Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, OpenOffice 4.0.1 has been recently released, bringing fixes and improvements to the previous version. For more information, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install OpenOffice 4.0.1 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and ROSA Desktop.
There is no repository available, but we can easily download the openoffice archive and install the rpm packages inside. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install OpenOffice 4.0.1 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and ROSA Desktop systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz
$ en-GB/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
How to install OpenOffice 4.0.1 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and ROSA Desktop systems:
$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.1/binaries/en-GB/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-GB.tar.gz
$ en-GB/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm