Comments on: How to install OpenOffice.org 3.2 on Ubuntu

By: Linux Identity Office - OpenOffice.org 3.2 :: The free office suite | Radu Cotescu

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:59 +0000

[...] the 10.04 release. Of course, if you are eager to put your hands on it faster, you can check this article I wrote a few weeks ago. Anyway, this post is about the latest issue of Linux Identity Office, a [...]

By: Radu

Radu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:35 +0000

Hershy, luckily OOo 3.2 will be by default in Lucid Lynx and from what I’ve seen until now the new desktop themes are amazing. Since it will be a LTS release I think it will be more stable from the start.

By: hershy

hershy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:08:07 +0000

Thanks for the instructions! They worked great with only a minor issue. I am staying with Jaunty as long as I can.

One Problem with OO3.2 Installation was finding a package that included the desktop-integration file. I had to download several .deb.tar.gz from mirrors before I found the right one. By the way, I could not download directly from OO site. I have good bandwidth but it never successfully downloaded even when I let it run overnite. Mirrors worked just fine.

I enjoy your Web Site, tips, etc.. Many thanks!

By: Radu

Radu — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:32:39 +0000

I do not like to mess with the repos by adding ones from newer releases. Even though you’ll gain that GNOME/Ubuntu better integration, it’s not a clean solution for having the new OOo.
Regarding Karmic, when I first used it libnotify had some bugs related to the on-screen position for notifications, VMware runs horrible on it, X restarted several times without any reason. I really don’t know what’s the status now about all these, but I prefer to have a stable environment when I work, whether I develop software or I write articles for Linux Identity. It’s really important to have an environment that you can rely on, from which you can easily predict its outputs regarding to the inputs you produce.

By: Florin

Florin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:59:26 +0000

1) Why not add karmic’s repositories to your configuration and install via package manager? I don’t know if it works, just an idea.

2) Is there anything bad about karmic which you’d like to share with the rest of the world? Why I’m asking: I run karmic for months, on pretty recent hardware, and had no problem at all until now.

By: Radu

Radu — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:39:57 +0000

You should remove all packages. In Synaptic search for all packages that have “openoffice” in their name or description (click on search to enter the filter). Then sort the found packages by their state (installed/uninstalled), select all the ones that are installed and remove them completely (use the contextual menu).

Afterwards follow the instructions I posted here and then you should have the latest OOo on your system.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:39:33 +0000

Hello, sorry to bother but I’ve only been running Ubuntu for about 5 days.

When I go to remove OpenOffice in Synaptic, there are over a dozen installed packages related to it. Do I need to remove ALL of them before installing the release candidate, or just the base-core package?