No update links in 2.4

ritergal · General User Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 7

When I installed Ubuntu in February 2008, OpenOffice was included. I have not noticed any updates. The current version is 2.4. I updated to Ubuntu Hardy Heron when it was released and keep all updates current.

I recently updated my Windows computers to OOo 4.0 and want to get this one to match. But ... there is no Check For Updates link on the Help menu, and there is no Online Updates option on the Options menu. I checked on the Windows version and see that option right under the Java settings, but Java is the end of the list on the Ubuntu version.

Since I'm pretty much out to sea with Ubuntu, I don't know how to go about downloading and installing from the web...

Any help you can offer will be appreciated.

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

OOo 4.0 is not yet in development I'm sure you mean V3.0. Download here http://www.openoffice.org/ .

Corfy · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

Maybe this will help you:

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04

I will say that the process of installing OOo 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is a lot simpler:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml

In general, within a release, Ubuntu won't upgrade to new versions of software except for security updates. Generally speaking, if you want the newest version of the software, you need to go to the newest version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, OOo3 was released just a few days before Ubuntu 8.10, so it isn't included by default, either.
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