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I wanna ask about Ubuntu 12.04 LTS running on my laptop. When I run OpenOffice, the menubar is showing ___ signs, including File, View, Edit, Tools etc. then I cannot find the words on it.

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Here's how I installed OpenOffice:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/office
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openoffice

Please help me fix this.

I already tried to install OpenOffice just like mitch said and the package won't able to be installed. Then I tried to install LibreOffice 4 [link] (How can I install OpenOffice?) and it shows me the problems AGAIN.

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  • I'm sorry, here the link http://i.imgbox.com/acp0Qstx.jpg – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 05:37
  • What version of OpenOffice are you running? And how did you install it exactly? Please edit your question to incorporate more information. – gertvdijk Jul 15 '13 at 05:39
  • OpenOffice 3.4 I run it on terminal via ppa – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 05:44
  • Again, please edit your question to provide all new information. And please be specific which PPA you used. (I've rolled back your earlier edit which rendered the screenshot useless - just don't touch that part - only add information.) – gertvdijk Jul 15 '13 at 05:46
  • I'm so sorry, I'm newbie here. I'l try to edit it – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 05:48
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    Please note that the PPA you used hasn't been updated for a long time! https://launchpad.net/~upubuntu-com/+archive/office shows the last update is more than a year ago. Consider using the updated https://launchpad.net/~upubuntu-com/+archive/openoffice PPA (note the office changed to openoffice) Also: any reason for running OpenOffice over LibreOffice? – gertvdijk Jul 15 '13 at 05:59
  • May I recommend you to try LibreOffice instead, it was forked long ago just when OpenOffice was acquired by Oracle or a bit before. Updates are pushed frequently and it is the new "default" FOSS office package. – Severo Raz Jul 15 '13 at 06:01
  • Oh man, Since I upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 LibreOffice showed me the same problem. Then I install OpenOffice to do my work here but nothing solved. – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 06:08
  • should I add the PPA you gave me there? – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 06:11
  • What should I do now? – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 06:19
  • please help me fix the problems, I cannot do my work right now until the program solved – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 07:31

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First thing you need to do is to remove you current openoffice installation.

To do so, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get purge openoffice
sudo apt-get autoclean

Also you may want to remove the PPA you added. To do that just: (Thanks to amc)

sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:upubuntu-com/office
sudo apt-get update

Then download openoffice 3.4.1 from their website, and choose you right architecture (Linux Intel DEB or Linux x86-64 DEB). Once downloaded, from terminal navigate to the download location (probably the Downloads folder), and run the commands below:

tar -vxzf Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
cd en-US/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

wait for the fist command to finish before running the last two commands.

On a personal note, I would go with Libreoffice as Wolter Hellmund recommended.

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    You should also remove the ppa before installing from the downloaded deb. – amc Jul 15 '13 at 14:57
  • but LibreOffice shows me the same problem. Should I remove it too ? Thanks man – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 20:33
  • The terminal won't install the package, it shows Errors were encountered while processing:<package_name>.deb What should I do now? – oreizakrishna Jul 15 '13 at 21:46
  • You should remove Libreoffice. Which openoffice file did you download? – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 00:48
  • I downloaded intel deb. So what now? I'm so confued – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 05:11
  • I tried with terminal which mention here : http://askubuntu.com/questions/298781/how-can-i-install-openoffice?rq=1 and it shows me the same problem AGAIN. – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 05:13
  • I removed openoffice then installed LibreOffice 4 and it shows me the same problem on LibreOffice 4. what's happening here? – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 06:40
  • Finally I installed WPS Kingsoft to solve problems. I'm so confused to fix the problems on menubar LibreOffice and OpenOffice. – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 06:51
  • What is the name of the file that you downloaded so I can try it? – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 06:53
  • which one? WPS or OpenOffice? – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:00
  • it's Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:01
  • Look at the extra steps that I've added to my answer, and see if it works. – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 07:04
  • Do the problems come from my laptop? or maybe the configuration I didn't understand? But guys, When I ran 11.10 n my laptop, there was nothing wrong. – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:06
  • Bro, it works. Totally works. I mean It can be installed and be opened but the same problems show again. – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:07
  • so how can I install package that I already downloaded? I'm so confused because it contains a lot of .deb files – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:09
  • That's OK, just run the commands and it will install. Which Java version do you have? run java -version in terminal, and let me know. – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 07:27
  • it's java version "1.7.0_25" – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:37
  • But @Mitch , first thing I should do is to extract the .tar.gz file right? – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:38
  • Yes, that is correct. – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 07:48
  • @Mitch I tried it and it shows me like this : Unpacking ooobasis3.4-base (from ooobasis3.4-base_3.4.1-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ooobasis3.4-base: ooobasis3.4-base depends on ooobasis3.4-core01; however: Package ooobasis3.4-core01 is not installed. dpkg: error processing ooobasis3.4-base (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: ooobasis3.4-base – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 07:56
  • Make sure that you remove any previous installation form Openffice and Libreoffice, and then run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade before trying again. – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 08:00
  • @Mitch when I run apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade it shows me like this E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 08:14
  • Make sure no other apps like software center, or synaptic open, and try again. Need to use sudo with both commands. – Mitch Jul 16 '13 at 08:20
  • it's still error just like that message I showed you @Mitch – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 08:41
  • It's error when I install one of the packages – oreizakrishna Jul 16 '13 at 08:45
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Here is the problem : First, I realized after all it wasn't about the broken package or configuration itself. Then I tried to run Ubuntu Tweak > Tweak > Font. I changed the default font from Ubuntu to Aurulent Sans Bold Italic this is the figure. So the LibreOffice 4 will show up like this. Thanks to all user for helping me fix the problems :)

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