Introduction on LibreOffice
This is a specific article about an installation process of LibreOffice. First of all, what is LibreOffice actually ?. According to the information in its official website in this link, LibreOffice is a powerful and free office suite. Millions of people around the world is currently using it. It has clean interface and feature-rich tools to help the user to unleash creativity and enhance productivity. LibreOffice includes several applications that make it the most versatile Free and Open Source office suite on the market. It has a Writer for word processing. It also has a Calc for doing spreadsheets. Furthermore, it has Impress to create presentations. Another applications such as Draw for drawing vector graphics and flowcharts. Last, it also has Base for databases and Math for formula editing.
Installation Steps of LibreOffice using an Additional Repository
In order to use LibreOffice, it is important to install it first. Below are steps for installing LibreOffice :
1. First of all, add the necessary repository. It is an important step. It defines the location of the libreoffice package for further installation. Just execute the following command :
root@hostname:~# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
LibreOffice test builds and backports
This PPA will have what the Document Foundation calls "LibreOffice fresh", the latest release of the newest series (but no alpha/beta releases).
There is a PPA dedicated to specific LibreOffice major series which support a range of older Ubuntu releases too:
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-6-1 ("Fresh")
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-6-0 ("Still")
(testbed for 18.04 LTS SRUs)
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-5-4 (EOL)
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-5-1 (EOL)
(testbed for 16.04 LTS SRUs, EOL upstream)
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-2 (EOL)
(testbed for 14.04 LTS SRUs, EOL upstream)
Alpha and beta releases of a new major releases and the first release candidate of minor updates can be found at:
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases
So much for other ppas.
Please file bugs for these packages on launchpad as described in:
https://lists.launchpad.net/libreoffice/msg00072.html
This PPA might contain the release candidate that is assumed to become the final release even before it is declared so by the Document Foundation (e.g. usually release candidate 2 for minor updates).
Most of the packages in this PPA have only experienced minor testing -- in fact it is the place to enable a wider audience to test packages before they are published into the distro proper. In general, this PPA is _not_ for the average user to install without a closer look (if it would be, its packages would be in the main repositories). OTOH, it is _way_ _better_ to use packages from this PPA than using the *.deb files that The Document Foundation provides upstream, which are intentionally build against a very old baseline for maximum compatibility. So, _if_ you want to be on the bleeding edge, do it here, not with upstream *.debs.
In general, users are advised to take a look at the changelog for the details about a package. If there is a specific bug that is intended to be addressed by an update released into the PPA, you are encouraged to test, if the update solves that problem. Packages published after the distro release are mostly such specific fixes. Critical fixes will be SRUed into the main repositories after testing anyway (later, with more testing).
To return to the LibreOffice version from the main archive, use ppa-purge. see: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/remove-ppa-repositories-via-command.html for details
More info: https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
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root@hostname:~#
2. Next step, execute the following command. It is a command to get the list update after adding a new repository. The following is the command :
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3. Apparently, somehow there is a need to upgrade the operating system. Skip this process if it is not necessary and go to the next step.
root@hostname:~# apt upgrade --fix-missing Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libsmbclient libwbclient0 samba-libs 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 5.252 kB/5.340 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 samba-libs amd64 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4 [5.252 kB] Fetched 5.252 kB in 35s (149 kB/s) (Reading database ... 281098 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libsmbclient_2%3a4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libsmbclient:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) over (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2) ... Preparing to unpack .../samba-libs_2%3a4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking samba-libs:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) over (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2) ... Preparing to unpack .../libwbclient0_2%3a4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libwbclient0:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) over (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2) ... Setting up libwbclient0:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) ... Setting up samba-libs:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) ... Setting up libsmbclient:amd64 (2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... root@hostname:~#
4. After the upgrade process, try to install the package. Don’t ever get the wrong package name. In early days, the package name is openoffice. But after that, the name has already changed into ‘libreoffice’.
