How to install Apache Open office in Ubuntu

At first, add the java repository into the repolist by using the following command.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
 Oracle Java (JDK) Installer (automatically downloads and installs Oracle JDK7 / JDK8 / JDK9). There are no actual Java files in this PPA.

More info (and Ubuntu installation instructions):
- for Oracle Java 7: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
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Update the repos, by executing the following command.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease  
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources                     
Fetched 5,898 kB in 5min 26s (18.1 kB/s)                                       
Reading package lists... Done

Install the java package.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Oracle JRE 8 browser plugin installed
Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.22) ...

Remove all the previously install office packages.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* libexttextcat-data* & &  sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.11.1-0ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...

Download the open office package using the wget command.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.0/binaries/en- US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
--2016-07-07 15:06:49--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.0/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
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Apache_OpenOffice_4 100%[=====================> ] 155.62M  81.1KB/s   in 20m 37ss
2016-07-07 15:27:33 (129 KB/s) - ‘ Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz’  saved [163175282/163175282]

Extract the downloaded package by using tar command.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
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en-US/DEBS/
en-US/DEBS/openoffice-en-us-math_4.0.0-3_amd64.deb
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en-US/readmes/README_en-US
en-US/readmes/README_en-US.html

Run the following commands to install the debian packages.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# dpkg -i en-US/DEBS/*.deb
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice.
(Reading database ... 170736 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../openoffice_4.0.0-3_amd64.deb ...
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Setting up openoffice-calc (4.0.0-3) ...
Setting up openoffice-brand-calc (4.0.0-3) ...
root@user1-linuhelp:~# dpkg -i en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/*.deb
Selecting previously unselected package openoffice-debian-menus.
(Reading database ... 175083 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../openoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0-9702_all.deb ...
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1)...

Restart the system once the packages are installed.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# restart

Now Launch the open office.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# openoffice4