can you execute soffice in cli?

[jslyg]

can you execute soffice in cli?i cant,but can in gui.why?it said'

root@darkstar:~# /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice
/opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/soffice.bin X11 error: Can't open display:
Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option

root or no root user,same message as like above.

[techieMoe]

OpenOffice is a graphical-only program. You must have an X Server running to launch it. However, if you're in X Windows you can open the application from a terminal window if you know the proper command:

oowriter
oocalc
oobase
oodraw

I could be off on the names. All I ever use is oowriter.