Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0

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Want to install the latest and greatest version of OpenOffice.org on your Linux machine? First of all, use the official list of mirrors to locate the download server closest to you. Download then the latest version for your Linux distro. For example, if you want to install OpenOfice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu, or any other Debian-based distro such as Sidux, download the OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz package. In the terminal, use the following commands to unpack the downloaded archive and install OpenOffice.org on your machine:

tar -xvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz 

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358 

cd DEBS 

sudo dpkg -i *.deb 

cd desktop-integration 

sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb

Better yet, you can use the following Bash script to automate the entire download and installation process:

#!/bin/sh

wget ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/openoffice-extended/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

tar -xvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358

cd DEBS

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

cd desktop-integration

sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb

Note that the script uses a mirror located in Germany, and you might want to change it to another one closer to you. Save the script as .sh file and run it the terminal. Installing OpenOffice.org on a RPM-based distro like Mandriva or Fedora is also equally easy:

wget ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/openoffice-extended/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz 

tar -xvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US.tar.gz 

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358 

cd RPMS 

su 

rpm -i *.rpm 

cd desktop-integration 

rpm -i openoffice.org3.0-mandriva-menus-3.0-9354.noarch.rpm

And if you want to install OpenOffice.org on your ASUS Eee PC netbook, you can use this script:

#!/bin/sh 

echo "This script dowloads and installs OpenOffice.org 3.0" 

read -p "Press Enter to continue..." 

wget ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/openoffice-extended/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz 

tar -xvf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz 

cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358 

cd DEBS 

dpkg -i *.deb 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sbase /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/smath /usr/bin/ 

sudo ln -s /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw /usr/bin/ 

cd desktop-integration 

dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb 

sudo cp /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc.bak /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc 

sudo sed -i 's/shortcut=\"ooo-writer.desktop\"/extraargs=\"\/usr\/bin\/swriter\"/g' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc 

sudo sed -i 's/shortcut=\"ooo-calc.desktop\"/extraargs=\"\/usr\/bin\/scalc\"/g' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc 

sudo sed -i 's/shortcut=\"ooo-impress.desktop\"/extraargs=\"\/usr\/bin\/simpress\"/g' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc 

echo "All done!" 

read -p "Press Enter to exit the script..." 

exit 0

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