How to install ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Gentoo Linux

In this blog post, you will learn how to easily install and run ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Gentoo Linux, a free operating system that can be automatically optimized and customized to suit any taste.

About Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux is a Linux-based distribution built around Portage, its own package management system. Using Portage, you can automatically build custom versions of the packages you need from source code making sure you have total control of the software that is installed on your device. With more than 19,000 packages available for installation on Gentoo Linux, you can easily turn this OS into whatever you need — a secure server, development workstation, entertainment system, gaming hub, etc.

The philosophy behind the Gentoo Linux project is to create a “metadistribution” with almost indefinite adaptability capabilities so that all Linux users, from beginners to professionals, can create their own unique operating system equipped with the tools and features they need for a certain application.

Supported by a vibrant community consisting of more than 250 developers and thousands of enthusiasts, Gentoo Linux provides detailed documentation, step-by-step guides, software porting, infrastructure and all the other means so everyone can enjoy it.

How to install and run ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is an open-source office suite for documents, presentations, spreadsheets, fillable forms and PDFs that runs on Windows, macOS and various Linux distributions. The program has its own package on Gentoo Linux based on the official GitHub repository. The ONLYOFFICE package is regularly updated so you can always install the latest version of the desktop suite.

Under Portage, all packages are installed with the emerge package command, and ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is not an exception. To get the app installed, it’s necessary to run this command:

emerge -n app-office/onlyoffice-bin

After successful installation, you can launch ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors from the desktop environment. Alternatively, you are allowed to use one of the commands below from the command line:

desktopeditors

OR

onlyoffice-desktopeditors

When ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is installed, Gentoo Linux users can:

• Open, edit and save Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations;
• Create fillable PDF forms from scratch or use one of the available templates;
• Annotate, edit and convert PDF files;
• Make use of the built-in plugins — for example, draw.io to create complex diagrams, DeepL for precise translation, LanguageTool to correct spelling and grammar mistakes, and more;
• Activate the AI assistant and connect their favourite AI tools for text-related tasks, such as content creation and summarization — ChatGPT, Mistral, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude Sonnet and even local models provided by Ollama and GPT4ALL;
• Connect their ONLYOFFICE DocSpace, Nextcloud, Seafile, ownCloud, Liferay, kDrive or Moodle account to enable real-time document collaboration and co-authoring;
• Protect their documents with passwords, digital signatures and watermarks, and do more.