The official OpenOffice.org 2.3 have not yet been released. But it have already availabled for download. Perhaps you might want to try this release. So, this tutorial shows how you can install OpenOffice.org 2.3 on Ubuntu Linux.
1. Install fakeroot, alien and rpm packages:
sudo apt-get install fakeroot alien rpm
2. Download OpenOffice.org 2.3 for Linux from here. I choose OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz package. If your Ubuntu Linux system have not Java Runtime Environment, you will need to get OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz package.
3. Extract the tarball file:
tar zxvf OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz
4. Now go to RPMS folder:
cd OOG680_m5_native_packed-1_en-US.9221/RPMS/
5. Convert rpm packages to deb packages:
fakeroot alien -k --scripts *.rpm
6. Install converted deb packages.
For GNOME users:
mv openoffice.org-kde-integration_2.3.0-9221_i386.deb ../
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
For KDE users:
mv openoffice.org-gnome-integration_2.3.0-9221_i386.deb ../
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
The OpenOffice.org 2.3 will be installed to /opt/openoffice.org2.3/ folder.
Start OpenOffice.org
To start OpenOffice.org 2.3, you can use the following command:
/opt/openoffice.org2.3/program/soffice
Update
Now you can get deb package from here. Then run the following commands:
tar zxvf OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
cd OOG680_m5_native_packed-1_en-US.9221/DEBS/
For GNOME users:
mv openoffice.org-kde-integration_2.3.0-5_i386.deb ../
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
For KDE users:
mv openoffice.org-gnome-integration_2.3.0-5_i386.deb ../
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Go to desktop-integration folder:
cd desktop-integration/
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.3-9215_all.deb
22 responses so far ↓
1 Artem Nosulchik // Sep 16, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Nice manual, thanks!
2 Brad // Sep 17, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Should someone remove 2.2 before installing 2.3?
3 Brad // Sep 17, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Went ahead and got it installed…no need to remove 2.2 at all… the only problem now is no additions to the menu. Not sure of all the additions made to 2.3 so I’m not sure what execute commands to type into a terminal. Anyway I’ll try and figure it out..thank you for the tutorial
4 spunducky // Sep 17, 2007 at 3:10 pm
I have problems with trying to run the programs through terminal. I type in oowriter like I used to and it says it’s not installed, yet when I go to install just to see if it will, it says I already have the newest version. Any help on this?
5 KN // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:02 pm
I’m a linux newb…
I seem to have installed this all correctly, but I don’t know how to run anything…
I’m running ubuntu feisty, and open office is gone from my “office” menu, and there’s nothing but the template option when I look in Preferences > Main Menu
halp
6 KN // Sep 17, 2007 at 5:23 pm
As a follow-up to that last reply, I’ve now created my own launcher and put it in the menu, but it bothers me that there’s nothing official…
…or is there?
That’s what I’m looking for!
7 toor // Sep 18, 2007 at 12:02 am
@spunducky: Run the following command in terminal:
/opt/openoffice.org2.3/program/swriter8 Cewan // Sep 18, 2007 at 4:11 am
There is now a debian package available, which also installs menu items!
For instructions, see my website: http://cjf.se/wiki/index.php/A.....OpenOffice
9 polarizer // Sep 24, 2007 at 4:01 am
@cewan: What installation directory does the deb-package use? /opt/openoffice2.3 or the ubuntu standard one /usr/lib/openoffice?
@spunduck: You may want to expand your search path: Try append “export PATH=$PATH:/opt/openoffice.org2.3″ without the quotation marks as last line into your ~/.bashrc file
10 Scalper // Sep 26, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Very nice tutorial! It works on my dapper
11 Poindexter // Oct 2, 2007 at 4:24 am
What about Xubuntu users, should they follow instructions for Gnome?
12 Andres Mujica // Oct 2, 2007 at 5:11 pm
do you know where can i find localized versions? specifically for spanish?
thanks
13 Andres Mujica // Oct 2, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I’ve got some trouble uninstalling openoffice, it uninstall ubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop. Also i’ve had to manually force the uninstallation of OOO and purge the configuration files.
I installed openoffice from deb files but if i try to install ubuntu-desktop or kubuntu-desktop i’ve got this:
apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Leyendo lista de paquetes… Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias… Hecho
Tal vez quiera ejecutar `apt-get -f install’ para corregirlo:
Los siguientes paquetes tienen dependencias incumplidas:
kubuntu-desktop: Depende: openoffice.org pero no va a instalarse
Depende: openoffice.org-kde pero no va a instalarse
language-support-es: Depende: openoffice.org-help-es pero no va a instalarse o
openoffice.org2-help-es pero no es instalable
Depende: openoffice.org-l10n-es pero no va a instalarse o
openoffice.org2-l10n-es
python-uno: Depende: openoffice.org-core (> 2.0.2) pero no va a instalarse
E: Dependencias incumplidas. Intente ‘apt-get -f install’ sin paquetes (o especifique una solución).
any ideas?
14 Dusan Sladojevic // Oct 5, 2007 at 2:31 am
Thanx a lot mate I couldn’t figure it out without your help!!
Pozdrav za Sve Srbe linux-ashe
15 Selina // Oct 5, 2007 at 10:14 am
thanks so much! it was very hard for me to find something that would let me install it on ubuntu
16 kspv // Oct 10, 2007 at 12:22 am
Thanks for the tutorial. It worked perfectly, and with the debian version of the OpenOffice packages, the menus were nicely integrated into the desktop.
17 gloopi // Oct 15, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Many thanks … all good … I did remove the OOo2.2 which came standard when I installed Feisty on my Dell810 laptop, however “OpenOffice.org (Database)” was left behind on the K Office menu … no probs … I deleted that.
18 zhaxnti // Oct 29, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Thank you Honey….
19 ebruzzone // Nov 26, 2007 at 8:19 pm
THANK YOU! GRACIAS!! only a small suggestion, because my Ubuntu Linux system have not Java Runtime Environment step Nº 3 should be
tar zxvf OOo_2.3.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz
(it took me some time to realize that one)
20 Nate // Dec 2, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Thanks a lot! This guide helped so much to install the new version of OpenOffice. I just wish Ubuntu would update the versions in their repository…
21 helpdeskdan // Dec 30, 2007 at 5:06 pm
You need to remove the old openoffice first:
sudo aptitude remove openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-xsltfilter openoffice.org-testtool openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us openoffice.org-style-default openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-evolution openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-onlineupdate openoffice.org-pyuno openoffice.org-l10n-common openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n-en-za openoffice.org-kde-integration openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-javafilter openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gnome-integration openoffice.org-graphicfilter openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-core01 openoffice.org-core02 openoffice.org-core03 openoffice.org-core03u openoffice.org-core04 openoffice.org-core04u openoffice.org-core05 openoffice.org-core05u openoffice.org-core06 openoffice.org-core07 openoffice.org-core08 openoffice.org-core09 openoffice.org-core10 openoffice.org openoffice.org-help-en-us ubuntu-desktop language-support-en python-uno thunderbird-locale-en-gb
Then, the deb’s work. Be sure to check a dir up - there’s a newer version.
22 gloopi // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:49 am
And these instructions worked again for Openoffice.org 2.3.1 on my Gutsy Dell D810 but I had to remove the OOo2.3.0 first with Synaptic. However there are a couple of wrinkles: the KMenu names are different and there is some version dependency conflicts that Adept suggests that I upgrade. These look bizarre - e.g.: Base reports itself as version 2.3.1 and Adept suggests updating to 1:2.3.0…
Ideas anyone?
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