Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is a popular office suite, being available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The latest stable version available is LibreOffice 4.2.3, which has been recently released, coming with both a lot of new features and bug-fixes. For more information, see the release notes.
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and other derivative systems.
Because it is not available via any repository, we have to download the pre-compiled binaries from the official site, extract the archive and install the rpm packages inside. Follow the instructions for you system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.2.3_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.3_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.3*_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
How to install LibreOffice 4.2.3 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.2.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.2.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.2.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.2.3*_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo rpm -i *.rpm
