- Download deb .tar.gz file
e.g:Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.7_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz - Extract it to a temporary directory
tar xf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.7_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB.tar.gz - Make a subdirectory to extract the deb files to and cd to it.
mkdir tmp
cd tmp - Run the following script to extract the contents of every deb file:
for file in find ../*.deb
do
ar -xv "$file"
tar xf data.tar.gz
rm -f data.tar.gz control.tar.gz debian-binary
done
- Move opt/openoffice4 to /opt/
sudo mv ./opt/openoffice4 /opt/ - Run
/opt/openoffice4/program/soffice
You could now create a .desktop file and set its icon.