Ceci n'est pas une pipe

I quote here a post appeared Blog Upmedia signed "Nightmare" and dated January 17. I found this article very simple and clear, so I carry almost entirely, except for some minor adjustments due to my shooting ipercorrettivismo incorrigible.

Short tutorial on how to install OpenOffice 2.3.1 on Debian Etch backports repository directly from. The latest version of office suite on the branch to "stable" Debian. Contrary to what is often read on the net, Debian Etch (the branch to "stable" Debian) represents an excellent solution for users desktop / office offering a very solid and productive. But sometimes for certain requirements you may sometimes use the software more "young" because of certain features which are essential. One of the most popular software for productivity is undoubtedly OpenOffice.org office management suite and more. The version in Etch is 2.0.4. In this short tutorial will explain how to update the office suite to version 2.3.1, which introduces significant improvements and an extension that allows you to digitally sign OpenOffice documents that will be compatible with the requirements of CNIPA and the presence of various business models , schools, condominiums and for leisure, created especially for Italian users. What we do is rely on the backports or from the branch to software testing, and (rarely) to be recompiled to run on the Unstable Stable branch. Obviously the first to offer this guide, I got to test the "stability" of the packages and found no problems, even I could see the increased speed of execution. What follows applies to both the 32 and 64 bit.Apriamo a shell:

(Logghiamoci as root)

# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and add the following address:

##BACKPORTS
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free

then ctrl + x to save.

After that (again as root) import the gpg keys:

# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 16BA136C

followed by:

# gpg --armor --export 16BA136C | apt-key add -

Well at this point we can do that (again as root):

# apt-get update

Obviously, the addition of the backports does not update automatically. To update a package (in this case openoffice.org) launch (again as root) the following command:

# apt-get -t etch-backports install openoffice.org

Well done this apt will install the entire suite updated to version 2.3.1.

Good job!

PS

Obviously the formula:

# apt-get -t etch-backports install nome_pacchetto

Applies to all software in the repository (you can take a look to those present here ) the choice is yours whether or not to install them. Personally I felt the need to update only OpenOffice.org to preserve the stability of the system.