{"id":1758,"date":"2009-06-08T01:16:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T09:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2010-03-16T11:24:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T19:24:21","slug":"installing-openoffice-31x-under-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1758","title":{"rendered":"Installing OpenOffice 3.1.x under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re actually trying to install another version of OpenOffice, then click on the OpenOffice<\/q> tag<\/a>, as there may be an entry on that other version.<\/p>

My suggested procedure for installing OpenOffice<\/a> 3.1.x under RHEL<\/abbr> 5.x is essentially the same, mutatis mutandis<\/span>, as that for installing OpenOffice 3.0.x<\/a>:<\/p>

  1. If you don't have a JRE<\/abbr> installed, then install one. Version 1.6.0 update 13 of the JRE<\/abbr> was distributed with OpenOffice 3.1.0 when Sun was already at update 14<\/a>. As I write, OpenOffice and Sun are in-synch at update 16<\/a>, but check with Sun<\/a> for a more recent version when you are installing OpenOffice. (I suggest that one use jdk-6uxx<\/var>-linux-<\/code>xxx<\/var>-rpm<\/strong>.bin<\/code> or jre-6uxx<\/var>-linux-<\/code>xxx<\/var>-rpm<\/strong>.bin<\/code>, rather than jre-6uxx<\/var>-linux-<\/code>xxx<\/var>.bin<\/code>.) The remainder of these instructions assume that one has a JRE<\/abbr> installed.<\/p><\/li>

  2. Remove any earlier installation of OpenOffice. As root, enter these two commands:

    rpm -qa | grep openoffice | xargs rpm -e --nodeps
    rpm -qa | grep ooobasis | xargs rpm -e --nodeps<\/code><\/blockquote><\/p><\/li>

  3. Unpack OOo_3.1.x<\/span>_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz<\/a> (or the version appropriate to a devil-language<\/a>, if you use one of those) to your filespace.<\/p><\/li>

  4. Go into resulting OOO31x<\/var>_mxx<\/var>_native_packed-x<\/var>_en-US.xxxx<\/var>\/RPMS<\/strong>\/<\/code> (or to the OOO31x<\/var>_mxx<\/var>_native_packed-x<\/var>_xx<\/var>-xx<\/var>.xxxx<\/var>\/RPMS<\/strong>\/<\/code> corresponding to your devil-tongue).<\/p><\/li>

  5. As root, run

    find . -maxdepth 1 -name \"o*.rpm\" | xargs rpm -U<\/code><\/blockquote><\/p><\/li>

  6. As root, run

    rpm -U desktop-integration\/openoffice.org*-redhat-menus-*.noarch.rpm<\/code><\/blockquote> (NB<\/abbr>:<\/span> You may need to log-out and back-in for the Applications menu to be up-dated and list the latest<\/em> OpenOffice components. Your previous version may continue to be listed on the menu.)<\/p><\/li>

  7. As root, run

    rpm -U userland\/*.rpm<\/code><\/blockquote><\/p><\/li>

  8. Tell OpenOffice which JRE<\/abbr> to use:

    • Launch OpenOffice:
      \/usr\/bin\/openoffice.org3<\/code><\/blockquote> (It may not be listed on the applications menu unless you have logged-out and back-in. Before then, you may be able to launch it from the menu by way of a listing for a previous version.)<\/li>
    • Select
      Tools | Options… | OpenOffice.org | Java | Use a Java runtime environment<\/blockquote><\/li>
    • Choose one of the environments that is then listed.<\/li>
    • Click the OK<\/q> button.<\/li>
    • Shut-down OpenOffice. (The change will be in effect upon next launch.)<\/li><\/ul><\/p><\/li><\/ol>

      NB<\/abbr>:<\/span> This entry was editted on 2009:09\/13, to make it compatible with OpenOffice version 3.1.1, and otherwise to improve the instructions. One of the improvements reflects the discussion in the first two comments to this entry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’re actually trying to install another version of OpenOffice, then click on the OpenOffice tag, as there may be an entry on that other version. My suggested procedure for installing OpenOffice 3.1.x under RHEL 5.x is essentially the same, mutatis mutandis, as that for installing OpenOffice 3.0.x: If you don't have a JRE installed, […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,4],"tags":[72,139,140,143,142],"class_list":["post-1758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-technology","category-public","tag-linux","tag-openoffice","tag-red-hat","tag-redhat","tag-rhel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}