How to Install LibreOffice in Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04

Awesome!

Very easy tutorial. Thx.

Year is 2011 and we don't need any office 'suite' anymore. Wake up !

@ ibn-i Sina

Speak for yourself _ i use OOo daily.

With the exception of slideshow presentations, I don't know of any office I work in that doesn't use most of there office suites apps, must just be you. Im a field tech, and use excel, access and outlook daily

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I did the same thru Synaptic

You can also install LibreOffice by using BleedingEdge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bleedingedge/

It is a shell script (non-compiled) that installs all sorts of stuff not found in the repos.

These instructions have been copied again and again from one site to another (often without citation).

The all have the "apt-get purge openoffice*.*" line. Its kind of funny because apt-get uses regular expressions, not file globs. That regexp matches "openofficeeeeeeeeee.*" (any number of e's followed by any number of any characters). The simpler regexp would be "openoffice.*" or perhaps "openoffice-.*"

what are the differences between OpenOffice and LibreOffice ?

Is it useful to remove one to install the other ?

What is better in LibreOffice that OOo can't do ?

Is there a way to do a selective install of LibreOffice components, so that I can exclude Base and Math and other things I won't use?

Yes, from Synaptic... search for LibreOffice and select the packages you want! But don't forget to install the libreoffice-gnome and language-support-en packages!

Take care! The ppa installation will remove many useful packages and dependencies :-(

Better install from the official .deb packages.

More details here:
http://www.johannes-eva.net/how-to-install-libreoffice-on-ubuntu-linux

Are you the "Johannes" I met in 2006 at the site of "Kappa Smurfit" and who worked at "Getronics".
Plse give me some answer!!

Are you the "Johannes" I met in 2006 at the site of "Kappa Smurfit" and who worked at "Getronics".
Plse give me some answer!!

Great, thanks a lot. I tried a while back using the .deb packages and you eventually get to a point with those where it claims that you can't install a bunch of them because an earlier package (that IS installed) isn't installed. I followed your instructions on adding the repository and then did the rest with Synaptic. :)

The easiest method to install libreOffice is:
Just only add to Software Sources the repository - ppa:libreoffice/ppa
During update You will be automatically asked for partial upgrade. That is all. The openOffice will be automatically removed and new office will be installed. Then You can go to software center and install which module You want (base, plugins, etc..)

Thanks sooooo Much for your help!

Thanks. Is it possible to update LibreOffice? How do I do that?

Go to System -> Administration -> Update Manager and update it :)

Thanks a load man!! could you please tell me how to install FireFox 4.09 Beta on Ubuntu! I tried .tar and make package!!! no use

I just can't believe how easy it was to install Libre Office, I had been searching for it all over the web and needless to say, no luck at all.
Thanks for this tutorial it is really simple, easy and well explained. I like better this new office suite.
Long live to Linux!!!!

Instead of running the commands on alt F2, I opened the terminal and pasted there! Hope it works....

great!!! i intalled but cant get the us language ( just spanish ) now i get both thnxxxx

Excellent, tiny note - did not have to re-enter pwd after first time...

this was probably the most straight forward 3 steps i have ever encountered for linux (i am a life long windows user and trying to switch!)

This does not work:
$ gksu add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 36E81C9267FD1383FCC4490983FBA1751378B444
gpg: requesting key 1378B444 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 1378B444: public key "Launchpad PPA for LibreOffice Packaging" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

Yes, it does work. I received the same message today on Feb. 15th when I installed it. Just look at the bottom of those lines ... confirm if you need to ... and then hit the enter key to continue. The installation takes awhile because it's downloading hundreds of MB of data during the installation.

Thanks for the tip about it taking a while. Its now been about 10 min and i was wondering.

Thanks. A great help!

Just Remember, if you want to have in you own language : sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome language-support-en = english . i use da= danish

You can install more than one language too. Just add them:

sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome language-support-en language-support-es language-support-de ETC....

I really appreciate your help, I'm new on Linux (Ubuntu)... thanks for put a smile in my face and make my life easier. Regards from Mexico.

Clear, concise and accurate. Worked first time! Thank you.

Hi Marius, I've just installed Linux only yesterday; so a noob. Thank you for the above instructions! It's quick and easy and SUPER DUPER AWESOME! Thank you so much!!!

Q: How can I have the same quick and easy guide to install other languages to libreoffice?

Hi! No guide... :) Just open Synaptic Package Manager and search for libreoffice language. Install the one you want with a simple double click on it, hit Apply and confirm the installation. That's all!

Great tutorial! It works!

Thank you

thank you very much!

Thank you! Greatly appreciated!

A genius in his element will make the task seem absolutely simple. thank you mariusnestor for your help installing LibreOffice on Ubuntu 10.10 soooo smooth, Rocky

Thanks! I found this tutorial easy to follow than the one provided with my Libre Office download. I followed all the instructions in the downloaded tutorial and couldn't get it to work. Thank you so much.

This is a great 'dirt-simple' tutorial. Thanks!

I am stuck at the last step. It is at 0% [waiting for headers] what do i do??

now whenever i type "Y" and press enter on the prompt, the terminal disappears

Worked like a charm. Thanks guys!

Excellente!!

Excellent tutorial. works for me. Thanks

That was easy to understand, follow and everything worked as you said.

Thank You

Easy and friendly instructions! ... Just followed them and it worked right the first time I tried the install ... Thx

Great tutorial. Thanks!

