how to update OpenOffice from 2.4 to 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10

[mamous]

Hi this is the how u can update open office in an easy way.

1- you have to download the DEB from open office (http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US) site.
2- Extract the tar.gz archive in your desktop.
3- go to terminal and by this command

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/*.deb
4- you have to remove the old version of open office by this command

sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-l10n-common openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n-en-za openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer
5- you have to install the package that provides menu items for OpenOffice 3.0 by this command

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb




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* If you changed your mind you can remove Open office by this comand

sudo apt-get remove ooobasis3.0-base ooobasis3.0-binfilter ooobasis3.0-calc ooobasis3.0-core01 ooobasis3.0-core02 ooobasis3.0-core03 ooobasis3.0-core04 ooobasis3.0-core05 ooobasis3.0-core06 ooobasis3.0-core07 ooobasis3.0-draw ooobasis3.0-en-us ooobasis3.0-en-us-base ooobasis3.0-en-us-binfilter ooobasis3.0-en-us-calc ooobasis3.0-en-us-draw ooobasis3.0-en-us-help ooobasis3.0-en-us-impress ooobasis3.0-en-us-math ooobasis3.0-en-us-res ooobasis3.0-en-us-writer ooobasis3.0-gnome-integration ooobasis3.0-graphicfilter ooobasis3.0-images ooobasis3.0-impress ooobasis3.0-javafilter ooobasis3.0-kde-integration ooobasis3.0-math ooobasis3.0-onlineupdate ooobasis3.0-ooofonts ooobasis3.0-ooolinguistic ooobasis3.0-pyuno ooobasis3.0-testtool ooobasis3.0-writer ooobasis3.0-xsltfilter openoffice.org3 openoffice.org3-base openoffice.org3-calc openoffice.org3-dict-en openoffice.org3-dict-es openoffice.org3-dict-fr openoffice.org3-draw openoffice.org3-en-us openoffice.org3-impress openoffice.org3-math openoffice.org3-writer openoffice.org-ure




I hope you like it

[x58]

Works like firework. Thanks, was very helpful

[nygamma]

This seems to be working. Many thanks from me, as well.

[Liunx]

Can the ubuntu teak help us to get the lastest office?
):P

[cymrujmc]

Worked perfectly!! Third or fourth how-to I've tried for this. Thanks!:D

[ceasol]

Update OO 3 was a breeze!!!

[inobe]

or you can follow this tutorial

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/10/14/install-openofficeorg-30-in-ubuntu-804-and-810/

and if you are running a 64bit system, get the tar.gz here

ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/openoffice/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz/

[Ziyan Junaideen]

This is not update, but install. You can update your existing OO 2.4 to OO 3.0 from the Update Manager.

The steps required are found here (http://linux-sri-lanka.blogspot.com/2009/02/updating-openofficeorg-24-in-ubuntu-to.html).

( http://linux-sri-lanka.blogspot.com/2009/02/updating-openofficeorg-24-in-ubuntu-to.html )