HOWTO Install OpenOfice.org 2.0 on your system

[christooss]

In repositories you can find only 1.9.129 - RC2 version so here is how you instal pure 2.0 on your system

1. Installation from repositories

1. Open your sources.list and add this line in

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2 ./

AMD64 and ppc

You can help your self with these repositories

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-amd64 ./
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-powerpc ./
2.1 Do a update and upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This all will upgrade your previous version 1.9.129.

2.2 If you removed any OpenOffice.org installation from disk than simpli do a

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org2

BEWARE this are test packages :) But they simply work :)

2. 2.0.0 version installed from DEB's
1. Download english version with wget

wget ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/SRC680_m137/Build-2/OOo_SRC680_m137_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

2. Extract file
tar -xzfv OOo_SRC680_m137_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

4. Installation

Go to dir with debs and perform

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

5. Native language instalation

Download your language package from ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/SRC680_m137/Build-2/OOo_SRC680_m137_native_LinuxIntel_langpacks_deb
There are three packages. Donwload them all

Then install them with

sudo dpkg -i *.deb
3. 2.0.0 version installed from RPM's

1. Download
Download Linux file from OpenOffice.org just choose linux when it asks you for your platform. You can use bittorrent you can find when you choose server from which you download.

2. Extract tar.gz file

tar -xzfv OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz

3. Aliens in Ubuntu

With alien you transform all rpms to debs.

pit your self in RPMS subdir of directrory you just created and than execute

sudo alien *.rpm
or
fakeroot alien*.rpm
Wait till all the packages are transformed

4. Installation

Now performe this command
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
5. Put Openoffice in your gnome menu

Go in to desktop-integration dir and execute
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.0-3_all.deb
and than
killall gnome-panel

Now you should have new icons in you Programs/office menus


4. RC3 version - easyer to install :)
1. Download
Download Linux file

wget http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/RC3/OOo_OOO680_m3_LinuxIntel_install_en-GB_deb.tar.gz

2. Extract tar.gz

Extract file with

tar xzfv OOo_OOO680_m3_LinuxIntel_install_en-GB_deb.tar.gz

4. When all packages are transformed execute. First o to DEBS derictory which has been created

cd DEBS/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
and wait for all the packages to get install

5. Restart gnome-panel
killall gnome-panel

Now you will have menus shortcuts. But they will be dubled use OpenOffice 2.0 ... ones
http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/screenshots/menuji.jpg
pressing any of this options will show you splash screen
http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/screenshots/splash.jpg

Enjoy your OpenOffice.org 2.0

[Juippisi]

killal gnome-panel

Shouldn't this be "killall" ;-).

But hey, thanks for this howto. I'll try it soon.

[christooss]

Fixed :)

Thanks

[tseliot]

Nice guide. Thanks!

[Juippisi]

OOo-2.0 works perfectly. Thanks!

(And for someone that doesn't use Gnome... the command to start OOo2 is openoffice.org-2.0)

[hussam]

Is there a difference between 1.9.29 and 2.0? ( bugs, etc...)

[Juippisi]

At least bug and stability fixes. Find more about "What's new in 2.0" here (http://www.openoffice.org/press/2.0/index.html).

And wasn't 1.9.29 the "beta1"? After it has comed beta2, -rc1, -rc2 and is 2.0 "-rc3"? I think so.

I recommend updating.

[darehanl]

I have a problem with the menus. At least for my system, the /usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0 shell script points to the wrong file. The contents of the script is

#!/bin/sh
exec /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice "$@"

However, I need to change this to

#!/bin/sh
exec /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice.bin "$@"

Only after the modification do the menus work (it works just fine after adding the .bin part). My soffice file has permissions 000, while the soffice.bin file has execute bits on. The /usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0-printeradmin script needs to be fixed also.

[kashms]

I don't want two versions of openoffice installed so i want to uninstall the version installed by default in Breezy, but in synaptics it wants to uninstall ubuntu-desktop as well! Is this safe? And what would it break if anything?

[MakubeX]

Sir, if it's okay, I would like to know the milestone/build or version name of the official OpenOffice 2.0. I am confused as to what I should place in the blank of "cvs co -r __________ OpenOffice" since the latest version of the source I had downloaded via CVS was the RC3 and the value of that blank was OOO680_m3 (or "cvs co -r OOO680_m3 OpenOffice"). Anyone who has an idea about this?

TIA.

