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UBUNTU TIPS AND TRICKS

Install OpenOffice.org 2.1 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu

- Next Generation Open Source Office Suite

By: Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

If you have the latest Ubuntu Linux distribution, Edgy Eft, then you'll have an old version of the most popular open source office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 and many of you have already heard about the new features and improvements found inside the 2.1 version of OpenOffice.org.

Today you'll learn how to install the latest stable version of OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu/Kubuntu systems.

First thing, let's download the Linux installer from here, it will take some time if you have a slow Internet connection because it has around 120 MB, so I suggest you download the requirements you'll need in order to complete this task, till the download is over.

Open a terminal and type:

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sudo apt-get install alien

When you have finished downloading the installer, extract the archive with the following command:

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tar zxvf OOo_2.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz

Now enter in the created folder, which has a long name that starts with OOE680_m6..., just hit tab to auto-complete the folder's name, than enter in RPMS directory. Or just copy paste the following commands:

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cd OOE680_m6_native_packed-1_en-US.9095

cd RPMS

You must convert all the rpm files in this folder to deb archives for Ubuntu, with Alien (a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file formats) so just type the following command:

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sudo alien -d *.rpm

This will take around 10-15 minutes so please sit back, relax and get a coffee, until the conversion is over. When all the packages have been converted, type the following command in order to install the latest OpenOffice.org into your Ubuntu or Kubuntu distro:

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sudo dpkg -i *deb ~/OOE680_m6_native_packed-1_en-US.9095/RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org-debian-menus_2.1-5_all.deb

When it's done (it takes 2-3 minutes to install everything) go to KMenu -> Office in KDE or Applications -> Office in Gnome and you will find there the latest version (2.1.0) of OpenOffice.org ready for use. Enjoy!

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Install OpenOffice.org 2.1 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu - USER OPINIONS

Comment #1 by nyarla33 on 2007-02-05, 19:15 GMT	reply to this comment
Depending on the localized version, it is sometimes possible to download OpenOffice.org 2.1 as (an compressed archive containing) .deb files. So using alien can be avoided. And no waste of time.

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