Upgrade to Open Office 3

Hi guys, how do I upgrade to OPen Office 3 as I can only see a .tar.gz file on the website and unix/ubuntu is very very new to me.
Many thanks
Garry

 

Well I managed to uninstall the 2.4 version and I now have deb files saved but I have NO CLUE how to install.....
Can someone please provide a VERY BASIC dummies guide?
Many thanks
Garry

 

Check out this link for help:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/10/1 ... 4-and-810/

S.A. Veira

 

WOW I managed to finally install OPen Office 3. However, I have two things that are not right. I cannot get the updates via the application or via the 'add/remove' software program. How do I resolve this?

Also, I have placed the open office 3.0 icons in the WBar (I am using gOS operating system based on ubuntu 8.4). However, when I click the icons I get the following error - see attached pic.

Hope someone can help

Thx

Garry

 

If you don’t want to keep 2.4, there is a very easy way to upgrade in Intrepid (8.10)

Just go into System / Administration / Software Sources.

Under the Third-Party Software tab, click Add and add the following line:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main

OOo 3.0 is now available in the Update-Manager, and it will install all the dependencies.

it's from one of the comments in the tombuntu link above, it should replace 2.4 completely

 

Thanks for that but it still doesn't answer my question. I am not using Ubuntu 8.10 I am using gOS 3.0 which is based on Ubuntu 8.4...

to cut it short, I have installed open office 3.0 fine and I have placed the open office 3.0 icons in the WBar (I am using gOS operating system based on ubuntu 8.4). However, when I click the icons I get the following error - see attached pic in previous post.

Hope someone can help

Thx

Garry

 

Looks like the launcher isn't pointing to the right place. Can you launch it manually? I don't have OpenOffice.org installed in Ubuntu, but in Fedora

Code:

ooffice

should work