Last updated: 2002-04-30
Installing OpenOffice.org on Linux is very easy! To make sure you get the best possible setup, simply follow these steps.
You want to make sure you have the latest JRE installed. It must be at least JRE 1.3. You can find the JRE for Linux at Blackdown.org - or might be included on the installation media of your distribution.
/tmp
" is a good place for
example. For the purpose of this example, I will assume you have downloaded the tarball to your /tmp
directory. Open a terminal, such as
"xterm
" or "konsole
". To extract the tarball, change to the /tmp directory: cd /tmp
and extract the tarball:
"tar -zxvf [tarball name]
".install
". Change into this directory: "cd install
."./setup /net
" This command will start the first step of the Linux setup
process./opt/OpenOffice.org[version number]
" as a good place for your new home of OpenOffice.org. For example, if your version is 1.0,
"/opt/OpenOffice.org1.0
" would be a good place.cd /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0
../setup
[without the /net
, this time]"./home/billg/OpenOffice.org1.0
"). Follow the instructions
and fill in your contact details, and tell OpenOffice.org where your Java installation lives. When setup asks where to install the files for
OpenOffice.org, usually OpenOffice.org will find Java on its own, but sometimes it need you to give the path to Java. (Hint: if you don't know the path
to your Java setup, you can type in the command line: whereis java
- this will give the path to your Java installation)~/OpenOffice.org1.0/soffice
"Have Fun!
Martijn Dekkers,
Founder, OOoDocs