[Artificial Intelligence]

You can savely remove ubuntu-desktop, just remember to add it again when making a distro upgrade.

[sabitha]

should i remove my old open office first
sorry im a newbie ;)

[christooss]

Yes you can. THere is no need just when opening you have to oben Uper icons Fancy ones to open OOo 2.0

[foxy123]

what's wrong with deb packages on http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0/? You don't need to alienate them...

[christooss]

I couldn't find them. But there is nothing wrong with them

[foxy123]

I've figured out what may be wrong with them: they are for Czech and Slovakian languages, though all labnguage packs are available. I wonder if I install Czech version and then GB language pack, will it be ok?

It's OK. Just have installed it. It fixes the most annoying bug for me with AutoFilter when you have to show all every time you want to use another criteria).

So the easier way is to go to
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0/
and grab OOo_2.0_LinuxIntel_install_cs_deb.tar.gz or OOo_2.0_LinuxIntel_install_sk_deb.tar.gz
then go to
http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0/OOo_2.0_native_LinuxIntel_langpacks_deb/
and grab the language pack you need.

Untar OOo_2.0_LinuxIntel_install_cs_deb.tar.gz, it will create DEBS directory. Copy language pack debs (3 files) there.

cd DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

and you're done.

[MichaëlVD]

Everything works as described in your howto; thanks!

A couple of questions...

I know I can launch openoffice.org-2.0 with alt+f2. However that always opens Writer first. Is there a way to open Impress immediately?

Secondly, when I drag an icon from the applications menu to my desktop, there's something wrong with the permission and the icon is lost. I tried to look for the icon by changing the properties of the desktop shortcut, but I can't find it. How can I solve this?

Thanks

[jeremie]

After a successful install,
I get the following when trying to execute

jeremie@desktop:~$ openoffice.org-2.0
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: Permission denied
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: exec: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: cannot execute: Success


same thing when running it with sudo or as root

j

[christooss]

hm how about runing

openoffice.org-2.0 -writer

[jeremie]

same thing
i tried to run it in the terminal when i noticed there was no response from clicking the icons

jeremie@desktop:~$ openoffice.org-2.0 -calc %U
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: Permission denied
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: exec: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: cannot execute: Success

[Jeldert]

You need to give soffice execute and read permissions for all users. Give it a try and post the results please.

[jeremie]

Thanks for the hint.
Now it works.

Here's what i did:

jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ ls -l soffice
---------- 1 root root 6485 2005-10-15 10:02 soffice
jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ sudo chmod o=rx soffice
jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ ls -l soffice
-------r-x 1 root root 6485 2005-10-15 10:02 soffice


One question though,
Just curious... Why didn't dpkg set the permissions correctly?

[darehanl]

After a successful install,
I get the following when trying to execute

jeremie@desktop:~$ openoffice.org-2.0
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: Permission denied
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: exec: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: cannot execute: Success


same thing when running it with sudo or as root

j

That's the problem I reported earlier. The permissions are set incorrectly for soffiice. The correct executable file is soffice.bin I believe. Changing the /usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0 script as I noted on page 1 works for me.

[jonrkc]

should i remove my old open office first
sorry im a newbie ;)
You can install a new version such as 2.0 of OpenOffice.org along with an old version with no problem. But it must be in a different directory or there WILL be problems, according to the OpenOffice.org website.

I installed version 2.0 alongside of version 1.1.3, and it ran OK except that it kept wanting Java, which I don't have. Version 1.1.3 didn't care that much about Java, but version 2.0 seems to require it for some simple things!

So I went back to 1.1.3.

But the Java problem was unrelated to 1.1.3 being there. They both ran fine, basically, coexisting together in separate directories.

[zenwhen]

This actually worked great. Anyone else notice that this version launches about 50% faster than the one that shipped with Breezy?

[43moon]

Thank you christooss, I managed to install without a hitch.

christooss is just one more reason that ubuntu and the community are great. :)

[tseliot]

This actually worked great. Anyone else notice that this version launches about 50% faster than the one that shipped with Breezy?
Yep, same here.

[Juippisi]

This actually worked great. Anyone else notice that this version launches about 50% faster than the one that shipped with Breezy?

Hmm, here's a picture (attachment) that makes OOo's launching more faster, tip found on Ubuntuforums ;-).

I don't know if it works anymore because I imported my old settings to OOo-2 so those settings were there from the beginning. But, it's worth of trying, mine OOo doesn't launch slowly ;-).

