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Because of this bug I was forced to use an older version of LibreOffice.

But I would like to have the latest LibreOffice - keeping in this way an eye on a possible future fix to the bug.

And, when I need to avoid this bug, I would like to install in parallel a version of OpenOffice which is not affected by the bug (e.g 3.4)

Is this possible?

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    Why would you think that they would be incompatible? – kiri Oct 17 '13 at 12:15
  • @minerz029 - i thought i heard that to install one the other should be removed... –  Oct 17 '13 at 12:18
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    I think that you should just try sudo apt-get install openoffice and see if that errors (or offers to remove libreoffice) – kiri Oct 17 '13 at 12:19
  • @minerz029 - already have oo 3.4. so, i will install latest LO –  Oct 17 '13 at 12:21

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There is nothing wrong to have OpenOffice and LibreOffice installed at the same time. Moreover, you can have more than one version of OpenOffice and more than one version of LibreOffice without any conflict.

LibreOffice can be found in the Ubuntu Software Center. If you want the latest version, you can find it at http://www.libreoffice.org/download/.

To install OpenOffice (now known as Apache OpenOffice), open the terminal and run these commands:

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

Source: How To Install Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Via PPA On Ubuntu

kiri
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Radu Rădeanu
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I know this is old, but, I looked for this answer and figured it out on Ubuntu 18.04

  • If Libreoffice is already installed, uninstall it from terminal:

sudo apt remove --purge libreoffice*

  • Download the DEB files for both Libreoffice and Open office http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html

  • Expand the openoffice debs files (in gnome, just double click them and drag them to the desktp for instance), navigate to the DEBS folder and enter the following from terminal:

    sudo dpkg -i *.deb

  • Navigate to the desktop integration folder and issue the same command as you did in #3

  • Now, do the same with libre office https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

It seems that Libre Office adds a link to the system which does not let you install Open Office. But if you install Open Office first, then it seems to work.

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Actually it cannot be done by simply install via apt or by running dpkg with the program install files.

When installing, both programs write the soffice core program link in /usr/bin/. This conflict prevents both programs from installation in Ubuntu. You will get an error trying to overwrite /usr/bin/soffice.

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  • i have installed both, latest libreoffice from sources and oo 3.4 from deb - without errors –  Nov 04 '13 at 12:49