How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Ubuntu and Debian

How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Ubuntu and Debian – 32 bit OS

First thing is to remove the already installed versions of either openoffice and libreoffice:

$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Next, we will download openoffice, extract the archive and install the deb packages:

$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
$ cd en-US/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Ubuntu and Debian – 64 bit OS

First thing is to remove the already installed versions of either openoffice and libreoffice:

$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* openoffice*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove

Next, we will download openoffice, extract the archive and install the deb packages:

$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
$ cd en-US/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Optional to remove Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 on either 32 bit or 64 bit Ubuntu and Debian, do

$ sudo apt-get remove openoffice*

To start OpenOffice 4.1.1 from terminal use

$ openoffice4

That’s it!