Install OpenOffice on Chromium OS

Issues with installing under all GNU/Linux Distributions
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tonyradstone
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Install OpenOffice on Chromium OS

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I have installed Chromium on an old laptop which works fine. I have downloaded the linux version of openoffice and unzipped it. I cannot work out how to run the program or install it , any help please.
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OpenOffice 2.4 on Ubuntu 9.04
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This is how I normally install OpenOffice on linux (Xubuntu 18.04.4 but also other earlier versions); you may need to tweak this to suit the version of linux you are using (certainly for rpm versions)

In a Terminal type

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sudo purge libreoffice*
Do not omit the * at the end of the command.

From http://www.openoffice.org/download/
select the installation candidate of the language version you need - it will be "linux DEB", probably 64 bit (you will know if your computer is 32 or 64 bit)
and let this download.

It will be a tar.gz file. Change to your Download directory

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cd Downloads
Continuing in the same terminal window use

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tar xvf Apache_OpenOffice ....tar.gz   <etc too long to type>
to expand the file. Depending on the language etc, this will take place into /Downloads/en-US (or similar).

Continuing in the same terminal window

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cd en-US (or as appropriate)
cd DEBS
then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
now close the terminal, and you should find OpenOffice in your Office group.

Note that it has taken me longer to type all this than to install a version of OpenOffice on linux!

Do not overlook that in linux case is important in terminal commands.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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