How To install Open Office 3.2 in Ubuntu Linux

25 February 2010 by Manuj Mohla 8 Comments

The most recent release of the cross-platform-friendly office suite, OpenOffice 3.2 has grown better at handling Microsoft Office’s XML-based file formats. Version 3.2 supports of ODF 1.2 Metadata, support for Opentype/CFF fonts, support for Graphite Smart fonts, XHTML export filter update and support for Quicklook on OS X. OOo 3.2 Calc and Writer both have a reduced ‘cold start’ time by 46% compared to version 3.0 OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available in versions for Windows, 32- and 64-bit Linux, OS X and Solaris, you can grab your copy from OpenOffice website: http://download.openoffice.org/ And to install Open Office 3.2 in Ubuntu Linux simply follow the following steps.

How To install Open Office 3.2 in Ubuntu Linux

1 – Once you have done that, extract the .deb file

OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Then you’ll see a file called OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483
2 – You can remove the existing version of OpenOffice if you wish with this command:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*

3 – Copy and paste OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483 onto the desktop then open Terminal and paste this command:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/*.deb

4 – Then paste this command:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb

Once you’ve done that you’ll find OpenOffice 3.2 in Office. [Via UbuntuForums]

8 Comments »

brk3 said:

And this has to do with apple how..?

# 25 February 2010 at 2:47 pm

Indian Art said:

I did upgrade following the instructions on the net and have been successfully using Openoffice 3.2 for several days. It runs smooth on Ubuntu 9.10.

Openoffice 3.2 starts faster than 3.1.

Definitely worth upgrading.

# 25 February 2010 at 8:44 pm

Indian Art said:

@ brk3

“And this has to do with apple how..?”
I think with Bootcamp you can run Ubuntu as a dual boot OS.

# 25 February 2010 at 8:46 pm

goodnessReal said:

@brk3 its wrong on your part to expect good thing in here, get some life.

# 25 February 2010 at 11:25 pm

goodnesReal said:

@IndianArt What BootCamp? His question was something different.

# 25 February 2010 at 11:29 pm

Mathias said:

I think it’s worth mentioning that – while this is a very significant upgrade – it’s not the go-oo modification used in Ubuntu and does not use the Ubuntu load/save dialog window (something significant for those using a complex file structure).

# 27 February 2010 at 6:09 am