[Solved] Minor installation issue

[AbangL]

This just to post that a current installation issue exists and how i solved it.

From sourceforge i downloaded file 'Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.13_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz'.
As instructed on this site, in the DEB section
https://www.openoffice.org/download/com ... html#linux
i tried to unpack the file comparable to 'tar Apache-OpenOfficeX.X.X.tar.gz package'.
So that was:

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tar Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.13_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz

Ubuntu replied with:

tar: Old option 'f' requires an argument.
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.

So then i tried this example from the tar help section:

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tar -xf archive.tar          # Extract all files from archive.tar.

For me that was:

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tar -xf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.13_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz

, which unpacked the file properly.

My os version is:

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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

[RoryOF]

You are making a major error: Ubuntu needs a deb version _not_ an rpm version.

[RoryOF]

You will find detailed instructions for a .deb install on Ubuntu and similar at

https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/v ... 70#p376770

[AbangL]

Thanx i noticed that just now (the next step being "cd into the DEBS subdirectory of the installation directory.", while i only see RPMS dirs).
I'll continue with the proper download, the DEB one.

[AbangL]

You will find detailed instructions for a .deb install on Ubuntu and similar at

https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/v ... 70#p376770

Very helpful