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Install OpenOffice for headless use

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The question very simple and short. I am following this article to install OpenOffice headless:

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-headless openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-draw

And I get the following error :

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

E: Unable to locate package openoffice.org-headless

E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'openoffice.org-headless'

UPDATE:

apt-cache search openoffice.org

output: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1262902/

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answered 3 Years ago amencisiv · Accepted Answer

Install OpenOffice following the instruction given at their Website.

The installation procedure is as follows:

First Download the openOffice.org all in one tar package. You should select Your OS (For me Linux 64-bit (x86-64) DEB), Language and Version. Then click on Download full installation button to get a .tar.gz file

Then extract the .tar.gz file into a suitable directory. I downloaded in my home directory. You can extract it using a command like this (replace the file name with the exact name you downloaded)
```
tar xf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
```

Then open a terminal and go the the directory containing the .deb files. If you extracted in Home directory, the command is
```
cd ~/en-US/DEBS/
```

Then install all the .deb files with the command:
```
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
```

Since, OpenOffice 2.3 it can be started in headless mode. So, you can start it in headless mode with the command
```
soffice --headless 
```

Hope this will help.

^{Tested again in 16.04. It works as before}