( Just in case that the attachment doesn't show to someone, http://www.roskakori.org/files/pictures/screenshots/nopeuta_OOon_kaynnistymista.png )

[baRRacuda]

Anyone tried this on Breezy-AMD64?

[Y_Ernst]

Anyone tried this on Breezy-AMD64?

it doesn't work!

Error Message:
current build architecture amd64 does not appear in package's list (i386)

[Sykil]

Well, does anyone have an idea of how one could get this to work under AMD64? :x

[Matchless]

Well, does anyone have an idea of how one could get this to work under AMD64? :x

Try this and let us know :
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=436622#post436622
;)

[DGibFen]

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

[Y_Ernst]

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

There is only a link for RC3! (or you have to download a cs or sk version)

Try this link: http://openoffice.debian.net/

[foxy123]

There is only a link for RC3! (or you have to download a cs or sk version)

Try this link: http://openoffice.debian.net/
sk and cz versions work fine together with language packs...

[z!cHz@cH]

Worked for me Thnx!

One question do, is there a mozilla plugin for 2.0 if yes how do i install it?

[berserker]

I had no problems with permissions. Perhaps the HOWTO should be changed to

fakeroot alien *.rpm

[rwabel]

I'm just curious if it's worth to install the OO2 deb's from here: http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/2.0/

or wait until OO2 final comes somehow to breezy. Does anyone know if and when the final will be either backported or provided from the ubuntu breezy repositories?

[jonrkc]

If this might help anybody wanting to install OpenOffice.org 2.0...:

I merely went to the OpenOffice.org site, downloaded the Linux package they offer there, converted the rpms to deb files using alien, and then used dpkg -i to install all the resulting deb files, and it was done. No further steps needed.

My only problem was that though the suite "worked," it required Java for customizing itself (which never used to be the case). I don't have Java, so I was stopped at that point.

If you have Java on your system already, what I did should give you OpenOffice.org 2.0 which works fine.

It might be the simplest way to get it.

[christooss]

This howto has been changed.

No aliens anymore

[christooss]

Hm I will change back to alien version :)

I now found out that its RC3 version. And I am unable to find changelog for 2.0.0 openoffice.

Does anyone knows how much changed sfrom RC3 ---> 2.0.0?

[strongmantim]

I have a problem with the menus. At least for my system, the /usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0 shell script points to the wrong file. ...I need to change this to

#!/bin/sh
exec /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice.bin "$@"


I ran into the same issue. Once corrected, everything worked perfectly.

[mustang]

Very awesome christooss. Thank you very much. Everything worked perfectly.

Quick question---I'm using a low capacity hard drive and I would like to keep as much free space as possible.

How can I safely remove the OpenOffice that came with breezy or should I not?

And yep, OO does start up faster :)

EDIT:

Oh, and how do I go upon putting the OO writer icon on my desktop? When I drag it straight from the menu, it doesn't take the icon with it and I can't find where the icon from the menu is.

[foxy123]

Hm I will change back to alien version :)

I now found out that its RC3 version. And I am unable to find changelog for 2.0.0 openoffice.

Does anyone knows how much changed sfrom RC3 ---> 2.0.0?
it does not say anywhere that it is RC3, though the files are of Oct. 17-18. So it may be...

[poofyhairguy]

This thread just saved my grade in comm class. The OO that came with Breezy kept crashing on me just as I was getting done with they doc I was working on all night. The crash handler would not stop the crashing. But when I installed the new OOoffice it recovered and allowed me to save my work. Great how to!

[Technoviking]

I'm hoping for offical OO2 final debs from the Ubuntu Devs, but very nice HowTo.

Mike

[rickmans]

great howto works perfectly

[floyd27]

Where is the "desktop-intergration" dir/?
Can you give me the path..
thanx

[floyd27]

never mind :)

[jasongrieves]

never mind :)
Funny thing is I was about to post this :)

the folder is located in the RPMS directory where you converted everything to deb packages.

Great thanks for the guide. Works like a charm here also

[Technoviking]

You may want to check this out:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=438068&postcount=10

[christooss]

Mike your repositories have been added. But I really hate this default Ubuntu OpenOffice look. How can I change this?

And why there is no Printer preferences installed. It comes with rpms?

[christooss]

And I cry that there are default ubuntu ugly OpenOffice icons in version installed from repositories. I would like to change this to. How can I do this?

