OpenOffice 3.2 has been out for about a month now. It has various improvements over the previous version like faster startup time, support for open standards like ODF and better compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007.
Although it has been out for more than a month, it is still not (and probably never be) available in the official repository for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. As OpenOffice.org makes the source available at the time of the release, it is possible to install it using the source right at the time of release in Ubuntu Karmic as well. However, installing from source cannot exactly be called user friendly and you will not get updates if you installed from the source. So, even if you had installed it from source earlier, it is recommended that you install it with this method.
The OpenOffice.org Scribblers team in Launchpad has however packaged and put up OpenOffice 3.2 in their PPA. So, to install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, follow these steps:
- Open Terminal/Konsole.
- Add the PPA using the command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa
- Update the software list with the command:
sudo apt-get update
- If you have installed OpenOffice 3.2 from source, remove it with the command:
sudo apt-get remove openoffice*
- Now, install OpenOffice with the command:
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org
- If you have GNOME, run the command:
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-evolution
- If you have KDE SC, run
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-kde openoffice-kab
Now that the installation is done. You can find OpenOffice under Applications -> Office in GNOME. In KDE SC, you will find it under KickOff -> Applications -> Office.
OpenOffice location in GNOME Menu
OpenOffice in KDE SC's KickOff Menu
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