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Installing OpenOffice 3.0 on Ubuntu

Is there a good script I can use to install my Open Office 3.0 suit which I have downloaded as ISO, but can't install as yet? I have tried several script flops. Distro is Ubuntu 8.04. There's of course Ooffice 2.4 running which came pre-installed. Thanks.

An ISO file is a CD image file. Basically such a download is used to burn your CD copy.

However, you don't have to burn one - you can mount the file as if it were a CD:

The procedure that follows was found at the following link:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to...der-linux.html

Quote:

Procedure to mount ISO images under Linux

1) You must login as a root user, if not root user then switch to root user using following command:
$ su -

2) Create the directory i.e. mount point:
# mkdir -p /mnt/disk

3) Use mount command as follows to mount iso file called disk1.iso:
# mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/disk

4) Change directory to list files stored inside an ISO image:
# cd /mnt/disk
# ls -l
More about loop device

A loop device is a pseudo-device that makes a file accessible as a block device. Loop devices are often used for CD ISO images and floppy disc images. Mounting a file containing a filesystem via such a loop mount makes the files within that filesystem accessible. They appear in the mount point directory using above commands.

Just install the PPA into your repository list as in http://ubuntu-snippets.blogspot.com/...iceorg-30.html OpenOffice 3.0 will then appear in your package list...

Instead of the iso, why not download and install the deb file from them? Download it, open it up with file-roller, unpack into a directory, then, via the command line in a terminal, go into the directory and enter the command "dpkg -i *.deb" (I'm guessing there will be several deb files to install).

[later edit] Actually, on second thought, perhaps arochester's suggestion (previous post) is best.

Or, wait two weeks then upgrade to jaunty...