[Technoviking]

Mike your repositories have been added. But I really hate this default Ubuntu OpenOffice look. How can I change this?

And why there is no Printer preferences installed. It comes with rpms?
You can change the icons with smeg (menu editor) if you run it as root or sudo.

I don't kn ow about printer preferences. I think the Ubuntu OO2 packages get the printer setting from the Ubuntu Printing admin tool.

Mike

[christooss]

Thanks

What about a look of Openoffice?

[waffen]

After a successful install,
I get the following when trying to execute

jeremie@desktop:~$ openoffice.org-2.0
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: Permission denied
/usr/bin/openoffice.org-2.0: line 2: exec: /etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice: cannot execute: Success


same thing when running it with sudo or as root

j
change the permisions for the instalation dir

[bertilow]

1. Open your sources.list and add this line in

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2 ./

2.1 Do a update and upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This all will upgrade your previous version 1.9.129.


I successfully installed OpenOffice 2 using the above method (more or less - I used Synaptic).

Everything works as it should ... except for the Wizard "Install new dictionaries". When I click on that menu option absolutely nothing happens. Well, the hard disk makes a short noice, and then nothing, zip, nada.

Is this a general problem with OpenOffice 2 (on Linux), or is it a problem with the unofficial debs?

I tried starting the program with "sudo", but the Wizard was just as dead then.

[foxy123]

I successfully installed OpenOffice 2 using the above method (more or less - I used Synaptic).

Everything works as it should ... except for the Wizard "Install new dictionaries". When I click on that menu option absolutely nothing happens. Well, the hard disk makes a short noice, and then nothing, zip, nada.

Is this a general problem with OpenOffice 2 (on Linux), or is it a problem with the unofficial debs?

I tried starting the program with "sudo", but the Wizard was just as dead then.
I use the version from linux.cz and it opens the wizard without any problem Actually the wizard itself a Ooo file with macros. You can d/l it from the web and open in OpenOffice and it will work. The file called I guess DicOOo.sxw you may try to find it on your PC first.

[pjs_flyer]

Not that I'm chicken, but any idea when the official deb is likely to appear in the repositories?

P.

[christooss]

You can install dictonaries through synaptic!!

[rwabel]

can you? I was looking in synaptic but couldn't find a thing for OO2

[bertilow]

I use the version from linux.cz and it opens the wizard without any problem Actually the wizard itself a Ooo file with macros. You can d/l it from the web and open in OpenOffice and it will work. The file called I guess DicOOo.sxw you may try to find it on your PC first.

There was no file named "DicOOo.sxw" in my computer. So there is obviously something wrong with the debs. But I found the file using Google, and it worked. Thanks for the help!

[berserker]

There was no file named "DicOOo.sxw" in my computer. So there is obviously something wrong with the debs. But I found the file using Google, and it worked. Thanks for the help!

I installed the deb packages and found the file in /opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/dict/ooo/DicOOo.sxw

Interesting.

[bertilow]

I installed the deb packages and found the file in /opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/dict/ooo/DicOOo.sxw

Interesting.

In my Kubuntu that is "/usr/lib/openoffice2/share/dict/ooo" - but there are no ".sxw" files in there.

[IdoMcFly]

I have this problem :
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=82221

[soonindallas]

anyone know when OOo 2.0 is likelt to show up in the repositories ?

[christooss]

When dapper will be in development stage. Zhen OOo2.o will be in backports

[soonindallas]

you're s****ing me. you mean Breezy shipped with a beta and will not make the stable version of OOo available through Breezy repo's ? 2.0 of OOo came out 10 days after Breezy stable shipped.

[christooss]

True it really bad. But this is Ubuntu policy. And since backports are OFFICIAL its not such a problem

[foxy123]

you're s****ing me. you mean Breezy shipped with a beta and will not make the stable version of OOo available through Breezy repo's ? 2.0 of OOo came out 10 days after Breezy stable shipped.
personally I am not looking forward to it. The Ubuntu Ooo look is horrible to my taste. An also I get used to some things which I different from official Ooo version (like delete contents with backspace and have a Delete options with Del, which is vice versa in Ubuntu version).

[kevin_hill54]

Great info.

This was very simple to install.

I removed all of the original OO as it had a problem locating the files and would not run.

Following the install the program runs fine. Version 1.9.79.2 but the dictionary did not load. The spell check works but no dictionary.

