Install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 in 3 Simple Steps

Finally, OpenOffice 3.2 is available in OpenOffice Scribblers PPA and now you can install/upgradeto this latest OpenOffice release in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 without any hassles.

Add Open Office Scribblers PPA

• Open Terminal(Applications - Accessories - Terminal) and simply copy-paste the following line.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa

• Done.

Already have OpenOffice installed in your Ubuntu?

• Then all you need is an upgrade. Again, simply copy-paste the following lines in Terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

• Done.

Or may be you want to install OpenOffice 3.2 from scratch

• Before going any forward, make it sure that you don't have an installed version of OpenOffice. Do know that OpenOffice is installed by default when you install Ubuntu.

• Then, goto Terminal and copy-paste the following line into Terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org

• If you are a Gnome user, install the following package as well.

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-gnome

• And if you are a KDE(Kubuntu) user, install the following.

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-kde

• Done. Let me know if you ran into any kind of troubles while doing this. 

Thanks @WebUpd8