1. Download Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 Linux Package
32 bit:
[root@florian ~]# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.1/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz/download -O Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
64 bit:
[root@florian ~]# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.1/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz/download -O Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
2. Remove old openoffice packages:
[root@florian ~]# yum remove openoffice* Loaded plugins: downloadkvmonly-background, downloadonly-background, refresh-packagekit, security, versionlock Setting up Remove Process atrpms | 3.5 kB 00:00 virtualbox | 951 B 00:00 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package openoffice.org-base.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-base-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-brand.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-calc.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-calc-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-draw.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-draw-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-graphicfilter.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-impress.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-impress-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-math-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts.noarch 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-pdfimport.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-presenter-screen.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-ure.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-writer.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased ---> Package openoffice.org-writer-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 will be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================= Removing: openoffice.org-base x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 22 k openoffice.org-base-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 5.4 M openoffice.org-brand x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 852 k openoffice.org-calc x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 28 k openoffice.org-calc-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 23 M openoffice.org-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 236 M openoffice.org-draw x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 25 k openoffice.org-draw-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 2.1 M openoffice.org-graphicfilter x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 663 k openoffice.org-impress x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 29 k openoffice.org-impress-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 3.0 M openoffice.org-math-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 3.3 M openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts noarch 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 174 k openoffice.org-pdfimport x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 3.8 M openoffice.org-presenter-screen x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 4.6 M openoffice.org-ure x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 7.3 M openoffice.org-writer x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 31 k openoffice.org-writer-core x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 @RHEL-63-x86_64 15 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================= Remove 18 Package(s) Installed size: 306 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-calc-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 1/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-impress-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 2/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-draw-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 3/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-base-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 4/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-writer-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 5/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-base-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 6/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-brand-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 7/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-calc-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 8/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-writer-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 9/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-math-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 10/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-pdfimport-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 11/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-draw-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 12/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-graphicfilter-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 13/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-presenter-screen-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 14/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-impress-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 15/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 16/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.noarch 17/18 Erasing : 1:openoffice.org-ure-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 18/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-draw-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 1/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-draw-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 2/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-impress-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 3/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-ure-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 4/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-calc-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 5/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-brand-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 6/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.noarch 7/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-pdfimport-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 8/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-presenter-screen-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 9/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-impress-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 10/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-graphicfilter-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 11/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-calc-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 12/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-base-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 13/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-writer-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 14/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-base-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 15/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 16/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-math-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 17/18 Verifying : 1:openoffice.org-writer-core-3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7.x86_64 18/18 Removed: openoffice.org-base.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-base-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-brand.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-calc.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-calc-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-draw.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-draw-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-graphicfilter.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-impress.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-impress-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-math-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-opensymbol-fonts.noarch 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-pdfimport.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-presenter-screen.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-ure.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-writer.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 openoffice.org-writer-core.x86_64 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_2.7 Complete!
3. Block openoffice.org-ure package updates. Edit /etc/yum.conf and add the following:
[main] exclude=openoffice.org-ure*
4. untar the package and get into the directory:
tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.1*
cd en-US
4. Install apache:
[root@florian en-US]# rpm -Uvh RPMS/*.rpm RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice4.0-redhat-*.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:openoffice-ure ########################################### [ 2%] 2:openoffice-core01 ########################################### [ 5%] 3:openoffice-en-US ########################################### [ 7%] 4:openoffice-impress ########################################### [ 10%] 5:openoffice-en-US-base ########################################### [ 12%] 6:openoffice-en-US-calc ########################################### [ 14%] 7:openoffice-en-US-draw ########################################### [ 17%] 8:openoffice-en-US-help ########################################### [ 19%] 9:openoffice-en-US-impres########################################### [ 21%] 10:openoffice-en-US-math ########################################### [ 24%] 11:openoffice-en-US-res ########################################### [ 26%] 12:openoffice-en-US-writer########################################### [ 29%] 13:openoffice-base ########################################### [ 31%] 14:openoffice-calc ########################################### [ 33%] 15:openoffice-core02 ########################################### [ 36%] 16:openoffice-core03 ########################################### [ 38%] 17:openoffice-core04 ########################################### [ 40%] 18:openoffice-core05 ########################################### [ 43%] 19:openoffice-core06 ########################################### [ 45%] 20:openoffice-core07 ########################################### [ 48%] 21:openoffice-draw ########################################### [ 50%] 22:openoffice-images ########################################### [ 52%] 23:openoffice ########################################### [ 55%] 24:openoffice-math ########################################### [ 57%] 25:openoffice-writer ########################################### [ 60%] 26:openoffice-brand-writer########################################### [ 62%] 27:openoffice-brand-math ########################################### [ 64%] 28:openoffice-brand-base ########################################### [ 67%] 29:openoffice-brand-calc ########################################### [ 69%] 30:openoffice-brand-draw ########################################### [ 71%] 31:openoffice-brand-en-US ########################################### [ 74%] 32:openoffice-brand-impres########################################### [ 76%] 33:openoffice-ogltrans ########################################### [ 79%] 34:openoffice-gnome-integr########################################### [ 81%] 35:openoffice-graphicfilte########################################### [ 83%] 36:openoffice-javafilter ########################################### [ 86%] 37:openoffice-onlineupdate########################################### [ 88%] 38:openoffice-ooofonts ########################################### [ 90%] 39:openoffice-ooolinguisti########################################### [ 93%] 40:openoffice-pyuno ########################################### [ 95%] 41:openoffice-xsltfilter ########################################### [ 98%] 42:openoffice4.0-redhat-me########################################### [100%] /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully. /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully. /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache gtk-update-icon-cache: No theme index file.