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In Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, for general use, how to update LibreOffice from the default version installed by Canonical?
Are there reasons to leave it as is? I regularly use Software Updater to install recommended updates, and wonder why LibreOffice is still on an older version.
It is opinion-based, but having newer version of LibreOffice is IMHO good because of new features.
To install newer LibreOffice you have to use their official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # to get newest dependencies for sure
As the result you will get 7.1.6 (at time of writing) instead of default 6.4.7.
Note: reverting to default version is possible by sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice/ppa .
ppa:libreoffice/ppa libreoffice-7-0 and that's where it remains. Will your command ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice-7-0/ppa remove it to be followed by sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa followed by the other two lines restore good order or should I just uncheck the ppa in Software & Updates and then install the simpler ppa:libreoffice/ppa as outlined?
sudo ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-7-0 and then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa looks good.
Software & Updates - Other Software so I just unchecked it.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # to get newest dependencies for sure
May 26, 2022 at 18:46