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The latest installation instructions for LibreOffice
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular open-source office suite, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
The latest version available is LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1, which has been released a while ago, coming with a bunch of changes and over 90 bug-fixes.
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and their derivative systems.
Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo yum localinstall *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on Fedora and CentOS do:
$ sudo yum remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo yum localinstall *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on Fedora and CentOS do:
$ sudo yum remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 32 bit OpenSUSE and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo zypper install *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on OpenSUSE do:
$ sudo zypper remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 64 bit OpenSUSE and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo zypper install *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on OpenSUSE do:
$ sudo zypper remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 32 bit Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo urpmi *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on Mageia and OpenMandriva do:
$ sudo urpme libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on 64 bit Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.3.7/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.3.7.1_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo urpmi *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.3.7 RC1 on Mageia and OpenMandriva, do:
$ sudo urpme libreoffice*