Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular open-source office suite, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The latest version available is LibreOffice 4.3, which has been released a while ago, coming with important changes and improvements.
Among others, it got support for OOXML Strict and OOXML graphics improvements have been added, a new feature for embedding OOXML files inside OOXML files is now available, 30 new Excel formulas have been implemented, support for Microsoft Works spreadsheets and databases has been made available, initial HiDPI support has been added, the PDF Import function is now capable of rotating text, support for Collada and .kmz files have been implemented, and support for some Mac (ClarisWorks, ClarisResolve, MacWorks, SuperPaint) file formats has been implemented. For more information, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.3.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04, Peppermint Five, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Linux Lite 2.0, Debian Jessie, Debian Wheezy, SparkyLinux, Kwheezy, Crunchbang and other Ubuntu/Debian derivative systems.
Because it is not available via any repository, we have to fix the dependency issues, download the archive containing the libreoffice packages from the official site, extract the archive and install the deb packages inside. Follow the instructions for you system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LibreOffice 4.3 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Debian derivatives:
$ wget http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/pool/testing/libo/libobasis4.0-core01/libobasis4.0-core01_4.0.0.3-103_i386.deb
$ wget http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/pool/testing/libr/libreoffice4.0-ure/libreoffice4.0-ure_4.0.0.3-103_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i lib*.deb
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.0/deb/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.0.4_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.0, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.0 RC1 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pinguy OS, LXLE, Debian, Crunchbang and other Ubuntu and Debian derivatives:
$ wget http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/pool/testing/libo/libobasis4.0-core01/libobasis4.0-core01_4.0.0.3-103_amd64.deb
$ wget http://packages.bodhilinux.com/bodhi/pool/testing/libr/libreoffice4.0-ure/libreoffice4.0-ure_4.0.0.3-103_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i lib*.deb
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.0/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.3.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.0.4_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.0, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*