Solved Libreoffice won't install on Windows 7 64 bit

[Bernardus]

Libreoffice 4 won't install on Windows 7 64 bit

The installer seems to start but it will never succeed.
It would take a couple of minutes. You could wait forever.
It also won't stop, unless you force it to do in taskmanager.
Tried several new downloads keeping the same problem.
Found only one entry in the register which I removed.

 

[indianacarnie]

Do you have any other office applications installed? From what I can find (from a quick search) this seems to be the main culprit. OpenOffice especially. If so delete that (them) and try again. Also, have you tried installing as administrator?

 

[fireberd]

It will install with Office 2003 installed on a PC. I just installed Libre Office on my Win 7 64 bit system (with Office 2003).

 

[Bernardus]

Now that's funny, you can run Libreoffice next to Windows I believed.
What has Liberoffice to do with Windows Word?
The Installer didn't show the administrator option (R clicked on it).
In the past I also have had both programs running, Openoffice with Word 2007, but not on W7 64 bits.
Where did you get the download? I tried it from the official site.
More complains exist about the failing installer.

Thanks for the reply

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum well I installed the Kingsoft Office - free admittedly might not be how much you want and from past experience with Libre and OO I think it is a whole heap better than either of them.

It is light and easier to use in my mind none of the clutter.

Free Office Software, Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012

Oh meant to mention the paid for versionis only half the price of the Microsoft program

 

[indianacarnie]

Hum well I installed the Kingsoft Office - free admittedly might not be how much you want and from past experience with Libre and OO I think it is a whole heap better than either of them.

It is light and easier to use in my mind none of the clutter.

Free Office Software, Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012

Oh meant to mention the paid for versionis only half the price of the Microsoft program

Thats what I use too.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep Indy what I like about it is that it is so quick to open and use. The only thing is that annoying Homepage tab - I did find a way of permanently disabling it on my main machine at home but darned if I can remember off the top of the head how

 

[indianacarnie]

Same here lol, but I usually only use it once or twice every 10 days so just cuss when I see it and go on.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Same here lol, but I usually only use it once or twice every 10 days so just cuss when I see it and go on.

Whoa just remembered on opening go to the small box down to the very bottom left of the opened app and tick open a blank document on start up

 

[Ambimom]

I don't know if 4.0 has the same issues that 3.6 did, but you needed to rename the extensions directory before it would load....see here: Fatal Error Unhandled Exception... - Ask LibreOffice

 

[whs]

I run Libre Office In Zorin (a Linux distro) which I run in VMware Player. Works very well there. It came with Zorin and I did not have to install anything.

 

[Bernardus]

The problem seems to be solved.
I downloaded de DVD and mounted it.
It took ages, but finally Liberoffice 4 completed the installation.
See what this is worth compared to Office 2010.
Word is still working, so it is possible to use them both on the same PC.
As one expects Liberoffice is installed in the X86 folder.
So it's obvious no 64 bits version.
Thank you for your quick reply and help.

 

[gigagiggles]

If Bernardus would like to confirm the download size of the package that failed to install?

In the past, I've tried to download from FileHippo and LibreOffice. Often, the download will "complete" before the full 200+MB. During the download, it (Firefox) never informed the target size, just the current size. Then, along the way, the download is done (1/3, 1/2, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6 of 200+MB) with no indication the download was faulty or interrupted.

 

[Bernardus]

Gigagiggles

I downloaded the file that wouldn't work from the official website, http://nl.libreoffice.org/download/ and two others sites, it's 187.636 kb Initial. (NL version)
Naam: LibreOffice_4.0.0_Win_x86.msi
CRC-32: 55ee1182
MD4: a6438875a56c79f91498a206679d0310
MD5: c9917095e00284b456a48c30b686939b
SHA-1: 7693379f22e5b323098bd047f598c1efff619b46

There are comments that it's preferable to use another browser for instance Firefox.
(Google Chrome seems to be less reliable for some reason)
I'm using Waterfox 64 bit, which is similar to Firefox.