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Asked: 2009-06-09 06:14:33 +0800 CST

How to install OpenOffice 3.1 in Headless Mode?

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I need to setup OpenOffice in a linux box that will never have X installed. Every time I run the setup program of the OpenOffice installer it complains that the system does not have an X Terminal. I am using OOo_3.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar. I have done this headless install for version 2.4, but we are having some performance issues and we will like to test the 3.1 version. The rpm -i *rpm does not work, since it is also looking for libgnome inside it.

We are trying to install the system in a CenOS 5.1. Any ideas are welcome?

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4 Answers

  1. Here's the procedure I use to install Openoffice

    tar -xzf .../OOo_3.1.X....
cd OOO[...]
mv *integration*.rpm desktop-integration
rpm -i *.rpm

    The rpm ooobasis3.1-gnome-integration*.rpm has a dependency on libgnomevfs and you don't need this package to run/install OpenOffice.

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  2. Why not just install an X Terminal (ie, xterm)? A quick look at a random xterm RPM suggests that you can install one without needing to install an X server.

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  3. If you don't want to go with the package management of your distro (really think about it, they will provide security updates!)

    • Install the package that contains the xauth binary (ssh X forwarding won't work otherwise)
    • ssh -Y $targethost
    • Install with your local X Terminal
      • In case you don't have a running linux use cygwins xterm to emulate the behaviour
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  4. Using Yum,

    Find the openoffice "headless" package and install it.

    openoffice.org-headless.x86_64

    After that, use the following command 

    ./soffice -nologo -nodefault -norestore -nocrashreport -nolockcheck -headless -nofirststartwizard -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp

    and run it from the oo installation directory

    Note that the headless package is no longer available on Apache OpenOffice 3.4

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