
Remove all the packages from the installed version Here is a method for all Debian-based distros :ġ. deb format, no need to convert the packages with alien as before. Basic reason is : integration has been validated with this package, a new one could mess the system.īut Ubuntu releases of OOo are known to be rather bugged, especially the Feisty one (slideshow in Impress causes crash recovery systematically, Base wizards freeze at the very end of the process among the most 'popular' bugs on the Ubuntu forums).įrom 2.3, OOo is also available in. Therefore, once you stick to a flavor (Dapper, Edgy, Feisty. The Ubuntu concept is that once a flavor is released, there is no update for its content, except security issues.

This tutorial has been integrated in the OOo wiki also: Documentation/How Tos/Installing on Debian based Distros. Edit: Removed from tutorials, see the most recent tuto from RGB: Installing Apache OpenOffice on GNU/Linux