Very nice tutorial! Thankyou

sweet not many show the short cut alt + f2 i like that

Good Post, although running the command to add the Libre repo gives the following error:

Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 36E81C9267FD1383FCC4490983FBA1751378B444
gpg: requesting key 1378B444 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg: copy to `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.tmp' failed: file read error
gpg: error writing keyring `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg': file read error
gpg: key 1378B444: public key "[User ID not found]" imported
gpg: error reading `[stream]': file read error
gpg: Total number processed: 0
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

GREAT !

Excellent!

This is a real piece of work! Thank you so much for making it so easy. I was fighting the stupid tar.gz thing for almost half a day before I gave up on it. Then I found this beauty. Good job!

For a linux newbie, this was incredibly easy. Nice tutorial!

If all tutorials were written as accurately as this one, the Linux world would be much more attractive

Thanks man. Was very helpful :)

Excellent instructions! Love LibreOffice! Have it on 11.04 Ubuntu and I'm replacing OpenOffice.org with this. Seems to be more stable. Thanks for your efforts!

great step by step instructions. thank you

Really * good...thanks!!

Thank you. It has worked perfectly with GNU/Linux ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Now I can feel my computer a little bit more free, without that ugly oracle logo in the splash.

Works great! Thanks so much! Being a new Linux user and having been stuck with Microsoft for nearly 30 years, these instructions worked perfectly, completely without any hitches whatsoever. It's so much appreciated to have a knowledgeable helping hand walk you through something like this that's so complicated for us newbies.

ve-ry good guide

Great stuff for newbies like myself. Works like a Swiss watch. Thank you!

easy to install. thanks a lot.

Can't we all just.... get along?

this has nothing to do with libre office but what is that dock you have called?

Excellent! Many thanks. Martin

nice job guys thanks

I followed the instructions and now my badly working OpenOffice is gone and the newly installed LibreOffice doesn't work and my automatic updates and repository installation system is also broken... :-( Could you please help me to get my system back to a working state? Merry Christmas anyway...

In step 1, you say to paste "sudo apt-get purge "openoffice*.*"" in the run application box; but in the image provided, you have "gksu apt-get purge "openoffice*.*"" Which one is correct?

Both are correct. Use:

1. sudo apt-get purge "openoffice*.*" (for the terminal window)

2. gksu apt-get purge "openoffice*.*" (for the ALT+F2 run dialog)

Ran without a hitch! Great explanation and instructions. We only hope others will follow soon enough.

dear,

my problem is i have this preinstalled with ubuntu11.10. it works fine but when i go for a printing from my office (windows OS), the set up becomes zigzag. then i have to format the whole doc again.

also, if i make any ppt in libre and want to show it to my students in a window system, same format problem occurs.

any idea?

my question is if i can format this libreoffice as per the ms office in my institution (windows).

i use lenovo s10-2 netbook/ubuntu 11.10. office's is windows xp/ms office 2010.

Near-perfect instructions for a Linux novice such as I am. Since I read instructions on one computer and entered them on another, I was not cutting and pasting, so I did encounter one glitch for a moment. In Step 2 the screenshot for the update command shows the cursor, which I (ignorant about command line codes) took to be a vertical line. After that attempt failed, I looked more carefully at the entry you provide for cut-and-paste, and continued succesfully. I will bookmark your website for future reference.

excellent tutorial! very easy to follow and just works ^_^

I'm a newcomer to Linux, so this walk-through was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you so much. - Jim in IN

nice, simple and to the point. Thanks for making my linux experience that much more friendly! Linux Mint 9 KDE with Ubuntu Linux Linx 10.04 :)

Unfortunately does not work now.

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-writer but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-calc but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-impress but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-draw but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-math but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-base but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-filter-mobiledev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:3.5.3~) but it is not going to be installed
libreoffice-gnome: Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-gtk but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

it's not working,
At the first command it will not ask for any key input and then abort but open office removed after that command.
After second and third command repository updated with libreoffice package.
At fourth command it will not ask me for any input to continue and the terminal shown for few secs.

Now i lost my open-office and unable to install libreoffice.please help me.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS running in my PC.
I have also tried to install libreoffice from synaptic package manager but it shows some dependency error like:

ibreoffice:
Depends: libreoffice-core but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-writer but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-calc but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-impress but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-draw but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-math but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-base but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-filter-mobiledev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreoffice-java-common but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libreoffice-gnome but it is not going to be installed or
libreoffice-kde but it is not going to be installed

so pls help me resolve it very soon...............

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

At Step 3, here is the answer:
E: Unable to locate package libreoffice
What am I supposed to do? My version of Ubuntu is 10.10. Thank you!

I tried the instructions on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and could not get it to work. When I run "sudo apt-get update" it shows the libre PPA as ignored "Ign":
One of the apt-get update lines shows:
"Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US"

So is the PPA no longer available?

I ran into the same issues as the last 3 users (considering I know my way around DOS commands). Please either update the instruction or remove it altogether so users will not be stranded without OpenOffice and can't install LibreOffice either. Thank you.

Awesome! and Thank you so much.

When I press Alt f2 Application finder pops up and on the corner instead of Run it says launch. So this tutorial was not easy since after following instructions I am not getting the same results. I am looking for another way to install Libre office.

Reading state information... Done
Package libreoffice is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libreoffice has no installation candidate

Note that the Libreoffice team has split up the ppa into multiple versions based on major version numbers of LibreOffice itself. So, for Lucid the latest Libreoffice available is 3.5, while for Quantal you could add a repo for 3.6. Google "libreoffice ppa ubuntu" and you will find the main Libreoffice Team's webpage. From there you can navigate to the top page of the revision you want.
add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-3-5
is what I used for Lucid.

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