User just need to add a PPA and follow a few simple steps

Aug 6, 2014 15:49 GMT  ·  By

The new LibreOffice 4.3 that was just released a few days ago is the most advanced version of the office suite, but it's not available in the official Ubuntu repositories. You can get the new release just by adding a PPA.

One of the most common grievances with Ubuntu systems is the fact that the official repositories don't get updated with the latest versions for most of the applications. Fortunately, users can add third-party PPA, making life a lot easier.

Installing LibreOffice 4.3 is actually very easy and it requires very little input from the users. All you have to do is to enter the following commands in a terminal (you need to be root in order to make this work):

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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install LibreOffice
If you already have LibreOffice installed, then you must change the last command to sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.

LibreOffice 4.3 is a very important update in the series and it comes with numerous important improvements, like better OOXML interoperability, better comment management and highly intuitive spreadsheet handling, 3D models in Impress and support for "monster" paragraphs, support of OOXML Strict, 30 new Excel formulas, and much more.

More details about the LibreOffice 4.3 can be found in the original report.