OpenOffice is one of the most popular alternatives to the Microsoft Office suite of programs for word processing, spread sheets, presentation etc.  But the beauty of OpenOffice is that it’s FREE!  Something for nothing is almost always better than something for something, right?  Especially when it’s as polished and reliable as the OpenOffice suite.

So today I will show you how quick and easy it really is to install or upgrade OpenOffice on your Ubuntu Desktop computer.

  1. You can remove the existing version of OpenOffice if you wish with this command:
    2. sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*
  2. Go to http://download.openoffice.org and download the most recent .deb file.  Be sure to pick the right architecture for your system, 32 bit or 64 bit.
    3. http://download.openoffice.org/
  3. Once you have done that, extract the .deb file:
    4. OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
  4. You will now see a file called
    5. OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483
  5. Copy and paste OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483 onto the desktop then open Terminal and paste this command:
    6. sudo dpkg -i  ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/*.deb
  6. Next, paste the following command into your terminal again.
    7. sudo dpkg -i  ~/Desktop/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_en-US.9483/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb
  7. Once you’ve done that you’ll find OpenOffice 3.2 in Office.

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