How do i install OpenOffice 3.0.1 on ubuntu?

How do i install the new openoffice 3.0.1 while i have the previous version? where do i download the latest version. how do i remove the previous version??
Is it necessary to remove the previous version?
Please help guys!

Hey Zipp,
You can get the latest OpenOffice from its official website.
It an open source software so download it without worrying.
Here is the link : http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US

Nope! it is not necesary to uninstall the previous version to install the newer one, but if you still wish to uninstall it, you can do that with the following command. Type in terminal/console :

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sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*

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Once you have downloaded that, extract the .deb file, OOo_3.0.1_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz then you'll see a file called OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379
Copy and paste OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379 onto the desktop then open Terminal and paste this command:

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sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379/DEBS/*.deb

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Then paste this command:

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sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m15_native_packed-1_en-US.9379/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9376_all.deb

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Once you've done that you'll find OpenOffice 3.0.1 in Office