I ran the file Dic00o.sxw and it downloaded the files.

On restart of OO there is still no dictionary?

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help

Kevin

[christooss]

You have to go to Tools > Options > Language Settings ... and there choose your language

[kevin_hill54]

Perfect.

Thanks for your help.

Kevin

[Aeon17x]

The icons in the OpenOffice.org Help apparently don't exist, so they don't show up other than a placeholder with the name of the icon... also the Media Player in the Tools menu isn't there. I also didn't get the new shiny icons. =/ My method of installation was through Synaptic, you think I did something wrong there and should reinstall the whole thing?

[christooss]

yes Icons are from ubuntu. That sucks. And look is from ubuntu to. And it sucks. And I stilčč don't know how to make OOo 2.0 from repositories look like one from original page.

[Aeon17x]

yes Icons are from ubuntu. That sucks. And look is from ubuntu to. And it sucks. And I stilčč don't know how to make OOo 2.0 from repositories look like one from original page.
Hey, I like the Ubuntu look, although I wish the buttons were a bit smaller. And I also want the rainbow OO.o icons. :(

[manicka]

This How-To is also available at the Ubuntu Document Storage Facility (http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page)

[aledie]

Hey, I like the Ubuntu look, although I wish the buttons were a bit smaller. And I also want the rainbow OO.o icons. :(

Guys, why not just go to Tools-->Options-->View, and change the icons to default or crystal and size to small.

[christooss]

First one is writer from RPMs and second one is from repositories.

I WANT first look

[rwabel]

Guys, why not just go to Tools-->Options-->View, and change the icons to default or crystal and size to small.
great tip! thanks
are there other styles to install? I love the crystal version :-)

[morvael]

What can I do as I get the following error while trying to apt-get install openoffice2?


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openoffice.org2: Depends: openoffice.org2-core (> 2.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-writer but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-calc but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-impress but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-draw but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-math but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-base but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages


I have completely removed openoffice2 packages before this as I got some other error.

[manicka]

I WANT first look

Setting the icons to default and small looks like that

[christooss]

Manicka thanks for the icons. Now how can I get rid of this grey color. I want brown. I LOVE brown

[manicka]

Manicka thanks for the icons. Now how can I get rid of this grey color. I want brown. I LOVE brown

I use a variation of this

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=29684

[christooss]

What does gnome theme got to do with OOo look?

[aledie]

great tip! thanks
are there other styles to install? I love the crystal version :-)
Couldn't find any, however the folder where the styles reside is:
/usr/lib/openoffice2/share/config

[manicka]

What does gnome theme got to do with OOo look?

You said that you wanted it browner and less grey. This theme makes Ooo2 browner.

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/9449/screenshotuntitled1openofficeo.png

[veloct]

My icons stayed the same although it did upgrade to version 2.0. Is there any way to change the icons to the cool colorful ones?

[christooss]

Yes through Smeg

[veloct]

Anybody know where the installation puts the pixmaps for OOo2? I can't find them.

[paolino73]

Where is the "desktop-intergration" dir/?
Can you give me the path..
thanx

[christooss]

It in tar ball which includes RPMs.

[christooss]

I addded installation from DEB's

[guilag]

Thanks a lot, I was impatient to upgrade to the final release of openoffice 2.0 and could only find the 1.9.129 beta 2 version in the ubuntu package list !

[XDevHald]

Just a quick heads up, this is not stable enough in Dapper Drake 6.04, so please note that before you upgrade to dapper.

Note: The icons and list for OO2 does not show up in the Office menu.

[cowboycamilo]

hey!!!! thanx, works great!!! but ther are two things that is not working, one the GTK integration... i simply love GTK, is there anything that I can do to get the GTK working with oo2, i really mis the look...
the other thing is that now I have doble icons on mi panel, the oo2 and the oo1.9, the oo2 icon lounch the program ok, the others are obiusly not working... I looked in synaptic but only oo2 is intaled.... HELP..

but hey, thanX againg, oo2 working very good...

[christooss]

GO to synaptic and remove all open office packages . And than install open office through repositories.

or

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*

And than

1. Installation from repositories

1. Open your sources.list and add this line in

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2 ./

AMD64 and ppc

You can help your self with these repositories

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-amd64 ./
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-powerpc ./
2.1 Do a update and upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This all will upgrade your previous version 1.9.129.

