LibreOffice

Differences between revisions 19 and 20
Revision 19 as of 2012-04-11 17:37:10
Size: 6507
Editor: magicfab
Comment: Added 12.04 LTS info
Revision 20 as of 2012-04-22 11:52:48
Size: 6146
Editor: penalvch
Comment: Edited manual .deb info, chgd bug reporting link, removed stale pkg version references, and removed 10.10 references as it is EOL
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 4: Line 4:
If you’re using Ubuntu, don’t install LibreOffice manually from the “.deb” files available at [[http://www.libreoffice.org/download/|libreoffice.org]]. Otherwise you will not get automatic updates and upgrades when new versions come out and you will be missing the integration to Ubuntu. Using official packages also ensures you get the best assistance from the community as this is the recommended method to install & use LibreOffice in Ubuntu. If you’re using Ubuntu, don’t install LibreOffice manually from the “.deb” files available at [[http://www.libreoffice.org/download/|libreoffice.org]]. Otherwise you will not get automatic updates, upgrades when new versions come out, integration within Ubuntu, and is unsupported for Ubuntu bug filing purposes. Using official packages also ensures you get the best assistance from the community as this is the recommended method to install and use LibreOffice in Ubuntu.
Line 8: Line 8:
If you find any issues when using LibreOffice with Ubuntu, [[http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport#Reporting_Ubuntu_bugs|please follow the bug reporting guidelines]]. If you find any issues when using LibreOffice with Ubuntu, [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOfficeBugWrangling|please follow the bug reporting guidelines]].
Line 14: Line 14:
The stable release versions of LibreOffice included in Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 are 3.3.4 and 3.4.3, respectively. All indicates Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (yet to be released) will ship with LibreOffice 3.5.1. Such versions only get security updates as part of the usual Ubuntu update cycle once an Ubuntu release is final. '''Note:''' if you want to get the very latest version of LibreOffice, you may do so by following instructions below for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Line 16: Line 16:
'''Note:''' if you want to get the very latest version of LibreOffice, you may do so by following instructions below for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and 10.10. === Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ===
Line 18: Line 18:
=== Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 10.10 === For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS it is recommended that you use the LibreOffice Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository. A PPA is always considered a third-party application and unfit for production purposes (as far as official commercial support goes), however LibreOffice is becoming part of Ubuntu in April 2011, and this PPA is the source for such official version. Make sure you test this appropriately if you intend to use this in a production environment under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Line 20: Line 20:
For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and 10.10, it is recommended that you use the LibreOffice Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository. A PPA is always considered a third-party application and unfit for production purposes (as far as official commercial support goes), however LibreOffice is becoming part of Ubuntu in April 2011, and this PPA is the source for such official version. Make sure you test this appropriately if you intend to use this in a production environment under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or 10.10.

Follow these steps to make LibreOffice available for installation in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or Ubuntu 10.10:
Follow these steps to make LibreOffice available for installation in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

LibreOffice installation on Ubuntu

If you’re using Ubuntu, don’t install LibreOffice manually from the “.deb” files available at libreoffice.org. Otherwise you will not get automatic updates, upgrades when new versions come out, integration within Ubuntu, and is unsupported for Ubuntu bug filing purposes. Using official packages also ensures you get the best assistance from the community as this is the recommended method to install and use LibreOffice in Ubuntu.

Please note OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice don’t coexist. Install LibreOffice following these instructions will effectively remove OpenOffice.org.

If you find any issues when using LibreOffice with Ubuntu, please follow the bug reporting guidelines.

Making sure LibreOffice is available for your Ubuntu version

Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS

Starting with Ubuntu 11.04, LibreOffice is part of Ubuntu. Since LibreOffice is already part of the standard packages, just search for “libreoffice” in your favorite package manager.

Note: if you want to get the very latest version of LibreOffice, you may do so by following instructions below for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS it is recommended that you use the LibreOffice Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository. A PPA is always considered a third-party application and unfit for production purposes (as far as official commercial support goes), however LibreOffice is becoming part of Ubuntu in April 2011, and this PPA is the source for such official version. Make sure you test this appropriately if you intend to use this in a production environment under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Follow these steps to make LibreOffice available for installation in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

  1. Open a terminal window under Applications > Accessories > Terminal

  2. Once the repository is added, we need to let the system know about the new packages available:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa 1

  3. Update the packages list:

    sudo apt-get update

LibreOffice is now available for installation. Read below to either selectively or fully install LibreOffice.

Installing LibreOffice

Selective installation

To install only part of LibreOffice, you can install the appropriate meta-package:

  • libreoffice-writer: Word processor
  • libreoffice-calc: Spreadsheet
  • libreoffice-impress: Presentation
  • libreoffice-draw: Drawing
  • libreoffice-base: Database
  • libreoffice-math: Equation editor
  • libreoffice-filter-mobiledev: Mobile Devices filters
  • libreoffice-filter-binfilter: legacy filters (e.g. StarOffice 5.2)

Full installation

To install all the LibreOffice core packages:

  1. Install the LibreOffice meta-package with this command: sudo apt-get install libreoffice

  2. Complete the installation by including the Ubuntu (Gnome) desktop integration:
    • If you’re using Ubuntu (Gnome) use this command:

      sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome

    • If you’re using Kubuntu (KDE) use this command:

      sudo apt-get install libreoffice-kde

Additional language modules, help files and extensions are also available if you search for libreoffice in your package manager. Example how to search:

  • apt-cache search libreoffice-help-en

Here are a few examples:

  • libreoffice-help-*: help files
  • libreoffice-l10n-*: localization files
  • libreoffice-pdfimport: LibreOffice extension for importing PDF documents

  • libreoffice-presentation-minimizer: LibreOffice extension for size-efficient presentations

  • libreoffice-presenter-console: LibreOffice Impress extension for a separate presenter's console

  • libreoffice-report-builder-bin: LibreOffice extension for building database reports -- libraries

  • mozilla-libreoffice: office productivity suite -- Mozilla plugin

Language localization, spell checking, dictionary, hyphenation, thesaurus, and help

To install proper support for language writing aids you may install the corresponding packages libreoffice-l10n-*, myspell-*, hyphen-*, mythes-*, libreoffice-help-* followed by your language ISO 639-1 code. A complete list of such language codes is available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

For example, the corresponding French packages are:

  • libreoffice-l10n-fr
  • myspell-fr
  • hyphen-fr
  • mythes-fr
  • libreoffice-help-fr

Please be advised that not all languages have these corresponding packages. For more information on language support in LibreOffice please check here.

Removing LibreOffice and restoring OpenOffice.org

  • Open the Synaptic Package Manager under System > Administration

  • Make sure your packages list is updated by clicking on Reload

  • Search for libreoffice

  • Select all packages for complete removal - you can click on one package and use CTRL-A to select all packages
  • Click Apply and follow the prompts

  • Remove the LibreOffice PPA by unselecting it under Settings > Repositories > Other software in Synaptic package manager

  • Click Reload to update the current packages list

  • Search for openoffice.org

  • Mark for installation any core openoffice.org applications and additional packages you want, then click apply

Several online guides suggest using Mark for complete removal. This is not necessary as LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org configuration files are stored in different directories (~/.libreoffice and ~.openoffice.org respectively).

  1. Some may find the add-apt-repository script is not installed, run sudo apt-get install python-software-properties to install it. (1)

LibreOffice (last edited 2019-03-26 17:05:38 by fitojb)