How to Install Oracle OpenOffice 3.2.x (JRE) Full Installation Set on Solaris

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Here is Quick Steps to Install Oracle OpenOffice on Solaris System

 

Requirement

• Solaris ( or OpenSolaris, Open Indiana) system installed, i’m using Solaris 11 Express
• Java Installed, which default installed on most solaris OS family
• Network connection, for downloading OpenOffice Packages
• Root access, installation process is must be done with root privileges

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Preparation

1. Go to OOO download page
   http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html#tested-full

   Select : OpenOffice.org – tested and released full installation sets
   and select prefered system and languange, for example solaris system and en_US language

2. Download OpenOffice Package
   wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Solaris_x86_install-wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

 

3. Extract Package
   tar -xvzf /OOo_3.3.0_Solaris_x86_install-wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

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Installation

1. Root-ing
   pfexec su -

 

2. Change directory
   Don’t forget to change working directory to extracted folder, for example

   cd /home/abz/Downloads/OOO330_m20_native_packed-1_en-US.9567/

3. Run Installer
   ./setup
   

   OpenOffice Installation Wizard

4. Follow the Wizard
   After setup executed the OpenOffice Installation Wizard will appeared (look at above figure). Just follow the instruction and choose what you need.

   Finally OpenOffice (Full Package) will installed and can be launched from GNOME panel shortcut

   

   OOO menu on GNOME panel

   

   OOO Writer

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Some Fix/Workarounds

If there is error message about X11 such this :

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abz@solaris:/home/gti/OOO330_m20_native_packed-1_en-US.9567$ sudo ./setup
Using /usr/bin/java
java version "1.6.0_21"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 17.0-b16, mixed mode)

Running installer
/usr/bin/java -DHOME=/root -jar JavaSetup.jar
System locale: en_US
Root privileges
OS: SunOS
Mode: installation
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using 'localhost:0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method)
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.access$100(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:52)
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment$1.run(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:155)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:131)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:68)
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.(XToolkit.java:89)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Toolkit.java:834)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:826)
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.(ImageIcon.java:148)
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.(ImageIcon.java:167)
at org.openoffice.setup.ResourceManager.getIconFromPath(ResourceManager.java:149)
at org.openoffice.setup.SetupFrame.(SetupFrame.java:104)
at org.openoffice.setup.Main.main(Main.java:54)


Make sure that “DISPLAY” environment variable was setted correctly
to check this out :

echo $DISPLAY

it should seems like this:
:0.0 (for local connection)

or
localhost:11.0 If we use remote connection, which 11 is my X11 address, it might different each machine)

If there is still same error on remote connection, try connect ssh with X11 forwarding enabled with adding -X parameter, for example :

ssh -X [ip_server]

 

 

Thank’s
Hope It Helps! 🙂