Unleash the Power of Your Ubuntu - Learn to Install LibreOffice 5.0 with These Easy Steps!

If you’re a fan of open-source software, then you’re probably running Ubuntu. Ubuntu is an open-source, Linux-based operating system that is widely used in personal computers and servers. With its ease of use, security features, and its collection of more than 50,000 software packages available for free, Ubuntu is a popular choice for many users.

One of the most essential tools that you’ll need on your Ubuntu system is a good Office Suite. LibreOffice is a powerful and free Office Suite for all your basic productivity tasks. It is a free and open-source software, which means you can download and use it without any cost.

In this article, we’ll show you how to install LibreOffice 5.0 on your Ubuntu system. The installation process is straightforward, and you’ll have access to all the features that LibreOffice has to offer.

Step 1: Update Your Ubuntu System

Before installing LibreOffice, ensure that your Ubuntu system is up-to-date. Use the following command to update your system:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

This command will update your system and all the software packages installed on your Ubuntu system.

Step 2: Download the LibreOffice Package

Once your Ubuntu system is updated, navigate to the LibreOffice download page to download the latest version of LibreOffice. You can choose between different versions according to your needs, but we recommend that you download the latest stable version.

Alternatively, you can use the following command in the terminal to download the LibreOffice packages:

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

This command will download and install the latest version of LibreOffice available for your Ubuntu system.

Step 3: Install the LibreOffice Package

After downloading the LibreOffice package, unzip the package and run the following command in your terminal:

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

This command will install the LibreOffice package on your Ubuntu system.

Step 4: Launch LibreOffice

You can now launch LibreOffice by clicking on the corresponding icon in your applications menu, or you can run the LibreOffice command in your terminal.

Conclusion

In this article, we’ve shown you how to install the latest version of LibreOffice on your Ubuntu system. LibreOffice is a powerful, free and open-source Office Suite that can handle all your basic productivity tasks. With these easy steps, you can unleash the power of Ubuntu and LibreOffice on your system today. Happy productivity!

Libreoffice 5.0 was finally released last week with a host of improvements and bug fixes which makes it the best ever iteration of the software and certainly the best free Office Suite out there.

New Features and Improvements

Some of the new features and under-the-hood fixes contained in this release of LibreOffice include:

  • Improvements to menu and sidebar
  • Better management of screen space
  • Cleaner user interface and new icons
  • Enterprise-ready Calc with new functions, complex formulae, image cropping, table addressing. better conditional formatting and more
  • Better HiDPI support
  • Time-stamping of PDF documents generated with LibreOffice
  • Better filters for dcouments
  • Better integration of Microsoft Office and Apple iWork documents
  • Over 25,000 bug fixes

For more information: see the official release announcement.

Requirements

Before you attempt this installation, please make sure your system passes the following requirements:

  • At least 1.55GB hard disk space available
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.18 or higher
  • 256MB of RAM (recommended minimum should be 512MB)
  • glibc2 2.10 or higher
  • gtk 2.10 or higher

Also, if you have an older version of libreoffice, you need to uninstall it before installing this lastest version.

Just run the following command to do so:

Installation

Here’s how to install LibreOffice 5.0 in Debian, Ubuntu 15.04/14.04/12.04 and derivatives (e.g. Elementary OS Freya/Luna, Linux Mint).

For 32-bit systems

Download the packages.

Extract the packages.

Change directory to the newly created LibreOffice folder.

Installing the packages:

run the following command from the LibreOffice directory:

For 64-bit systems

tar -xvf LibreOffice_5.0.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

Install LibreOffice 5.0 Via PPA

You can also install LibreOffice 5.0 via PPA if you prefer. Just run the following commands:

Once installation is complete, you should be able to find the new icons in your applications menu. Alternatively, you can launch LibreOffice 5.0 from the terminal with the following command:

Conclusion

Most distro are pretty fast in updating the software in their repositories to the latest version. However, if you are not patient enough to wait for your Linux distro update, the above instructions should help you to install LibreOffice 5 in your Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based distro.

Ayo Isaiah is a freelance writer from Lagos who loves everything technology with a particular interest in open-source software. Follow him on Twitter.

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