OpenOffice.Org version 3.2 was recently released and includes some great updated features. Unfortunately this release of OpenOffice.Org has not yet made it into the official Ubuntu repositories. however it is still possible to upgrade to the latest version on OpenOffice.Org with a little extra trickery. Note: The OpenOffice.Org version included in Ubuntu differs slightly to that of the standard release, mainly in terms of theming and branding. The version that is documented in this post is the standard OpenOffice.org release.
Installing OpenOffice.org on you Ubuntu System
1. first we need to remove the previous instance of OpenOffice.Org on your system, open your terminal and copy the following command, which will remove your current OpenOffice.Org installation
sudo apt-get remove openoffice*
2. Now we are ready to download the new version of OpenOffice.Org and install it, the following command will do both in one swoop
wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
tar -xvf OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
cd OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/
sudo dpkg -iR DEBS/
OpenOffice.Org 3.2 is now installed on your system.
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