Install Apache OpenOffice on Ubuntu

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 the most recent stable release, is the leading open-source office productivity software suite comprising of word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. OpenOffice supports localized versions in more than 120 languages; those that are 100% translated and maintained are officially released. Before we install Apache OpenOffice on Ubuntu, lets take a look at its features.

Apache OpenOffice Features

• Cross platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
• 170+ Languages
• Extensions and Templates available
• Commercial support available
• New Sidebar
• Interoperability Improvements for Text Documents, Spreadhseet Documents, Presentation Documents and OOXML file format in general
• DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements
• New Color Palette, Gradients, as well as Gallery Themes and Gallery enhancements
• Refined the Selection Handles User Interface
• Refined Selection Visualization
• Better Print Preview
• Enhanced conversion to Bitmap Graphics
• Enhanced Copy/Paste, as well as Drag&Drop
• Adapt LineStart/End to LineWidth
• SVG Export enhancements
• SVG/Metafile Break & SVG Import improvements
• Picture Crop mode offers preview
• Unified visualization of ColorPalette popup
• Transparency support for pixel formats (PNG)
• Connectors support rotation
• Corrected Hatch fill style visualization
• Better gradient support in metafiles
• Calc and Chart Improvements/Enhancements
• Support relative Pie Chart Height
• New Functions: AVERAGEIFS, COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, XOR, LEFTB, RIGHTB, LENB, MIDB and RAND (reimplemented to use the Mersenne-Twister algorithm)
• Extensions Improvements/Enhancement
• New Toolbar management
• Unified menu API
• Performance Improvements/Enhancements
• Many resource leaks were fixed
• Speedup of Graphic Rendering
• Additional Language Support
• Changes that Impact Backwards Compatibility
• Module binfilter removed (legacy StarOffice file formats (.sdw, .sdc, .sdd, etc.)
• Python support updated
• Support for system C++ STL

Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 Changelog

• Key security vulnerability fixes
• Updated dictionaries
• Set default currency to Euro in Lithuanian locale
• Support for new language dictionaries
• Numerous bug fixes, including installer as well as database support on Mac OS X, as weell as
• Enhancements to the build tools (for developers)
• [The complete list of features and enhancements are available in the release notes]

How to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 on Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04

• Uninstall any previously installed version from the system

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* libexttextcat-data*

sudo apt-get autoremove

• Now proceed with the installation of Apache OpenOffice

32bit OS

wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice*.tar.gz

sudo dpkg -i en-US/DEBS/*.deb

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

64bit OS

wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.3/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice*.tar.gz

sudo dpkg -i en-US/DEBS/*.deb

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

How to remove Apache OpenOffice

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* libexttextcat-data*