[Solved] Running Microsoft Office Natively?? (Wine)

Equinoxx · 2017-09-16 15:58:47

Hi all,

I am trying to run Office from the computer (not using a virtual machine or office 365), and the last time the wiki was updated was for a 2014 version. Does anyone know if the steps are as documented in the wiki, or if changes need to be made?

Thanks for any help!

N.B. Can you run office 2017, or is Linux confined to using the last supported version?

Last edited by Equinoxx (2017-09-18 18:49:04)

Slithery · 2017-09-16 16:14:06

No version of Microsoft Office has never run natively on Linux.

If you're talking about wine then check their app database for the most recent information...
https://appdb.winehq.org/

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Equinoxx · 2017-09-16 16:26:20

Yes, I am using wine, but when I follow the steps on the wiki, a lot of error messages pop up, and after selection windows XP, the following error occurs:

err:module:load_builtin_dll failed to load .so lib for builtin L"winemp3.acm": libmpg123.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

My gut feel is that this is some simple configuration issue, due to the sheer amount of errors occurring (I can post the full script if anyone wants to read through all of them)...

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FlowIt · 2017-09-16 18:11:45

Not a configuration issue, but a missing library (libmpg123). Probably more libs are missin if you say there are more error messages. You probably need the 32bit versions, so fix those issues first and when you still can't get in running post the full error log here.

progandy · 2017-09-16 19:41:04

wine has optional dependencies. You might want to install them

Equinoxx · 2017-09-16 20:08:38

thanks Flowlt and Progandy,

Other than the lib32-ncurses, which are the 32bit packages I need to install? I also have installed winetricks, wine-mono and wine_gecko (are these the optional dependencies?)

HiImTye · 2017-09-16 20:28:41

Equinoxx wrote:

(are these the optional dependencies?)

pacman -Qi wine

replace with whatever wine package you're using (wine-staging, etc). the optional dependencies will be several lines and will tell you if you have any of them installed or not.

alternatively, if you use a wine version from the AUR, you can use -Si, but it won't tell you if they're installed or not.

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progandy · 2017-09-16 20:32:48

Equinoxx wrote:

(are these the optional dependencies?)

Pacman lists these. My setup seems to have everything except dosbox and *vulkan*.

pacman -Qi wine

Edit: Too slow ...

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Equinoxx · 2017-09-17 11:29:52

thanks HilmTye (and Progandy!!),

I have progressed much further in the installation, but am now stuck at the install of office itself -

WINEPREFIX=~/win32 wine /path/to/office2007image/setup.exe

returns with

wine: cannot find '/path/to/office2007image/setup.exe'

Is this because the file is outdated, and if so what is its newer counterpart?

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Slithery · 2017-09-17 11:32:58

Equinoxx wrote:

I have progressed much further in the installation, but am now stuck at the install of office itself -
WINEPREFIX=~/win32 wine /path/to/office2007image/setup.exe

If that's exactly what you typed then you've done it wrong.

You need to replace /path/to/office2007image with the actual path on your system that contains the installer.

Equinoxx · 2017-09-17 11:45:21

Sorry for such a stupid question, but which part of the system is the installer on?
On this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196058 "jyotib652" gives the example as .../home/*USER*/..., when I try this the same error occurs...

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Slithery · 2017-09-17 11:49:48

It's wherever you've put it. How did you purchase your copy of Office?

Usually when you buy Microsoft Office it comes on a CD/DVD - where have you mounted this to?

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V1del · 2017-09-17 11:50:33

Well you downloaded the installer somewhere did you not? Presumably ~/Downloads if you use the standard path from most browsers.

How did you install Arch?

Equinoxx · 2017-09-17 12:35:55

I am using a plain install of arch, but I think the problem lies in the fact I was trying to install office 365 home - which I assumed would be the same as office 2016...
(I would try and click the install button on the Microsoft website and nothing much would happen, hence the missing installer)

N.B. I will mark this thread as [Solved] in 48 hours, unless somebody tells me I can use my office 365 Home subscription and there is another issue.

progandy · 2017-09-17 13:04:22

Office 2016 won't work. Office 2013 should work since wine 2.0.

Maybe MS will help you to get a copy of 2013, but I wouldn't hold my breath:

https://support.office.com/en-us/articl … n-US&ad=US
Call support If you uninstalled Office 2013 as part of your Office 365 subscription, but you need to reinstall it because of incompatibility issues, select the contact us icon in the "Additional resources" section below. If you use Office 365 in your organization, contact your admin who can file a support ticket on your behalf.

Edit: Not even the commercial CrossOver has support for Office 2016 yet. They claim to have it working in a beta version. https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibili … msg=194884

Edit: Some clarifications between 2013/2016

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Equinoxx · 2017-09-17 14:08:27

I think the 32bit version works as it was rated gold on the AppDB:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … ion&iId=31 - Office ratings
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … &iId=34941 - Office 2016 32bit

Slithery · 2017-09-17 14:13:58

Those links are for the installer only, not the individual applications that make up the office suite.
You need to search the Wine appdb for the specific applications you wish to install.

Equinoxx · 2017-09-17 14:40:34

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager. … ion&iId=10

OK, thank you, but I still think that some of the apps featured in the 2016 office suite are at the least compatible.

Slithery · 2017-09-17 15:19:55

Do you know what the bronze rating means? Basically it means it won't run without workarounds, personally I don't run anything under Wine unless it has at least a gold rating.
https://wiki.winehq.org/AppDB_Maintaine … efinitions

Take the Word 2016 page you linked to for example, did you read all of the additional comments in the test results section?

Tharbad · 2017-09-17 16:55:52

It's appears that crossover supports office 2013 x32:
https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibili … ffice-2013

crossover is the commercial wine distribution.

Arch Linux

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