Open Office 3: Install Open Office 3 on Ubuntu in 4 Easy Steps
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The release of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex is all set to release in just a few days. Open Office 3 was released just a few days back. I am not sure if Ubuntu 8.10 will come packed with Open Office 3. Also, there are no repositories of Open office for Ubuntu right now. But the good news is that you can download and install it on your Ubuntu in very simple steps.
And yes did I forget to mention that you won’t have to uninstall you previous version. I would strongly suggest you to keep the old version running along with Open Office 3 just to let the new version settle.
Now let’s quickly get down to business and see how to install Open Office 3. Follow the simple steps below:
1. Download the Open Office deb from Open Office site.
2. Double click the downloaded tar.gz file and extract the folder on your desktop.
3. Now move the extracted folders using the following command in a terminal window.
cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS
4. Just type the following command to finish the installation
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Creating a custom Application launcher.
1. Right click on your panel and click Add to Panel.
2. Double click Custom Application Launcher
3. Add the following information
Name: OO3
Command: /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice
That’s it you are all set to launch your Open Office 3.
We hope you’ll enjoy this new version of office. You can check what’s new in Open Office here.
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Re: Open Office 3: Install Open Office 3 on Ubuntu in 4 Easy Steps
If you enter: cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS
into the terminal, with the file extracted and on the desktop, you get the following message.
xxx@xxx-desktop:~$ cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS
bash: cd: OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS: No such file or directory
Ampers.
Hi Andrew, Couple of things. One, I am assuming that you extracted the folder from the package on to the desktop. If you have done this right then I suggest you to check the name of the package you downloaded. It should be exactly OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358. If not then change the name accordingly. Hope it works for you else please get back to us. Good Luck!
Andrew and others if your installing for ubuntu you have to make sure you select the right pakage from the site, it is listed under the other os's it is not the default as you want the deb version
thanks Myn - I was on the verge of having to wipe the computer and re-install as oo2 was gone, but oo3 wouldn't work. Took a while to find the right file, thanks again!!
There is also a personal package archive for oo3 and intrepid. I guess this is the easiest way to install it right now. Just add this to your sources list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main