Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is one of the most popular open-source Office Suite. The latest version available is LibreOffice 4.2.3 RC3, which is not stable yet, but already usable, coming only with a bunch of fixes.
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 RC3 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and other derivative systems.
Because it is not available via any repository, we have to download the archive containing the libreoffice packages from the official site, extract the archive and install the rpm packages inside. Follow the instructions for you system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 RC3 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.2.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.2.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.3.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 RC3 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.2.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
