Sunday, August 07, 2011

How to Install LibreOffice on Ubunutu 10.10

The jury is still out on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). I've come to relay on my Ubuntu box too much to upgrade but I wanted to run LibreOffice. Here's how to get LibreOffice on your Ubuntu 10.10 box:



1. Uninstall OpenOffice. Open a TERMINAL window and type:

sudo apt-get purge "openoffice*.*"

Hit ENTER and type Y when asked if you want to remove OpenOffice.



2. Add the LibreOffice Repository (still in the TERMINAL type:)

gksu add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

Hit ENTER

gksu apt-get update

Hit ENTER



3. Download and Install LibreOffice (still in the TERMINAL type:)

sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome language-support-en

Hit ENTER



4. DONE.


NOTE: Step 3 will download about 140mbs of data from the Internet so be patience.

2 comments:

Enos Straitt said...

I am okay with the latest version of Ubuntu as long as I can dump the Unity interface. That might work on a tablet but it is not good for a desktop.

Jeff M. said...

Are you using 11.04? I fear it!