How to install Open Office on Linux and Chromebook

These steps are for Linux Beta (chromebook), Debian or Ubuntu. 

Is it necessary java? If your are using OpenOffice for common tasks it's not necessary. According to openoffice site java environment is "mainly required for the HSQLDB database engine" - OO Base. 

In case you need to install java environment... On terminal copy & paste:

sudo apt-get install default-jre

Steps to install OpenOffice:

1. Download openoffice from official site. For a modern Chromebook select Linux 64 bits DEB, select language and save in Downloads folder (inside Linux files folder).

Example: Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.11_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_es.tar.gz

2. On terminal, type and press enter:

cd Downloads  

3. Now extract the tar. gz file:

tar  xvf (YOUR FILE NAME. tar.gz) 

Example:

tar xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.11_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_es.tar.gz

 

 

4. Type and enter:

ls  

cd es/DEBS  (Replace es for your language) 

sudo dpkg -i  *.deb

6. Type and enter to start installation:

cd desktop-integration/

sudo dpkg -i *deb

7. That's all... Now check up oo icons on your desktop. 

Notes about codes:

cd - to enter a folder. 

ls - to view a folder content. 

dpkg -i *deb - to unpack and install all. deb files

¿Existe Openoffice para android o chromebook?

¿Se puede utilizar Openoffice en android o en un chromebook? Oficialmente no existe una aplicación de OpenOffice para android o chrome os. 

Sin embargo, hay una en Google play que está basada en el código de openoffice y que es muy parecida, por no decir igual. 

Se llama AndroOpen Office y está basada en la última versión de Openoffice, ésto se puede ver si accedemos a la configuración de la app. 

Tiene el clásico procesador de textos, la opción de crear presentaciones, hojas de cálculo, fórmulas matemáticas, dibujo... Lo mismo q en Openoffice. 

Así es cómo se ve en un chromebook o en una tablet. 

Así es cómo se vería en un móvil android... A la derecha es el aspecto que tiene al pulsar el icono del ratón que trae incorporado. 

En chromebook, además existe la posibilidad de instalar el Openoffice oficial a través de Linux beta, pero es un poquito más complicado que instalar una app desde Google Play.

Is there an Openoffice app for android or chromebook?

Can Openoffice be used on android or on a chromebook? Officially there is no OpenOffice app for android or chrome os. 

However, there is one on Google play that is based on the openoffice code and that is very similar, if not the same. 

It's called AndroOpen Office and it's based on the latest version of Openoffice, this can be seen if we access the app's settings. 

It has the classic word processor, the option to create presentations, calc sheets, math formulas, drawing... The same as in OpenOffice. 

This is how it looks on a chromebook or tablet. 

This is how it would look on an android mobile ... On the right you can see how it looks when touching the in-mouse icon. 

In chromeboks, there is also the possibility of installing the official Openoffice through Linux beta, but it is a little more complicated than installing an app from Google Play.