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How to install OpenOffice on Chromebook

OpenOffice is a suite that integrates applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and everything else that we expect to find in a set of office automation utilities, only with the difference that OpenOffice is open source, in other words, it is gratuitous..

 

OpenOffice is compatible with all current operating systems and can be found in different languages. One of its advantages is that OpenOffice stores data in an international standard format and is capable of reading and writing files from other office automation programs.

 

OpenOffice features
OpenOffice is composed of:

 

  • Writer which is a word processor with multiple features
  • Impress for creating professional presentations
  • Calc which is the spreadsheet manager
  • Draw to do everything related to art and drawing
  • Base with which it is possible to administer databases
  • Math with which we can work on mathematical equations

 

 

 

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How to install OpenOffice on Chromebook

 

Step 1

The first thing we must do is go to Settings:

 

 

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Step 2

Then we go to the "Linux (Beta)" section and check that it is enabled:

 

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Step 3

In case it is not active, in the following tutorial we explain the process to do it:

 

 Linux Chromebook

 

Note
Linux (Beta) is available for teams from 2019 onwards and only on select models before 2019.

 

Step 4

Once we validate that Linux (Beta) is enabled we can continue. Let's go to the official OpenOffice link:

 

 OpenOffice

 

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Step 5

There in the version we must select the Linux 64-bit (x86-64) (DEB) option or, failing that, the 32-bit option, but it must always be the DEB option, we choose the language and the version which by default will always be the last.
We click on "Download the complete installation" to be redirected to the download link:

 

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Step 6

Then we must save the file locally:

 

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Step 7

We click on Save and we hope that the download has finished:

 

 

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Step 8

We click on "Show in folder" to access that location:

 

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Step 9

This file must be moved to the Linux Files section:

 

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Step 10

Now we go to Linux Apps and there we select "Terminal":

 

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Step 11

In the terminal we are going to execute the following:
 sudo apt install xarchiver 

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Step 12

We enter the letter Y to confirm the download and installation.

 

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Step 13

Once the process is complete, we go to Linux Apps and open Xarchiver:

 

 

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Step 14

We will see this:

 

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Step 15

We click on the "Open an archive" button and we will be redirected to this window:

 

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Step 16

There we go to Home and select the DEB file:

 

 

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Step 17

We click on Open and its content will be added:

 

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Step 18

Now we click on the Extract to button and we will see the following:

 

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Step 19

At the top we change the route by clicking on the icon and choose Home:

 

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Step 20

Click on Open and we will see the new established path:

 

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Step 21

We click on "Extract" to complete the process, we will see there the extracted folder with the selected language, in this case "es":

 

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Step 22

We access it and open DEBS:

 

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Step 23

We select all the content except "desktop-integration":

 

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Step 24

We are going to move these elements to the Linux Files section:

 

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Step 25

Now we go back to "es" and open "desktop-integration", there we see the .deb file:

 

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Step 26

We move this file to Linux Files by cutting and pasting it there:

 

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Step 27

Once we do this, we open the terminal and execute the following. It will start the OpenOffice installation process on Chromebook.
 sudo dpkg -i * .deb 

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Step 28

At the end, we go to Linux Apps and there we find the OpenOffice content:

 

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Step 29

We open any of these and we must complete some additional fields:

 

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Step 30

We enter the desired name:

 

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Step 31

Click on Finish and with this we access OpenOffice:

 

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It is a simple process thanks to TechnoWikis if you wish to install OpenOffice on Chromebook.

 


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