It was EN .iso from the filename. Weird. I fixed it by doing an apt-get remove openoffice.org and set the regional settings and then apt-get install openoffice.org Works great now. THanks all. --- On Mon 05/26, T. Albert Re: My knoppix hard disk install has open office in german _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!