Can't manually update openoffice

Sutieday · Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 3

Every time I try to update openoffice I get this error: Could not establish network connection to update36.services.openoffice.org.

Can someone tell me if this is a problem everyone has or just me?
And can someone tell me how to fix this???

Im using Openoffice 3.3.0
Comodo Internet Security 5.8 w DNS
Windows XP SP3 Home (Windows Firewall off)

floris_v · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject:

Don't use that option, don't even install it.
You won't get a new version of OOo for some months - the source code has been donated to Apache, and the developers are now adjusting the code so it suits Apache's licensing rules. In the meantime you can try LibreOffice, but even then updates aren't published so often that you want them to be detected and installed automatically.
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Sutieday · Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 3

Still, I would like to update, or know that open office update is working correctly

floris_v · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:05 pm Post subject:

I've seen lots of complaints about it not working correctly recently. I have disabled it long ago. Why do you want to update if no update is available? What's the point?
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Sutieday · Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 3

I just want to know if it's working or not because whenever an update is released, I want to know that it will download it for me.

thomasjk · Super User Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 2309

The answer is as given. Its not working now and may not work in the future. Its not a very robust feature and all it does is install the complete new version not an update.

David12846 · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

I just re-installed OpenOffice, but I want to check for updates. When I click "check for updates", the response is
"Could not establish network connection to update36.services.openoffice.org.". If "update36.services.openoffice.org" is no good any more (as reported in previous replies), then how do we manually check for updates?

thomasjk · Super User Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 2309

Go to www.openoffice.org or check here periodically. Or check at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/index.php periodically.

David12846 · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

Thomasjk - Thank you.

I hate going to the OpenOffice website everyday to check for a newer version Mad

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I hope the "Check for updates" link in the program is fixed in the next version of OpenOffice.

thomasjk · Super User Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 2309

Its going to be a long time before the next version is released by the Apache Software Foundation. No need to check every day.

jheere · Newbie Joined: 10 May 2012 Posts: 1

I just d/l and installed 3.4 but I had to uninstall the previous version first.
Jerry

cotton · Newbie Joined: 17 May 2012 Posts: 1

You won't get a new version of OOo for some months - the source code has been donated to Apache, and the developers are now adjusting the code so it suits Apache's licensing rules. In the meantime you can try LibreOffice, but even then updates aren't published so often that you want them to be detected and installed automatically.

thomasjk · Super User Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 2309