Install MSOffice in Fedora 10

[anika.ella]

I try to install MSOffice 97 in Fedora 10 with wine. Version 1.1.15.
I obtain the following text message (in windows / temp) (long message):

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Launch Setup

5/23/2009 8:08:19 PM

Detected Windows Info:

PlatformId = 2

MajorVersion = 5

MinorVersion = 1

Setup path: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\SETUP.EXE

Searching for .INI file: SETUP.INI

Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

Settings file located: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

GetTempPath returned: C:\windows\temp\



NT Version 5 detected

NT Service Pack 0x0 detected. (Minimum 0x600 required)

Loading MSI Library....

C:\windows\system32\MSI.DLL

.. succeeded.

DllGetVersion succeeded.

Using Darwin Version 1.10.1029.0 from .ini file

Minimum MSI version required is 1.10.1029.0

MSI.DLL version installed now is 3.1.4000.0

Trying to get version of

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

...succeeded.

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe is version 3.1.4000.1823

Reading settings file

Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI

Located: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI

Package to install: Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI

Checking for Windows Installer....

C:\windows\system32\MSI.DLL

.. succeeded.

Checking for any beta version of the product.

Tahoma (TrueType) listed in Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI is Version 2.30

Tahoma (TrueType) is already on the system, no need to install newer font



Tahoma Bold (TrueType) listed in Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI is Version 2.30

Tahoma Bold (TrueType) is already on the system, no need to install newer font



OSP - Display full UI

Windows NT version sufficient - OSP does not need to be installed on this system.

General properties added: LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\"

Writing Task:

C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

/I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\"

Looking for setup tasks to process.

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM WaitForMsiExecDone...

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM WaitForMsiExecDone exits

Verifying install package is available

DWSETUPLOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004).txt"

DWMSILOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt"

Command Line Logging Parameters: /I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\" /lvpiwaeo "C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt" LOGVERBOSE=1

5/23/2009 8:08:20 PM

Executing Task:

Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage

"C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\PROPLUS.MSI" SKIPOSPCHECK=1 METRICSSOURCE="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)" LAUNCHEDFROMSETUP=1 SETUPEXEPATH="Z:\media\office xp\Office XP (E_)\" /lvpiwaeo "C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt" LOGVERBOSE=1 DWSETUPLOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004).txt" DWMSILOGFILE="C:\windows\temp\Office XP Professional with FrontPage Setup(0004)_Task(0001).txt"

Type: msi

Ignore Return Values: False

Reboot: False



Successfully launched MsiExec....

5/23/2009 8:09:13 PM Chained install return code: 1603

Shutting down chained setup processing.

Set Verbose logging for subsequent setup.





***** Setup exits

5/23/2009 8:09:13 PM

(return = 1603)





HELP !

[anika.ella]

BTW, it is office xp, nmot 07 ! My mistake !

[Jonathan183]

Personally I'd just use OpenOffice. I only got MS Office to work using crossover-office but it's a long time since I tried to get MS office working on Linux

[anika.ella]

What do you mean by "crossover-office" ?
I try to totally renounce to windows !

[Jonathan183]

I think the product may have changed ... so info here.

I still think running OpenOffice - which is free is a better solution for most people

You should be able to install through the repositories for your distro

sudo yum install openoffice

will probably do it.

[oz]

Just another option that you could consider:

Your Office Suite

[anika.ella]

Openoffice came native in fedora 10. But this is not the problem. I usually use openoffice. But sometimes I must work on documents that are also after that worked by my colleagues that are using MSOffice. The problem is that O and MSO are not 100 % compatible, especially on the formatting and numbering issues. So I must use MSOffice. But I want to try to rrenounce to windows and to install MSO in Fedora 10.

[Jonathan183]

Wine HQ gives indication of compatibility here, check that first. It is a couple of years since I tried but at the time Wine would not run MS office properly. I had dual boot setup and have retained dual boot ... though to be honest MS office is not my reason for retaining this.

Dual boot will give you 100% compatability - after that running Windows with MS office in a VM is your next best bet. The dual boot has no performance penalty but requires a reboot, the VM has a performance penalty but does not require a reboot.
Even when I used crossover office there were a few things that did not work quite the same as they did in Windows ... I doubt you will get all features exactly the same in Wine.

You can try the link ozar gave and see if it covers the feature you need ... but you may end up with Windows dual boot or Windows VM running in something like VirtualBox.

If you really need 100% compatibility with MS office running in Windows then you need to run MS office in Windows

[anika.ella]

Thank you for the answer ! I have dual boot. At least, I not lose time by trying to install MSO in Fedora.
Thank you !