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Open Office 3.0.1 How To Install

Asked by Ulrich Gero

How to install the new Open Office.Org in ubuntu
I asked this question because when i download, i don't know how to install the software in Ubuntu.
 Please Help.

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Michael Tsang (michaeldadmum-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

type in

sudo aptitude install openoffice.org

in the terminal (not sure if it is 3.0.1)

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Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse) said : 		#2

No, that is 2.4.1.
There are plenty of tutorials on how to install 3.0 on the web, for example here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml

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Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse) said : 		#3

If you already downloaded a .deb file, you should be able to install it just by opening a terminal and issuing this command:
sudo dpkg -i <name of deb file>.deb

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

You can find OO 3.0 here: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04

Download the DEB file. The installation is very simpel.

Hope it helps.
Peter

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Craig Lomax (c-lomax-uk) said : 		#5

Firstly, remove the current version of OpenOffice with Synaptic.

OpenOffice should be pestering you to download 3.0.1 but if it isn't...

Download the .tar.gz from:
http://download.openoffice.org/contribute.html?download=bouncer&product%3DOpenOffice.org%26os%3Dlinuxintelwjre%26lang%3Den-US%26version%3D3.0.1

Extract the archive and use the terminal to cd to the 'DEBS' folder. Once in there run this command:
         sudo dpkg -i *.deb

The menu entries may or may not appear. If they do not, assuming you're using GNOME at this point, make new menu entries with the following commands:

/opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath

Hope this helps.

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