LibreOffice the forked open source suit emerging from Open Office is now available in Launch pad PPA. The current version of LibreOffice 3.3 RC 2 can now be installed using a PPA on Ubuntu.
A Word of Caution: Installing LibreOffice will lead to complete removal of Open Office. So if you are using Open Office and want to keep it then this method is not suitable.
Install using the terminal:
sudo apt-get purge openoffice*.*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
Also, install the following packages for better compatibility with your desktop environment.
For GNOME
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome
For KDE
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-kde
Install LibreOffice 3.3 on Ubuntu using PPA
February 17, 2017
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LibreOffice the forked open source suit emerging from Open Office is now available in Launch pad PPA. The current version of LibreOffice 3.3 RC 2 can now be installed using a PPA on Ubuntu.
A Word of Caution: Installing LibreOffice will lead to complete removal of Open Office. So if you are using Open Office and want to keep it then this method is not suitable.
Install using the terminal:
sudo apt-get purge openoffice*.*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
Also, install the following packages for better compatibility with your desktop environment.
For GNOME
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome
For KDE
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-kde