Installation fail

[Woody44]

I am attempting to install FreeOffice 2024 onto Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 -- the Ubunto version, not LMDE6. I have downloaded the instructions from

https://www.freeoffice.com/en/service/t ... icks/linux

When I try to run the installation, I see an error message scrolling past that says something about the file not having a date, so it is unable to download. After that, the 'Install" command doesn't run because it can't find the file.

What am I doing wrong? I really REALLY want to check out FreeOffice under Linux.

[SuperTech]

Please share a screenshot of the error or error logs for better understanding.

[Woody44]

Sorry for the delay. I had to learn how to do a screen shot in Linux.

[Woody44]

Hello, SuperTech -

Do you have any suggestions? I would really like to install FreeOffice for testing under Linux.

[SuperTech]

Yes, here it should be " -qO- " after wget but you typed only " -qO " means a missing "-" which creating this error.

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wget -qO- https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/linux-repo-public.key | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/keyrings/softmaker.gpg

[RxCacciavite]

It could be a repo issue. Try running sudo apt update to refresh the package lists, or download the .deb file directly from the FreeOffice site and install it with sudo dpkg -i <filename>.

[Woody44]

Thanks. I got it installed. Thankfully, it looks just like the Windows version. This makes Linux usable. LibreOffice is fine for some people, but there are some things that I can do easily in TextMaker that appear to be impossible in LibreOffice writer.

Now I just have to find a 32-bit copy of an older version of FreeOffice to install on an old mini computer that can't handle 64-bit software.