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NO update option Auto or Manual Oracle OpenOffice 3.2

Asked by Don

This program loaded with Ubuntu. I found directions on how to update, in the help file, but there is no update option undeT tools-Options-Open Office.org. Did I do something wrong or what?

Regards,

Don

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Best Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

Updates are provided through Update-Manager via official repositories.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

Ubuntu LTS versions usually contain only updates when there are security issues and point releases, usually they don't contain version updates.
Standard releases do get updates under different circumstances.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases

e.g. Firefox received a new update policy.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Lucid/FirefoxNewSupportModel

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Don (donswarthout) said : 		#2

Thank you for the understanding. I'm new to this Ubuntu thing and not understanding everything all a once, for sure

Regards,

Don

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

There're a few example ressources to dive in.
https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-help/index.html
http://askubuntu.com/
http://ubuntu-manual.org/
http://ubuntuguide.net/

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#4

openoffice isn't updated in ubuntu. you get the current version of openoffice at the time that a new version of ubuntu is released.

ver. 10.04 has OOo 3.2
ver. 10.10 has OOo 3.2.1
ver. 11.04 has OOo 3.3 I think, or Libreoffice 3.3 (not sure since 11.04 won't run on my system)

anyhoo, you can install whatever version you want manually.

which ubuntu system are you using? which openoffice version do you want to install?

I have a personal preference for Libreoffice though.