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libreoffice availability in ubuntu

Asked by Steve Dupuis

Is there a PPA for the Libreoffice software? The Libreoffice web site has an update, and I was wondering if it was available via Ubuntu update ...

Steve Dupuis
Ottawa, Canada

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Mika Wahlroos (mpw) said : 		#1

Hi,

There seems to be a LibreOffice PPA at https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa

Someone appears to have written instructions for enabling the PPA at http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/install-libreoffice-in-ubuntu-from.html. I have not tested those instructions myself so I can't vouch for their correctness, but they seem to make sense.

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Best J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) said : 		#2

Hi Steve. YES, there is a PPA. It is 'ppa:libreoffice/ppa'. You can add it by typing 'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa' in a Terminal. Then 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libreoffice'.

I hope this helps.

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Steve Dupuis (steve-dupuis) said : 		#3

Thanks very much ...

I'm embarresed to admit that this information is on the Home page of Launchpad.
When I was searching, I ended up on another page, which didn't have what I wanted/
I clicked on the Home page and lo and behold the general PPA information was there.

In any case I added the repository and installed the software. Its much faster now.
Keep up the good work!

Regards,
Steve Dupuis

Oracle DBA, Unix and NT Systems Management Services
SGC/EDP Consultants INC. Ottawa, CANADA
mailto:<email address hidden>

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ahambidge (ahambidge) said : 		#4

Hello,

Brilliant, Many thanks.

Regards,

Allan :)

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ahambidge (ahambidge) said : 		#5

Hello,

Brilliant, Many thanks.

Regards,

Allan :)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

I usually do this from terminal:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-presentation-minimizer libreoffice-presenter-console libreoffice-report-builder-bin mozilla-libreoffice language-support-en