How To Install Open Office 3.2 In Ubuntu

I’m a big fan of open source and love the new Open Office 3.2.  The start-up times for each of the programs is now lightening fast now and there are several new features added.  If you are like me and are running Ubuntu, you can follow the instructions below to install it.

Download the Deb files here.

• Open terminal and type the following commands and hit enter after each:
  • tar nameOfYourFile.gz
  • cd nameOfFolder/
  • cd RPMS/
  • sudo apt-get install alien
  • sudo apt-get remove openoffice*
  • sudo alien –scripts –keep-version *.rpm
  • sudo dpkg -i *.deb
  • cd desktop-integration/
  • sudo dpkg -i *.deb