Install OpenOffice 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10
I’ve been using Ubuntu 8.10 since it’s release and so far so good. It’s a great OS and everything is running smoothly. And since I’m a true geek, that does not make me happy. OpenOffice 3.0 did not make the Ibex cut, but I wanted it anyway. And what better way to screw up your Ubuntu install than to remove OOo 2.4 and upgrade to OOo 3.0.
The actual install is very easy. It just invovles downloading the .deb file from OpenOffice, extract it and run the .deb file with dpkg. I found an excellent tutorial over at Tombuntu.com that walks you through the install. It even walks you through removing the old Office programs. This was very simple to do and everything worked fine. The only thing I have to do is to handle all the file associations.