How do I install LibreOffice 4?

Question

I want to download and install LibreOffice 4. How can I do this?

Answer 1

As of today (4 March 2013) you can simply use the Libreoffice 4.0.x ppa from the libreoffice packaging team, which offers stable backports for Precise (12.04), Quantal (12.10), and Raring (upcoming, 13.04).

Note: if you rely on libreoffice for work or school you may not want to risk updating, even though the backports provided are largely stable.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-0
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Obviously, if you don't already have libreoffice installed, you will also need to run

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

It should be noted that this ppa will only produce updates for the 4.0.x series, while the main libreoffice ppa will provide updates beyond the 4.0.x series, although that ppa is largely for testing and development builds. However, the builds from the 4.0.x ppa should be stable backports, although it is noted that they have not received a great deal of testing.

For more information, see this very recent useful article on libreoffice 4, and the getting started guide at the official documentation site.

Answer 2

Start by downloading it:

• Direct torrent link: LibreOffice 4 torrent 64 bit or LibreOffice 4 torrent 32 bit

• Normal installer direct link: LibreOffice 4 normal installer 64 bit or LibreOffice normal installer 32 bit

I recommend the torrent for faster download speed and for slow connections.

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To install LibreOffice 4 you will need to remove all previous versions. Run:

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice-core libreoffice-common
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge

Note: I'm not 100% sure this will remove all of LibreOffice. If you experience any errors later, please let me know.

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Extract the files:

1. cd to the Downloads directory:

   cd Downloads  
   

2. Extract the tar.gz:

   For 64 bit:

   tar -xvzf LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz   
   

   For 32 bit:

   tar -xvzf LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz
   

Install the program:

1. cd to the programs folder:

   For 64 bit:

   cd LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS  
   

   For 32 bit:

   cd LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS
   

2. Install part one (for both 32 and 64 bit):

   sudo dpkg -i *.deb
   

3. Install the desktop integration (again for 32 and 64 bit):

   cd desktop-integration  
   sudo dpkg -i *.deb  
   

You're done! You can now remove both the LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86_deb directory and the LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz tarball:

rm ~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86_deb 
rm ~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

Go add the re-add the applications to your launcher!

Some Kubuntu users will need to run this command to fix how LibreOffice4 looks in KDE:

sudo mv /opt/libreoffice/ure/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /opt/libreoffice/ure/lib/libstdc++.so.6.old

Answer 3

You can install the beta packaged for Ubuntu from the LibreOffice pre-releases ppa:

https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases

Answer 4

Instructions are on this Web Upd8 article: LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download.

Differs from Seth's answer only in copying the desktop integration .deb from one location to another before the dpkg command.