Although there are now official x86_64 builds of OpenOffice.org, due to them being rather new and relatively untested, the recommended way to run OpenOffice.org is to run the 32-bit OpenOffice.org, with Java support disabled. The recommended way to do this is to use the SlackBuild script on http://www.slackbuilds.org to repackage the 32-bit binaries, linked from on the SlackBuilds.org site, settings DISABLE_JAVA=YES when running the SlackBuild - for example: chmod 755 openoffice.org.SlackBuild DISABLE_JAVA=YES ./openoffice.org.SlackBuild