How to Install LibreOffice 4.0.3 on Debian 7 Wheezy via Backports PPA

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As you may know, LibreOffice 4.0.3 has been released for a while. In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.0.3 on Debian 7 Wheezy.

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Let’s start. Follow this steps exactly for a successful installation:

Add the backports repository on Debian Wheezy:

$ sudo su
# echo 'deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# echo 'deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list

Update the system:

# apt-get update

Install LibreOffice:

# apt-get -t wheezy-backports install libreoffice

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