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LibreOffice Base to View Access DB
October 20, 2016
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This is a summary of a post found on askubuntu.com. Useful for opening up an acquired accdb file on Debian/Ubuntu.
One-time setup:
- Make sure LibreOffice Base is installed – sudo apt-get install libreoffice-base
- Download UCanAccess and extract it – http://ucanaccess.sourceforge.net/site.html
- Launch LibreOffice (not Base, just the main launcher)
- Tools > Options > Advanced > Class Path
- Add Archive: /root/Downloads/UCanAccess-3.0.7-bin/loader/ucanload.jar
- Close LibreOffice Launcher
Per-Database setup:
- Launch Base
- Connect to an existing DB (JDBC)
- Datasource URL – jdbc:ucanaccess:///path/to/.accdb/file
- JDBC driver class – net.ucanaccess.jdbc.UcanloadDriver
- Next, leave blank
- Finish/Save
Categories: linux
database, microsoft access