With Debian Sarge comes OpenOffice version 1.1.3, though I much prefer the new version 2.0.
First, if you have installed OpenOffice 1.1.3, I suggest you uninstall it, for that use Synaptic or apt-get :
sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org
Now, let's get to OpenOffice 2.0.
- Prerequisite
You'll need to install Java first : here is a tutorial.
- Installation
Download OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Linux from openoffice.org.
Install the required Debian/Ubuntu packages :
sudo apt-get install fakeroot alien
Uncompress the tarball :
tar zxf OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
Navigate into the right directory :
cd OOO680_m3_native_packed-2_en-US.8968/RPMS/
Convert the .rpm packages to .deb (debian packages) :
fakeroot alien -d *.rpm
Now install those Debian packages :
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd desktop-integration/
sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.0.0-3_all.deb
That's it!
2 comments:
These instructions have now changed a little bit since you first posted them. I'm trying to upgrade from 2.0.4 (Kubuntu Edgy 6.10) to OpenOffice 2.1 and here are the steps I took in place of the first two steps you had listed:
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-base
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-calc
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-draw
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-impress
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-math
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-writer
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-l10n-*
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-core
# sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-common
# sudo apt-get install fakeroot alien
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Hi Steven,
I'm glad I could be of some help. I took a look at your blog : good work, keep it up.
Hugues
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