2.2 If you removed any OpenOffice.org installation from disk than simpli do a

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org2

:)

[jamaas]

I've installed 2.0 using synaptic and it all seems to work except I don't have a spell checker and I don't have any available language modules. I've tried downloading and installing the 3 language modules using dpkg and they installed ok but still no luck.

Anyone tell me what I've done wrong?

Thanks and Regards

Jim

[bertilow]

I've installed 2.0 using synaptic and it all seems to work except I don't have a spell checker and I don't have any available language modules. I've tried downloading and installing the 3 language modules using dpkg and they installed ok but still no luck.

Anyone tell me what I've done wrong?

First try the Wizard: File -> Wizards -> Install new dictionaries.

If the Wizard is dead (he was for me), then try this document:

http://openoffice.mirrors.tds.net/pub/openoffice/contrib/dictionaries/dicooo/DicOOo.sxw

Download it, and then open it with Ooo. It should help you install dictionaries for spell checking. Afterwards you'll need to shut down Ooo, and restart it, and maybe activate the new dictionary in Options.

A lot of bother, but it's possible.

[canadianwriterman]

Excellent HOWTO, Christooss. I upgraded to 2,0 last night and it worked like a charm.

In repositories you can find only 1.9.129 - RC2 version so here is how you instal pure 2.0 on your system

1. Installation from repositories

1. Open your sources.list and add this line in

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2 ./

AMD64 and ppc

You can help your self with these repositories

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-amd64 ./
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2-powerpc ./
2.1 Do a update and upgrade

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This all will upgrade your previous version 1.9.129.

2.2 If you removed any OpenOffice.org installation from disk than simpli do a

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org2

BEWARE this are test packages :) But they simply work :)

2. 2.0.0 version installed from DEB's
1. Download english version with wget

wget ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/SRC680_m137/Build-2/OOo_SRC680_m137_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

2. Extract file
tar -xzfv OOo_SRC680_m137_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

4. Installation

Go to dir with debs and perform

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

5. Native language instalation

Download your language package from ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/SRC680_m137/Build-2/OOo_SRC680_m137_native_LinuxIntel_langpacks_deb
There are three packages. Donwload them all

Then install them with

sudo dpkg -i *.deb
3. 2.0.0 version installed from RPM's

1. Download
Download Linux file from OpenOffice.org just choose linux when it asks you for your platform. You can use bittorrent you can find when you choose server from which you download.

2. Extract tar.gz file

tar -xzfv OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz

3. Aliens in Ubuntu

With alien you transform all rpms to debs.

pit your self in RPMS subdir of directrory you just created and than execute

sudo alien *.rpm
or
fakeroot alien*.rpm
Wait till all the packages are transformed

4. Installation

Now performe this command
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
5. Put Openoffice in your gnome menu

Go in to desktop-integration dir and execute
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.0-3_all.deb
and than
killall gnome-panel

Now you should have new icons in you Programs/office menus


4. RC3 version - easyer to install :)
1. Download
Download Linux file

wget http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/RC3/OOo_OOO680_m3_LinuxIntel_install_en-GB_deb.tar.gz

2. Extract tar.gz

Extract file with

tar xzfv OOo_OOO680_m3_LinuxIntel_install_en-GB_deb.tar.gz

4. When all packages are transformed execute. First o to DEBS derictory which has been created

cd DEBS/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
and wait for all the packages to get install

5. Restart gnome-panel
killall gnome-panel

Now you will have menus shortcuts. But they will be dubled use OpenOffice 2.0 ... ones
http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/screenshots/menuji.jpg
pressing any of this options will show you splash screen
http://www.ahacic.5gigs.com/screenshots/splash.jpg

Enjoy your OpenOffice.org 2.0

[j_baer]

Here is an alternate method which installed everything including the Thesaurus.

The link is ...

http://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/

I first uninstall the current OOo and then downloaded the "OOo_SRC680_m138_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz" file, extracted to a temporary folder, and ran "sudo dpkg -i *"

Cheers :)

[christooss]

j_baer I already added this in howto :P

Everybody who installed OOo from repositories!!!!
Langage packs are in repositroies. I think :)

[christooss]

Yes it is :)

Just install openoffice2-l10n-XX (XX is your language code)

[christooss]

And you still have to change language from English.

Go to Tools > Options > Language settings

[j_baer]

christooss,

Sorry for the reduntant post. What is the situation with the Thesaurus?

j_baer

[Beire]

i'm still having this problem
/etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/javaldx: error while loading shared libraries: libuno_sal.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/etc/openoffice.org-2.0/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libcomphelp4gcc3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


i read some somelutions here but they are very vage to my liking.

