As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular, open-source Office suite, available by default on some of the most popular Linux systems.
LibreOffice 5.0 has been released today, bringing interesting new features.
The highlights of Libreoffice 5.0:
- A new version for new endeavours
- A beautiful office suite designed by a fantastic community
- Spreadsheets that rock
- Better filters for better documents
- Availability and enterprise deployments
For more information about this release, see the official announcement.
Installation instructions:
For Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems, the LibreOffice archive containing deb packages can be downloaded from the project’s website. Next, you need to extract the archive, cd into the extracted folder and install the debs inside.
How to install LibreOffice on 32 bit Ubuntu and Debian systems:
$ wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/5.0.0/deb/x86/LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
How to install LibreOffice on 64 bit Ubuntu and Debian systems:
$ wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/5.0.0/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Optional, to remove LibreOffice from Ubuntu, Debian or a derivative system, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*
The installation instructions should work on all the major systems using deb packages, including: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian, SparkyLinux, Robolinux etc.