How to Install Apache OpenOffice on Kali Linux
Apache OpenOffice is an Office Suite or office application suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and more. Apache OpenOffice was formerly known as OpenOffice.org, which is the older sibling of LibreOffice.
Apache OpenOffice development has stopped at version 4.1.2, while LibreOffice development is still continuing with various improvements, which has now reached version 5.1.3 when I wrote this post.
If you are asking which one you should use between the two Office Suite, of course I would suggest you to use LibreOffice.
But this tutorial can be useful for those of you who want to try Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice does not work well on your system.
Steps to Install Apache OpenOffice on Kali Linux
First download the Apache OpenOffice application on the official Apache OpenOffice website, select LibreOffice for the deb packages, either 32 bit or 64 bit according to the system you are using. The download will be in the “/home” directory, if the download is in the download folder, just move it to the main “home” folder.
Then open a terminal, make sure you are using the root user, or you can add sudo to every command if you are not using the root user. Extract the downloaded file which is still compressed with the command tar –xzf filename as shown in the picture.
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| Extract Apache OpenOffice files |
If the file has been successfully extracted, go to the en-US/DEBS directory, with the cd command as follows;
cd en-US/DEBS/
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| Go to the en-US/DEBS directory |
Then install all files with .deb extension in that folder with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i *deb
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| Install the Apache OpenOffice deb file |
After the process is complete, go to the desktop-integration folder as in the image below.
Then install the file with the “.deb” extension in that folder with the same command, as follows:
cd desktop-integration/ dpkg -i *deb
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| Go to the desktop-integration directory and install the deb file in that folder |
The installation process is complete. You have successfully installed Apache OpenOffice. Good luck and use.
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| Apache OpenOffice Already Installed |
