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The latest installation instructions for LibreOffice
Hello Linux Geeksters. The first release candidate of LibreOffice 4.1.0, LibreOffice 4.1.0 RC1 has been released.
Many fixes have been added, in order to increase the support for DOCX file and many other proprietary document formats. Click here to see a full list of fixes and features.
Since RC versions are not so instable, you can install LibreOffice 4.1.0 on your Ubuntu / Linux Mint system. In this article I will show you how to install LibreOffice 4.1.0 RC1 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia and Linux Mint 13 Maya.
There is no ppa available yet, for LibreOffice 4.1.0 RC1, so we have to download the archive, extract it and install libreoffice:
For 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.1.0/deb/x86/LibreOffice_4.1.0.1_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
For 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/4.1.0/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_4.1.0.1_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
Extract the archive and cd into the folder:
$ tar xzvf LibreOffice_4.1.0.1_Linux_x86*_deb.tar.gz
$ cd LibreOffice_4.1.0.1_Linux_x86*/DEBS
Install LibreOffice:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb