{"id":32618,"date":"2020-08-10T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32618"},"modified":"2020-08-10T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:55:57","slug":"libreoffice-7-0-install-ppa-ubuntu-20-04-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/libreoffice-7-0-install-ppa-ubuntu-20-04-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"LibreOffice 7.0 Ready to Install via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04\/18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/libreoffice-logo245.png\" alt=\"LibreOffice\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LibreOffice office suite 7.0 was released a few days ago. For those sticking to the PPA <code>.deb<\/code> packages, you can now install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 19.x, and 20.<\/p>\n<p>LibreOffice 7.0 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ODF 1.3 document support<\/li>\n<li>Skia graphics engine + Vulkan support.<\/li>\n<li>Better Microsoft Office DOCX \/ XLSX \/ PPTX support.<\/li>\n<li>remove Adobe Flash export support<\/li>\n<li>HiDPI, import\/export, and other improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice-writer7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice-writer7.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice-writer7-450x272.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install LibreOffice 7.0 via PPA:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1. Add the PPA.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~libreoffice\/+archive\/ubuntu\/libreoffice-7-0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LibreOffice 7.0.x specific PPA<\/a> has been created hours ago contains the latest deb packages. You can add it to your system by launching <u>terminal<\/u> and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice\/libreoffice-7-0<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice7-ppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"105\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice7-ppa.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/libreoffice7-ppa-450x84.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may alternatively add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~libreoffice\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LibreOffice Fresh PPA<\/a> and wait it to be updated via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><b>2. Install LibreOffice 7.0.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Software Updater<\/b> utility will keep back the new PPA packages. So you have to run command in terminal to install \/ upgrade to LibreOffice 7.0:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt full-upgrade<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice7.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice7-450x277.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, either go to <i>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/i> or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:libreoffice\/libreoffice-7-0<\/pre>\n<p>For any reason you want to revert back to the Ubuntu stock LibreOffice version, instead of removing the PPA, run command to purge it which also downgrade all installed packages:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice\/libreoffice-7-0<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LibreOffice office suite 7.0 was released a few days ago. For those sticking to the PPA .deb packages, you can now install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 19.x, and 20. LibreOffice 7.0 release highlights: ODF 1.3 document support Skia graphics engine + Vulkan support. Better Microsoft Office DOCX \/ XLSX \/ PPTX [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1009],"class_list":["post-32618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-libreoffice"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}