If LibreOffice is your device of alternative, you do not have to fret that it will now not be obtainable to your chosen working system.
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Quickly, customers of RHEL-based Linux distributions (corresponding to Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux) will discover an vital piece of software program lacking from the official repositories…the LibreOffice workplace suite.
There is no must panic, as this isn’t an end-of-the-world situation (removed from it). Not solely is that this not cataclysmic, however there may also all the time be the means to put in LibreOffice in your favourite RHEL-based working system. On high of that, there are different workplace suites you’ll be able to set up (corresponding to WPS Workplace and Softmaker Workplace).
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Nonetheless, if LibreOffice is your device of alternative, you do not have to fret that it will now not be obtainable to your chosen desktop (or server) working system.
I will present you the way straightforward it’s to put in the newest model of LibreOffice in your desktop. The one caveat to this technique is you aren’t getting computerized updates and should undergo the method any time you wish to improve to the newest model. Even so, that’s solely a matter of repeating the steps with the newest obtain.
With that stated, let’s get to the steps.
How you can set up the newest model of LibreOffice on Fedora Linux
What you may want: You will solely want three issues for this – a working occasion of an RHEL-based distribution (I will display with Fedora 38), a consumer with sudo privileges, and an web connection. That is it. Let’s get to work.
The very first thing to do is to obtain the newest model of LibreOffice. Open your net browser, head over to the LibreOffice obtain web page, and obtain the RPM model of the software program. Be certain that to avoid wasting the file in your Downloads folder.
Be certain that to obtain the RPM model for RHEL-based distributions and the DEB model for Ubuntu-based distributions.
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As soon as the obtain is completed, it’s essential to open your file supervisor and navigate to the Downloads folder. Proper-click the file that ends with .tar.gz. From the popup menu, choose Extract. It will create a brand new listing that begins with LibreOffice. Grow to be that newly-created listing after which develop into the kid listing inside (that additionally begins with LibreOffice).
Extracting the downloaded LibreOffice file within the GNOME file supervisor.
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Throughout the new listing, you may discover one more listing, named RPMS. Grow to be that listing. As soon as inside that listing, right-click on any empty spot and choose Open in Terminal from the popup menu. As soon as the terminal opens, problem the next command to put in the software program:
As soon as the command completes, you’ll be able to shut the terminal and delete each the downloaded .tar.gz file and the LibreOffice folder in Downloads. Seek for the software program in your desktop menu and it’s best to see LibreOffice 7.5 listed.
A profitable LibreOffice set up.
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Putting in on Ubuntu
When you use a Ubuntu-based distribution, the method is similar with solely two minor variations. First, it’s essential to obtain the DEB model of LibreOffice. The second distinction is, as soon as you’ve got extracted the contents of the downloaded file, the set up command for a Ubuntu-based distribution will likely be:
And that is all there may be to putting in the newest model of LibreOffice on both an RHEL- or Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. As soon as Fedora now not ships with LibreOffice, you’ll simply set up the software program, so you do not miss out on creating/enhancing paperwork, spreadsheets, displays, and extra.
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