I tried installing Office 2007 in Ubuntu with Wine but it was throwing an error after installing and also when I tried to open a PowerPoint document and save it. Has anybody gotten Office 2007 installed without any issues? Please help me.
Ubuntu – Can Wine support Office 2007
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Best Answer
You can install MS Office 2007, with the help of PlayOnLinux. PlayOnLinux is a graphical front-end for the Wine software compatibility layer which aims to simplify the installation of Windows-based applications.
1. Installation of PlayOnLinux
You can install PlayOnLinux from Ubuntu Software Center
or open a Terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and type:
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
and fill in your password.Then type
Y
oryes
and hit Enter ↵ to install the package.After a while you will need to accept the EULA of
mscorefonts
. To select the OK option, hit ⇆ TAB and then Enter ↵.When the installation process is finished open PlayOnLinux from dash
The first time you open it, click Next to set up the PlayOnLinux environment.
After that everything is set up.
2. Mount *.iso or CD-ROM
At this momment, you need to mount the
.iso
or place in the CD that contains the MS Office 2007.If you have a
.iso
file open a Terminal and typesudo mkdir /media/office07
With this command you'll create a folder with the name office07 in /media.Next type
sudo mount -o loop ~/filename.iso /media/office07
to mount the image into our new directory.3. Install MS Office 2007
Now switch on PlayonLinux window and click on the button Install to install a new software.
Next, go on the category Office, choose Microsoft Office 2007 and click in the button Install.
Hit Next
After some time you will be asked to install Gecko Installer. Hit the Install button.
When the installation of Gecko Installer is finished you will have to choose where is your CD/.iso is mounted and click Next.
At last continue as usually
When you finish with installation you will have three new shortcuts in your desktop (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)