Open Office 3.1 on Your Old Ubuntu

If you right now using Ubuntu 9.04 Jauty Jackalope maybe there is no problem about your office apllication, because in this new Ubuntu release, Open Office 3 in the default office aplication. But how if you are using Ubuntu 8.10 or 8.04?? I have some trick that i have done on my Ubuntu 8.10 mechines where still using Open Office 2.4.

Ok, let's move now... Firts, you need to download new Open Office application on openoffice.org, or just click this OpenOffice.org link, then do like this step....

Step 1. Extrack your open office package and save where ever you want, in this case, i have save it in /home directory

$ tar xvzf OOo_3.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Step 2. change directory

$ cd OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379/DEBS

Step 3. Remove old openoffice application whit this command

$ sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org-core

Step 4. After all old Openoffice was uninstalled, now you can install your new Openoffice, type this command and i hope you still in DEBS directory were all .deb installer was saving.

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Step 5. With that done you should have just one thing left to do: Install the desktop integration package. That should be in the DEBS folder:

$ cd desktop-integration/

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If everything works out you should be able to open OpenOffice.org 3.1 from the Applications menu on your desktop. Enjoy....