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OpenOffice 3.0 on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

OpenOffice.org 3   is the leading open-source office software suite  for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages  and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Best of all, OpenOffice.org 3 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. OpenOffice.org 3 is released under the LGPL licence. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like.

Installation on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
To add repositories are going to System -> Administration -> Origins of the software -> Third-party software and add the following lines:

You can also do it from the terminal with the following commands:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines
    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main deb
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src

Now update your packages list:

    sudo aptitude update

You can now upgrade using the Upgrade Manager or via command line.

    sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

Now, you should have openoffice 3.0 installed on your system.


2 comments:

Matt said...

These repositories don't seem to be working currently... are there any others you know of? I could download the .deb package from the open office website but I think using the update manager is a better idea...

Anonymous said...

Matt,
The repos were taken down for a time because of bugs. They are up and running again at the time of this post.

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