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How-To: Install OpenOffice 3.1 in Debian 5.0 Lenny

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Debian Lenny comes by default with OpenOffice 2.6.4, but in the meantime OpenOffice 3.1 was released. You can easily install it on your Debian box by using the Debian Lenny backports repository, which is a repository including newer versions of applications than the ones which come by default with Lenny. Just follow the steps below:

Debian Lenny comes by default with OpenOffice 2.6.4, but in the meantime OpenOffice 3.1 was released. You can easily install it on your Debian box by using the Debian Lenny backports repository, which is a repository including newer versions of applications than the ones which come by default with Lenny. Just follow the steps below:

Add the backports repositories
To add the Lenny backports repositories, just edit as root your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:

deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

Make sure to save the file (Ctrl+O followed by Ctrl+X in Nano) and proceed to the next step.

Install the Debian backports keyring
As root, type:

apt-get install debian-backports-keyring

This will install the debian-backports-keyring package, adding the key to your trusted repository keys.

Update the package lists
Now, update the package lists as root:

apt-get update

And install OpenOffice.org:

apt-get install openoffice.org



This should be all. OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 should be now installed properly on your Debian box, and you can run it by typing openoffice.org in a Run box or opening a terminal application and typing openoffice.org.

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Comments (4)

Steven_Rosenber ·
With the method in this article, it looks like every app you add will come from backports.

What if you want only the one app from backports. That's where "pinning" comes in, I believe.

If readers follow this article, they might get a whole lot more backports than they want.
Sander_Marechal ·
Steven: Nope. The backports.org release file is built in such a way that you only get from backports what you specifically ask for. No need to mess with APT pinning.
Bob_Robertson ·
I'm using it right now for 2.6.30, since the new Atheros drivers work in my backup laptop. As Sander points out, there is no automatic update to a Backports package. You must ask for it.

Then, if it's updated in Backports, it will automatically update.

Apt is a wonderful system.
wjl ·
Amen, Bob.

And I'm becoming "that Linux guy" quickly within our small group within my big blue new employer; every other support call which only mentions "Linux" will most probably end up with me. Tho that is most often RHEL or SLES (management still thinks "Enterprise" has some meaning), they all know where my heart and blood and everything is...

I think in the long term, success just because of quality and because of the support of those who actually see this will be inevitable.

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