It works!!! It took me several hours to make it, but I do not regret time spent, I was so sick of running VirtualBox for MS Office.
You need
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit – which is quite common for desktops.
MS Office 2010 32-bit, 64bit wont work, it has some issues with msxml.
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Step1: Install recent wine
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine1.5
More info on this page http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu
Step2: Install Office 32-bit
By default on 64bit host system wine emulates Windows 64bit , so before installing MS Office new wine root needs to be created, issue this command from CLI:
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 WINEARCH=win32 wine setup.exe
Step3: Unity taskbar icon
To make icon looks like native application instead of glass of wine do the following:
1. This is where you will find your icons or place your custom icons in here:
$ cd ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
$ ls
1DF1_PicasaPhotoViewer.0.png
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29F5_WINWORD.0.png
850A_EXCEL.0.png
AA79_POWERPNT.0.png
2. Go to the following directory:
$ cd ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Microsoft\ Office
$ ls
Microsoft Excel 2010.desktop\
Microsoft Office 2010 Tools\
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.desktop\
Microsoft Word 2010.desktop\
3. Edit .desktop files:
$ sudo nano Microsoft\ Word\ 2010.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Microsoft Word 2010
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.
.
Icon=29F5_WINWORD.0.png (or name of icon as in above folder)
StartupWMClass=WINWORD.EXE
4. You are done!
Links
http://askubuntu.com/questions/39394/change-icon-of-wine-application-in-unity-launcher
How to Install Microsoft Office Suite 2010 in Ubuntu 12.04 Using Wine 1.5