Install / Uninstall Libreoffice 5.3.0 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / CentOS / Fedora

In this tutorial I will show you how to install Libreoffice 5.3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 14.04 LTS, LinuxMint 17 , CentOS 7 / 6 and Fedora 24 / 25

Libreoffice an opensource and alternative for Microsoft and open office,unlike others libreoffice supports lots of tools,this suite contains the following Writer,Calc,Impress,Draw,Math and Base.

This is a stable version and for the release notes follow this link

Installation steps

Before proceeding for installation remove the previous versions of Libre office or openoffice

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-core

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice core

For OpenOffice uninstalltion

sudo apt-get purge openoffice

yum remove openoffice* libreoffice* 

Install Libreoffice 5.3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 / LinuxMint via PPA

Step 1: Add the Official PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

Step 2: Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install Libreoffice 5.3.0

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

Install Libreoffice 5.3.0 on Ubuntu / LinuxMint / CentOS / Fedora from the source files

Step 1: Download the deb files using the below command according to your distribution

For 32 bit (Debian based OS)

wget http://mirror.vutbr.cz/tdf/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/deb/x86/ LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz

For 64 bit (Debian based OS)

wget http://mirror.vutbr.cz/tdf/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/deb/ x86_64/LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

For 32 bit (Redhat based systems)

wget http://mirror.vutbr.cz/tdf/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/rpm/ x86/LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86_rpm.tar.gz

For 64 bit (Redhat based systems)

wget http://mirror.vutbr.cz/tdf/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz

Step 2: Download the tar file and extract the package

tar -xvfz LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

Step 3:Login as root user or sudo and install the deb file

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

for Fedora and CentOS use the below command as root

yum localinstall *.rpm

 

Uninstall LibreOffice 5.3.0 

For uninstalltion of Libre office run the below command in terminal

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*.*