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The latest installation instructions for LibreOffice
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is one of the most popular, open-source, cross-platform office suite, developed by The Document Foundation.
The latest version available is LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2, which has been recently released, coming with changes and fixes:
- command line *must* start with a space
- Area tab page: do not override imported bitmaps
- fix PDF export of transparent Writer frames in LO 4.3
- turns into a monster
- ODF export: fix style:background-image attributes
- Incorrect label for Table Caption in Spanish localization
In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 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 4.4.3 RC2 on 32 bit Fedora, CentOS and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo yum localinstall *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on Fedora and CentOS do:
$ sudo yum remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on 64 bit Fedora, CentOS and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo yum localinstall *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on Fedora and CentOS do:
$ sudo yum remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on 32 bit OpenSUSE and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo zypper install *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on OpenSUSE do:
$ sudo zypper remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on 64 bit OpenSUSE and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo zypper install *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on OpenSUSE do:
$ sudo zypper remove libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on 32 bit Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo urpmi *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on Mageia and OpenMandriva do:
$ sudo urpme libreoffice*
How to install LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on 64 bit Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ wget download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.4.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.4.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS
$ sudo urpmi *.rpm
Optional, to remove LibreOffice 4.4.3 RC2 on Mageia and OpenMandriva, do:
$ sudo urpme libreoffice*