[yesplease]

With Synaptic one can choose that only open-office packages will be upgraded, while sudo apt-get upgrade will upgrade everything (depending on which repositories are open). Please, correct me if I am wrong.

Anyway, method 1 seems very easy, why would anyone choose one of the other methods?

[christooss]

I choose deb over repositories beacause of the look and default menu icons :)

Other paths to install OOo are still there so you can choose :) And that you can upload OOo from backports which are offical ubuntu :) I makeing this up so.... :)

[sherwindennis]

help pls!

i installed the openoffice, i have the shortcuts but it won't launch.

please help me, ubuntu experts!

[christooss]

try running openoffice2 -writer in terminal and give us an error

[foxy123]

help pls!

i installed the openoffice, i have the shortcuts but it won't launch.

please help me, ubuntu experts!
you may also take a look at ~/.gnome/apps. If you've got ooo menu files there, delete them.

[sherwindennis]

Thanks for replying but i got the answer from jeremie's post....
__________________________________________________ ____________
jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ ls -l soffice
---------- 1 root root 6485 2005-10-15 10:02 soffice
jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ sudo chmod o=rx soffice
jeremie@desktop:/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program$ ls -l soffice
-------r-x 1 root root 6485 2005-10-15 10:02 soffice
__________________________________________________ _______________

I only need to change oo2 permission. :)

[nomeat]

I have been frustrating around with this for more than half a day.
First I tried with synaptic but it can not find a few files even after apt-get update and manually editing my repository list.

Then I tried version one and after over an hour and downloading over 200MB I get
broken files.
There are about 100MB more in my hard drive.
Why do I get broken files and how do I get rid of them again?

[nomeat]

Here are some of my errors:

Fetched 206MB in 1h9m36s (49.2kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/dists/hoary-backports/main /binary-i386/libgcc1_4.0.0-7ubuntu6~5.04ubp1_i386.deb 404 Not Found

...and many more like that

further down:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openoffice.org2: Depends: openoffice.org2-core (> 2.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-writer but it is not going to be ins talled
Depends: openoffice.org2-calc but it is not going to be insta lled
Depends: openoffice.org2-impress but it is not going to be in stalled
Depends: openoffice.org2-draw but it is not going to be insta lled
Depends: openoffice.org2-math but it is not going to be insta lled
Depends: openoffice.org2-base but it is not going to be insta lled
E: Broken packages


Then I try as a test:
root@computer:/home/computer # sudo apt-get install openoffice.org2-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openoffice.org2-core: Depends: openoffice.org-debian-files (>= 1.1.4-3+2ubuntu4) but 1.1.3-3+1ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1) but 2.3.2.ds1-20ubuntu13 is to be installed
Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.13.1-1) but 7.12.3-2ubuntu3 is to be installed
Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.1) but 1:4.0-0pre6ubuntu7 is to be installed
Depends: libmyspell3c2 but it is not installable
Depends: libportaudio0 but it is not installable
Depends: libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.8-1) but 0.8-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstlport4.6c2 but it is not installable
Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.6.20) but 2.6.17-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org2-java-common but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages


Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks.

[nomeat]

and here are some entries in my repositores list that should point to that missing files above:

deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted

deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2 ./


...but whatever I do I can't seem to download them.

[christooss]

Why hoary repositories?

[nomeat]

So where do I get the missing files?

like libgcc1-4 and libstdc++6 and gcc-4.0

Synaptic reports that they can't be found
and apt-get update doesn't help either.

[christooss]

breezy repositories?

[nomeat]

So then it is not possible to install open office 2 on a 5.04 system with KDE 3.4?

I tried changing to breezy repo's and updating and ugrading but it just crashed.
Luckily my system didn't take any damage.

[foxy123]

So then it is not possible to install open office 2 on a 5.04 system with KDE 3.4?

I tried changing to breezy repo's and updating and ugrading but it just crashed.
Luckily my system didn't take any damage.
if you are on Hoary, try to use deb method described in the first post. It should work (at least it always worked for me when I was on Hoary).

[donpaolo]

There is a little dependency bug in ooo2 package.

I actually have es localization installed, I don't need the en one.

But when I intall ooo2 it install mandatoryly the en loc.

