
licenses  readmes  RPMS

Inside en-US directory you will find two directories. First directory named RPMS which is contains all required rpm packages of Office and Second one is desktop-integration which is contains rpm package used to create icons and shortcuts of Open Office 4. Refer the sample output below.

[root@localhost en-US]# cd RPMS/
[root@localhost RPMS]# ls
desktop-integration                             openoffice-en-US-calc-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm                openoffice-en-US-draw-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-base-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm           openoffice-en-US-help-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-base-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm     openoffice-en-US-impress-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-calc-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm     openoffice-en-US-math-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-draw-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm     openoffice-en-US-res-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-en-US-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm    openoffice-en-US-writer-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-impress-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm  openoffice-gnome-integration-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-math-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm     openoffice-graphicfilter-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-brand-writer-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm   openoffice-images-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-calc-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm           openoffice-impress-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core01-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-javafilter-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core02-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-math-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core03-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-ogltrans-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core04-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-onlineupdate-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core05-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-ooofonts-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core06-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-ooolinguistic-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-core07-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm         openoffice-pyuno-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-draw-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm           openoffice-ure-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-en-US-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm          openoffice-writer-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm
openoffice-en-US-base-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm     openoffice-xsltfilter-4.1.3-9783.x86_64.rpm

Now install the Open Office Package using below command.

[root@localhost RPMS]# yum localinstall *.rpm

After install the Office Suite let’s go in to our second directory i.e. desktop-integration.

[root@localhost RPMS]# cd desktop-integration/
[root@localhost desktop-integration]# pwd
/root/app/en-US/RPMS/desktop-integration

Here you will get four rpm packages for different rpm supportable Linux Distributions. Out of which install that rpm package which is compatible with you distro. Here I am using CentOS so I would go for openoffice4.1.3-redhat-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm

[root@localhost desktop-integration]# ls
openoffice4.1.3-freedesktop-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm  openoffice4.1.3-redhat-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm
openoffice4.1.3-mandriva-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm     openoffice4.1.3-suse-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm
[root@localhost desktop-integration]#

So refer the below command to install the package.

[root@localhost desktop-integration]# rpm -ivh openoffice4.1.3-redhat-menus-4.1.3-9783.noarch.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:openoffice4.1.3-redhat-########################################### [100%]
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.

Now we have to install the Java Runtime (Java JDK) which is required by Apache Open Office 4 to open the application. You can download the Java Package HERE!

Now let’s go ahead and install the java package using below command.

[root@localhost app]# rpm -ivh jdk-8u131-linux-x64.rpm   # Install the Java Package
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:jdk1.8.0_131           ########################################### [100%]
Unpacking JAR files...
        tools.jar...
        plugin.jar...
        javaws.jar...
        deploy.jar...
        rt.jar...
        jsse.jar...
        charsets.jar...
        localedata.jar...

You can check the Installed Java Version using below command.

[root@localhost app]# java -version   # Check the Installed Java Version
java version "1.8.0_131"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)

We are done with installation part of Apache Open Office 4 and it’s all required dependencies. Now let’s go ahead and open the application using below command.

[root@localhost app]# openoffice4   # Open the Apache Open Office 4.1.3 application                

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