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The latest installation instructions for LibreOffice
Hello Linux Geeksters. LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1 has been released. For information about LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1, see the official release notes.
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, ROSA Desktop and OpenMandriva.
Because LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1 is not available via any repository, we have to download the archive from the official site and install the rpm packages with rpm. Follow the instructions for your architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, ROSA Desktop and OpenMandriva systems:
$ wget -c download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.2.1/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86_rpm
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.1 RC1 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, ROSA Desktop and OpenMandriva systems:
$ wget -c download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.2.1/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.1.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
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