Installing Open office 3 beta on Kubuntu / Ubuntu

Open office 3 is compatible with MS office 2007. You can try beta 2 release.

1. download open office 3 beta 2 from the open office web site (Linux (deb))
2. tract the tar.gz archive:
   tar xzf ~/Desktop/OOo_3.0.0beta_20080429_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz -C ~/Desktop/
3. Install all of the packages in the DEBS subdirectory:
   sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/BEA300_m2_native_packed-2_en-US.9301/DEBS/*.deb
4. Clean up the downloaded files:
   rm -r ~/Desktop/BEA300_m2_native_packed-2_en-US.9301/rm -r ~/Desktop/OOo_3.0.0beta_20080429_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Now you have successfully installed Open Office 3 Beta2 release. You can add open office suit to your KDE menu.

1. type sudo kmenuedit in a console window
2. File -> new item
3. The type Office3 in the icon name dialog box and /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice in the command dialog box
4. Similary for you can add different icons with the commands
   

• /opt/openoffice.org3/program/scalc
• /opt/openoffice.org3/program/swriter
• /opt/openoffice.org3/program/simpress
• /opt/openoffice.org3/program/sdraw

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