[ubuntu-za] Open Office 3

[Morgan Collett]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 13:09, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running Hardy. There are a whole stack of updates waiting to be
> installed for OO 2.4. I would prefer to skip all the updates and run 3.0. I
> have an Intrepid alternate disk - can I install from that? Or should I down
> load and install from OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
> available from the SAIX site?

Hi Bill

Intrepid doesn't have OO 3 either, since it released too late to be
tested enough for Intrepid.

Secondly, to upgrade to Intrepid you should already be up to date with
Hardy. Upgrading without installing all the current updates isn't
recommended. You could install from the Intrepid alternate disk, which
would upgrade the packages which are installed by default, using the
CD, but would need to download Intrepid packages for anything you have
installed subsequently.

Here's a PPA repository for OO3 on Intrepid or Hardy:
http://ubuntu-snippets.blogspot.com/2008/10/ppa-for-openofficeorg-30.html

You could download the deb file from openoffice.org, but the Ubuntu
versions (including the PPA) of OO have patches to integrate it better
with the GNOME desktop. If you do want to download the deb, then make
sure you first uninstall all the OO 2.4 packages you have installed.

Regards
Morgan