Unable to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04

I am using Edubuntu OS and upgraded it to Ubuntu 14.04. But, I am not able to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1. It gives error, 'bad package'. Whereas, I could install it on Windows within 50 minutes and also using it. Open source platform purpose is not solved unless open software run properly on free OS also.

Solution 1:

Follow these steps to install OpenOffice 4.1 onto Ubuntu 14.04. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice* #if installed and you want to remove it.
sudo apt-get autoremove 

Download OpenOffice

For 32 bit

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.0/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

For 64 bit

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.0/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

Extract the file

tar -xvfz Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz (for 32bit)

tar -xvfz Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz (for 64bit)

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

make sure that you have the space between the command dpkg and the -i

For Libreoffice installation do the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

Or you can download the .deb file from Libreoffice, and install it that way.

Note: Both Libreoffice and Open Office can co-exist on the same machine.