Open Office 3.0 Is Official

October 14th, 2008 | by Bernie |

See unlike Microsoft Office, this one’s free to download and use, no strings attached. Updates are free too. Installing in Ubuntu is as simple as:

  1. Uninstalling the previous version (sudo apt-get autoremove openoffice*.*)
  2. Downloading the new version (wget http://openofficeorg.secsup.org/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz) *feel free to use any other mirrors
  3. Extracting it (tar -xvzf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz)
  4. Navigating to the extracted folder (cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358)
  5. Installing it (sudo dpkg -i *.deb)
  6. Placing the proper shortcuts for your desktop (cd desktop-integration, followed by, sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb)

It should appear in the Office menu. Nope, running command-lines are not necessary, but heck, it’s simpler coz then you’d be able to copy-paste from the web into the console and let the installation run.

Source: Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Linux Magazine Online, Install OpenOffice 3.0 Final in Ubuntu | Quick Tweaks

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