LibreOffice free office suite, a project of The Document Foundation.
It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice.
The LibreOffice suite comprises programs for word processing, the creation and editing of spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, working with databases, and composing mathematical formulae. It is available in 110 languages.
LibreOffice is used by millions of people around the world. It has a clean interface and is feature-rich to help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.
If you encounter some issues, like missing dependencies or other, look at this page for a solution further down.
Version: 7.0.4.2 comes pre-installed in Debian 11 / LMDE5.
To get the latest, you need to uninstall the current version on your system.
How to uninstall LibreOffice:
sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
Press Enter.
sudo apt-get clean
Press Enter.
sudo apt-get autoremove
Press Enter, once removed you can just run the command below.
Latest version of LibreOffice - Recommended for Debian 11 "Bullseye" or LMDE5 users.
Size: 186MB
Version: 7.3.5 released 21/07/22
License: GPLv2+-compatible MPLv2.
What is new in version:7.3.5 = 83 Bug Fixes + improving compatibility with proprietary document formats, such as DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files.
Unpack the tarball !
How to install via a terminal window:
cd LibreOffice_7.3.5.2_Linux_x86-64_deb
Press Enter.
cd DEBS
Press Enter.
Now to install all .deb-files with one command, type:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Press Enter, done.
IMPORTANT ! If you get the following dependencies error libobasis7.3-core and can't uninstall LibreOffice.
In this case you can't use Synaptic, because it won't start.
So to resolve this problem.
Type the following:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-all libobasis7.3-core
Press Enter, then.
Type the following commands to clean your system:
sudo apt-get clean
Press Enter, then the next.
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Press Enter, then the last one.
sudo apt-get autoremove
Press Enter, fixed !
How to install free-clipart:
LMDE5 users can install via Software Manager.
Version: 1:0.18+dfsg-19 available in Debian 11 "Bullseye" repository.
sudo apt-get install openclipart
Press Enter.
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How to uninstall LibreOffice:
NOTE: This is only if your installation had all dependencies and Libreoffice is working, but for some reason you want to delete it.
sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
Press Enter.
sudo apt-get clean
Press Enter.
sudo apt-get autoremove
Press Enter.
IMPORTANT: If you get dpkg error message and apt-fix -install command via a terminal window, doesn't solve your problem even as root.
ERROR: libreoffice-common, will not overwrite older version on the system.
Solution: Use Synaptic package manager to solve broken packages first, then mark them for complete removal and apply.
Then close Synaptic and use the terminal window.
Type the following command:
sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
Press Enter, done.
Libreoffice is gone from your system, so now you can either re-install a later version if you wish or use the better alternative FreeOffice 2021.
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