[donpaolo]

Please correct Openofice to Openoffice (2 f) in the thread title

[christooss]

Deb method works with breezy flawlessly

[nomeat]

help pls!

i installed the openoffice, i have the shortcuts but it won't launch.

please help me, ubuntu experts!


I managed to get something installed with the deb files and have shortcuts too
but nothing executes. The symbol just bounces for half a minute and dissapears again.

How do I start it in terminal?
I can't see anything that looks executable in the openoffice dir.
What should I look for?

I don't think I have a permission issue and that gnome dir has no OO related files in it.

[N8K99]

fantastic job on the HOWTO. I was able to use apt-get to upgrade just fine. Since I have already yanked Gnome off and use Enlightenment the menus update was a cinch too. I only wish teh Firefox 1.5rc were this easy!! :p

[christooss]

nomeat: openoffice-2.0 -writer
openoffice-2.0 -calc etc

[nomeat]

File not found

Tried reinstalling the debs again and saw a lot of errors in the log like:


Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-core04 ...
dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in openoffice.org-core04u_2.0.0-137_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-core04u_2.0.0-137_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2

and

dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-writer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

I am really out of luck with this one.


Looks like it is back to micro$ but I would hate that.
Trying another distro and starting all over again, no thanks.

[christooss]

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*

And than install debs again or try installing it through repositories

[nomeat]

Christoss, I am really stuck here.
It won't remove.
I think that is because apt-get is asking for horary again.
My system wouldn't upgrade to breezy.
Is there another way to remove or uninstall the deb installation without using the repositories?

[confused]

check this website. it may have some answers. I am also in the same problem.
http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf

[everbot]

Hi everyone !!

Answering to Nomeat problem (hope he doesn't lost his hopes on Ubuntu)

* to uninstall the openoffice .deb files, just do this:

sudo dpkg -P openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core01 openoffice.org-core02 openoffice.org-core03 openoffice.org-core03u openoffice.org-core04 openoffice.org-core04u openoffice.org-core05 openoffice.org-core05u openoffice.org-core06 openoffice.org-core07 openoffice.org-core08 openoffice.org-core09 openoffice.org-core10 openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-gnome-integration openoffice.org-graphicfilter openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-javafilter openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-pyuno openoffice.org-spellcheck openoffice.org-testtool openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-xsltfilter

* and then:

sudo dpkg -P openoffice.org-debian-menus

* If you install language packages:

sudo dpkg -P openoffice.org-es openoffice.org-es-help openoffice.org-es-res

* (Or the language you install instead "es")

Then uninstall everthing of openoffice from Synaptic

Download the .tar.gz file again from www.openoffice.org and install it again !!

:rolleyes: and thats that !! Openoffice is out of your system !!

By the way, i have a question too, i want the openoffice nice look instead the ugly one, i enter to Tools >> Options >> View , But find anything about the icons, just about the size of the icons, nothing else :( .

So then, how do i change the looks ? I install openoffice from .rpm files, but the look still the same !! why could that be ?
Someone halp me please

Greetings from Mexico !! Bye !!

[manicka]

Christoss, I am really stuck here.
It won't remove.
I think that is because apt-get is asking for horary again.
My system wouldn't upgrade to breezy.
Is there another way to remove or uninstall the deb installation without using the repositories?

You should be able to remove it effectively with Synaptic

[4ebees]

Christooss,

Thanks for that. Your first suggestion worked for me.

Much appreciated.

[Pjotor]

Well,

if you use Automatix you can get OOo 2.0.1 and the msttcorefonts...

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405&highlight=automatix

[MikeMLP]

First off, sorry to bump up an old thread, however...

I used this guide to try and install openoffice.org 2.03 along side openoffice.org 2.02, and the method described here worked fine until the point where I install the menus.

mike@Ubuntu:~/Desktop/OOC680_m7_native_packed-1_en-US.9044/RPMS/desktop-integration$ sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.3-2_all.deb
dpkg: regarding openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.3-2_all.deb containing openoffice.org-debian-menus:
openoffice.org-core conflicts with openoffice.org-unbundled
openoffice.org-debian-menus provides openoffice.org-unbundled and is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.3-2_all.deb (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing openoffice.org-debian-menus
Errors were encountered while processing:
openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.3-2_all.deb


Anybody know what this is all about, and how to resolve?

thanks!

[whitegorilla]

Thought I'd bump this as I want to upgrade to 2.0.3