LibreOffice is quite an awesome office suite program. But Microsoft Office is very popular so LibreOffice needs to improve the compatibility with Microsoft Office, in order to win users.
The Document Foundation has announced the first Beta for LibreOffice 4.1.0, for Linux, which brings bugfixes and better DOCX import.
To install LibreOffice 4.1.0 Beta 1 on 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, do this:
For 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/deb/x86/LibreOfficeDev_4.1.0.0.beta1_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
For 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/deb/x86_64/LibreOfficeDev_4.1.0.0.beta1_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz
Extract the archive:
$ tar -zxvf LibreOfficeDev_4.1.0.0.beta1_Linux_x86*_deb.tar.gz
Install LibreOffice 4.1.0:
$ cd LibreOfficeDev*/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *
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