root@hostname:~# apt -y install openoffice Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package openoffice root@hostname:~#
5. Move on, carry out the next process. Execute the following command for installing ‘libreoffice’ :
root@hostname:~# apt -y install libreoffice Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: default-jre fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-sil-gentium fonts-sil-gentium-basic libabw-0.1-1 libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbsh-java libcommons-logging-java libexttextcat-2.0-0 libexttextcat-data libfreehand-0.1-1 libhsqldb1.8.0-java libmhash2 libmwaw-0.3-3 libmythes-1.2-0 libneon27-gnutls liborcus-0.13-0 libpagemaker-0.0-0 libraptor2-0 librasqal3 librdf0 libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-librelogo libreoffice-math libreoffice-nlpsolver libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-report-builder libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-script-provider-bsh libreoffice-script-provider-js libreoffice-script-provider-python libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-elementary libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-wiki-publisher libreoffice-writer libservlet3.1-java openjdk-11-jre python3-uno uno-libs3 ure Suggested packages: default-java-plugin libavalon-framework-java libcommons-logging-java-doc libexcalibur-logkit-java liblog4j1.2-java java-virtual-machine libhsqldb1.8.0-java-gcj raptor2-utils rasqal-utils librdf-storage-postgresql librdf-storage-mysql librdf-storage-sqlite librdf-storage-virtuoso redland-utils fonts-noto-hinted gpa hyphen-hyphenation-patterns libreoffice-grammarcheck libreoffice-help libreoffice-l10n myspell-dictionary mythes-thesaurus openclipart2-libreoffice | openclipart-libreoffice pstoedit unixodbc gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav libreoffice-officebean libjtds-java libreoffice-mysql-connector | libmyodbc | libmysql-java libsqliteodbc | tdsodbc | mdbtools libreoffice-sdbc-firebird libreoffice-evolution libreofficekit-data postgresql tango-icon-theme mediawiki The following NEW packages will be installed: default-jre fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-sil-gentium fonts-sil-gentium-basic libabw-0.1-1 libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbsh-java libcommons-logging-java libexttextcat-2.0-0 libexttextcat-data libfreehand-0.1-1 libhsqldb1.8.0-java libmhash2 libmwaw-0.3-3 libmythes-1.2-0 libneon27-gnutls liborcus-0.13-0 libpagemaker-0.0-0 libraptor2-0 librasqal3 librdf0 libreoffice libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-calc libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-impress libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-librelogo libreoffice-math libreoffice-nlpsolver libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-report-builder libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-script-provider-bsh libreoffice-script-provider-js libreoffice-script-provider-python libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-elementary libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-wiki-publisher libreoffice-writer libservlet3.1-java openjdk-11-jre python3-uno uno-libs3 ure 0 upgraded, 60 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 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80] E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? root@hostname:~#
6. Unfortunately, the above installation step has a problem. Try to execute ‘apt-get dist-upgrade’ to solve it. It will execute any upgrades available after the installation attempt above failed :
root@hostname:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. root@hostname:~# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:2 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Ign:4 http://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ InRelease Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inkscape.dev/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:6 http://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ Release Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83,2 kB] Get:13 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB] Get:14 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB] Hit:7 https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/ubuntu bionic InRelease Fetched 247 kB in 3s (71,6 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. root@hostname:~#
Installation Steps of Libre Office from Ubuntu Software Panel
This part is describing on how to install Libre Office from Ubuntu Software Panel. It is an alternative for the installation if the previous installation method failed.
1. Apparently, there are no upgrades available. So, just purge the repository of libreoffice. It is because the installation in the fifth step failed. After that, start using another method to install Libre Office. The following is the command for purging the libreoffice repository :
root@hostname:~# apt-get install ppa-purge && ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice/paa Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: aptitude The following NEW packages will be installed: ppa-purge 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 6.312 B of archives. After this operation, 24,6 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 ppa-purge all 0.2.8+bzr63 [6.312 B] Fetched 6.312 B in 4s (1.538 B/s) Selecting previously unselected package ppa-purge. (Reading database ... 281098 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ppa-purge_0.2.8+bzr63_all.deb ... Unpacking ppa-purge (0.2.8+bzr63) ... Setting up ppa-purge (0.2.8+bzr63) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Updating packages lists PPA to be removed: libreoffice paa Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: libreoffice paa root@hostname:~# apt-get install ppa-purge && ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice/ppa Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ppa-purge is already the newest version (0.2.8+bzr63). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Updating packages lists PPA to be removed: libreoffice ppa Package revert list generated: fonts-opensymbol/bionic Disabling libreoffice PPA from /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-bionic.list Updating packages lists Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Selected version '2:102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1' (Ubuntu:18.04/bionic-updates [all]) for 'fonts-opensymbol' The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: fonts-opensymbol 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 92,0 kB of archives. After this operation, 7.168 B disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://xxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 fonts-opensymbol all 2:102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 [92,0 kB] Fetched 92,0 kB in 5s (18,9 kB/s) dpkg: warning: downgrading fonts-opensymbol from 2:102.10+LibO6.1.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 to 2:102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (Reading database ... 281104 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../fonts-opensymbol_2%3a102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_all.deb ... Unpacking fonts-opensymbol (2:102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) over (2:102.10+LibO6.1.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ... Setting up fonts-opensymbol (2:102.10+LibO6.0.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.12.6-0ubuntu2) ... PPA purged successfully root@hostname:~#
2. After purging, use another method for installing Libre Office. Just executes it from Ubuntu Software Center. Type ‘software’ as in the following image below :
3. Click the Ubuntu Software and the following window will appear :
4. The above image appear after the LibreOffice application’s installation is complete. There is a check mark in the upper right of the LibreOffice item list. Initially, the check mark is not exist. Just click the item list of LibreOffice. The installation process of LibreOffice will start. Eventually, the following image will appear after the installation is completed :
5. Finally, the installation of LibreOffice is finished. Just click Launch to start using Libre Office.