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wildman4god
May 8th, 2009, 02:57 PM
well it took awhile, but they finally released the new version of openoffice, now the only question is when will ubuntu update the repos, if they will at all. They have a linux deb on the openoffice website, however if i remember correctly linux generally uses a veriant called go-oo, anyone know when novell will release this version?
jespdj
May 8th, 2009, 03:14 PM
It will be available in the next version of Ubuntu in October.

Don't count on the repository for 8.04, 8.10 or 9.04 to be updated. Only security updates and important bug fixes are added to the repositories for existing Ubuntu releases.

Ubuntu is not a rolling release (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release) distro.
LowSky
May 8th, 2009, 03:29 PM
use the launchpad repos they are updated for 3.1
http://matt.bottrell.com.au/archives/350-OpenOffice-3.1-for-Ubuntu.html
sports fan Matt
May 8th, 2009, 04:12 PM
When i ran the set of commands lowsky posted..it removed OOO 3 instead of upgrading it..that wasnt supposed to occur, was it?
Sand & Mercury
May 8th, 2009, 04:23 PM
What have they changed for OOo3.1?
LookTJ
May 8th, 2009, 05:01 PM
What have they changed for OOo3.1?
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.1/index.html
Sand & Mercury
May 8th, 2009, 05:05 PM
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.1/index.html
Thanks for the link and sorry that I'm too much of a lazy bugger to google it myself. :lol:

Seems like a nice new release, but I'm quite content to wait for Karmic, not bothered with installing this right away.
MikeTheC
May 8th, 2009, 05:08 PM
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.1/index.html

I don't really use office-type software very much, so it's not really an issue for me at this time. However, I will be happy it have it in the next release of Ubuntu.
Giant Speck
May 8th, 2009, 05:58 PM
Does it still look like crap? I can't use OpenOffice with my theme because it integrates so poorly.
andrewabc
May 8th, 2009, 06:12 PM
Do not upgrade to 3.1 using PPA as they are not finished yet. It will not install properly.

Read
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7235696
before installing, and wait for Calc to say it is safe to upgrade.

Should be ready within a week.
Rackstar
May 8th, 2009, 06:13 PM
Do not upgrade to 3.1 using PPA as they are not finished yet. It will not install properly.

Read
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7235696
before installing, and wait for Calc to say it is safe to upgrade.

I agree, the update only went partially.
Jive Turkey
May 8th, 2009, 07:29 PM
@You guys that did the partial install: does the open/save dialogue match that of other gnome apps in ubuntu? or does it have the sparse Sun dialog with no bookmarks?
Rackstar
May 8th, 2009, 08:07 PM
@You guys that did the partial install: does the open/save dialogue match that of other gnome apps in ubuntu? or does it have the sparse Sun dialog with no bookmarks?

It matches that of other gnome apps.