installed it without much pain by enabling the squeeze and sid repos in /etc/apt/sources.list then, as root in Debian: Code: apt-get update apt-get install --no-install-recommends openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-calc Doesn't seem faster, and the menus changed from icons to text, but it works fine...
apt-get update apt-get install --no-install-recommends openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-calc
apt-get install openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-emailmerge