14Oct/080
Open Office 3.0 Is Official
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:
- Uninstalling the previous version (sudo apt-get autoremove openoffice*.*)
- 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
- Extracting it (
tar -xvzfOOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz) - Navigating to the extracted folder (cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358)
- Installing it (sudo dpkg -i *.deb)
- 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