OpenOffice 4.1.1 not installing in Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit

I REALLY need to install OpenOffice because of a specific program that doesn't work with LibreOffice.

I've tried EVERY suggestion of how to install it I found in this and other sites, and no joy.

When I try the tar it always says the files unrecoverable.

Please help me? I need simple and clear instructions, but I don't need to be told to just stick to LibreOffice because that is not an option.

2 Answers

• Remove LibreOffice by typing in terminalsudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*

  • Check your Java version: java -version(To install java Click here)
• For you(32 bit) type in terminal :wget
• Then type: tar xzf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
• Go to right directory: cd en-US/DEBS/
• Install OpenOffice: sudo dpkg -i *.deb
• Integrate with desktop: cd desktop-integration/
• Install integration: sudo dpkg -i openoffice4.0-debian-menus*.deb
• Start OpenOffice

First try reinstalling Ubuntu14.04, then use the 'purge' command to eliminate all LibreOffice-files.

Then by the downloaded '....install-deb_sv.tar.gz' file , perform an extraction and you will getting SV-map and sub-map DEBS.

Then unpack the files in DEBS with the Terminal-prog. with cmd 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb' and then the same cmd on the file in the maå 'desktop-integration'.

And then, voila, all AOO-files were created.

It is still curious that the 'normal' way to make the installation may not work for few 32-bit processors...

Hope this helps you..