Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, WPS Office is the closest free software to the Microsoft Office package. The latest version available is WPS Office 9.1.0 Alpha 21 Patch 1, which has been released yesterday, bringing bugfixes to the previous version. For more information, see the official site.
In this article I will show you how to install WPS Office 9.1.0 Alpha 21 Patch 1 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS, and Pear OS.
There is no repository available for WPS Office 9.1.0 Alpha 21 Patch 1, but we can easily download the deb file from the official site and install it with dpkg. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install WPS Office 9.1.0 Alpha 21 Patch 1 on 32 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS and Pear OS systems:
$ wget -c wdl.cache.ijinshan.com/wps/download/Linux/unstable/kingsoft-office_9.1.0.4184~a12p1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i kingsoft-office_9.1.0.4184~a12p1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install WPS Office 9.1.0 Alpha 21 Patch 1 on 64 bit Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS and Pear OS systems:
There deb package is only for 32 bit systems, but it can also be installed on 64 bit systems, if you install the ia32-libs package first:
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
$ wget -c wdl.cache.ijinshan.com/wps/download/Linux/unstable/kingsoft-office_9.1.0.4184~a12p1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i kingsoft-office_9.1.0.4184~a12p1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
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