

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. If you have been testing one of the older developer snapshots, not the released version, revision 150370, completely remove this old version before attempting a new install or update.If you experience problems using the "update" process, please remove the old OpenOffice 3.x packages manually. Due to directory structure changes in Apache OpenOffice 4.0, your older OpenOffice 3.x should be deleted entirely by a new install or update process.

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.

These should be taken to assure that you have a clean install of Apache OpenOffice due to internal considerations and/or the installation of LibreOffice, if it exists on your system. The following pre-installation steps are recommended for Linux distributions. How do I install Apache OpenOffice 4.0 on Linux?
