Install Openoffice 3 on Ubuntu
OK, so I wanted to install Openoffice 3 on my Ubuntu install, unfortunetly Openoffice 3 isn't part of the Ubuntu repositories. After having a look on the Openoffice website however I soon found that there is a .deb release of Openoffice that can be downloaded. After downloading this I got it to install no problem, now I'm going to tell you how.
Firstly you will need to download a version of Openoffice, these are available at http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US
Once you have downloaded that you need to extract it, to do that you need the command:
tar -zxvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
Of course the name of the file might be slightly diferent depending on the version.
Once you have extracted it you now have to uninstall the version that you currently have on your computer, to do that run the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org*
Once you have done that you can now install the new version, do do that go into the extracted directory and into the DEBS directory inside that e.g.
cd OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379/DEBS/
Once you have done that you can install it using the following command:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
This will take a minute, once you have done that you can now do the final step which it to link it in with your desktop, to do that move into the desktop-integration directory using the following command:
cd desktop-integration
Once you have done that you can run the final command which is :
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9376_all.deb
Again the name might have changed slightly....
Well thats it, you should have the new version installed and accessible through Applications -> Office
NOTE: This was done on Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 and seems to work, this is a tutorial only and I accept no responsibility for any breakages to your system.
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NOTE: These articles are tutorials/general ramblings. I do not except responsibility for anything that goes wrong, be it a broken HDD, an entire computer or if you chop off your arms, follow anything I say on this site at your own risk.
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