{"id":6532,"date":"2017-02-04T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6532"},"modified":"2017-02-04T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T16:40:56","slug":"install-libreoffice-5-3-ppa-snap-in-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/install-libreoffice-5-3-ppa-snap-in-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install LibreOffice 5.3 via PPA or SNAP in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/libreoffice-logo245.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/libreoffice-logo245.png\" alt=\"LibreOffice 5.3\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The LibreOffice office suite has reached the 5.3 stable series a few days ago. Now it&#8217;s available in both Ubuntu PPA and Snappy store.<\/p>\n<p>LibreOffice 5.3 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The MUFFIN interfaces (Microsoft Ribbon UI)<\/li>\n<li>First source release of LibreOffice Online, that offers basic collaborative editing of documents in a browser<\/li>\n<li>Faster rendering performance<\/li>\n<li>Many UI\/UX improvements<\/li>\n<li>New text layout engine<\/li>\n<li>And much more, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.documentfoundation.org\/ReleaseNotes\/5.3\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6533\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-5-3-ribbon-ui.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6533\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-5-3-ribbon-ui-600x344.jpg\" alt=\"LibreOffice 5.3 &#039;Ribbon&#039; UI\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-5-3-ribbon-ui-600x344.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-5-3-ribbon-ui-450x258.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-5-3-ribbon-ui.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LibreOffice 5.3 &#8216;Ribbon&#8217; UI<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>How to Install LibreOffice 5.3 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p><b>For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, the latest LibreOffice is now available via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snappy_(package_manager)\" target=\"_blank\">snap package<\/a>, simply run commands below in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/b><\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install snapd && sudo snap install libreoffice<\/pre>\n<p>You can also use Ubuntu Software to install the snap version of LibreOffice (need to install <code>snapd<\/code>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-snap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-snap-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"libreoffice-snap\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-snap-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-snap-450x68.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/libreoffice-snap.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To remove the Snap version of LibreOffice, either use Ubuntu Software App, or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove libreoffice<\/pre>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">Note that the snap packages so far have known issues, such as unreachable folders outside the Snap\u2019s sandbox, and custom theme issue.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Also, the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~libreoffice\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">official PPA<\/a> is available with traditional packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 17 &#038; 18:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. To add the PPA, run following command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/libreoffice-ppa1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/libreoffice-ppa1-600x97.jpg\" alt=\"LibreOffice Fresh PPA\" width=\"600\" height=\"97\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/libreoffice-ppa1-600x97.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/libreoffice-ppa1-450x72.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/libreoffice-ppa1.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Then upgrade LibreOffice using the <b>Software Updater<\/b> (or Update Manager) utility after checking for updates:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice520.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice520-450x312.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade to LibreOffice 5.2\" width=\"450\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice520-450x312.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice520-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-libreoffice520.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LibreOffice office suite has reached the 5.3 stable series a few days ago. Now it&#8217;s available in both Ubuntu PPA and Snappy store. LibreOffice 5.3 features: The MUFFIN interfaces (Microsoft Ribbon UI) First source release of LibreOffice Online, that offers basic collaborative editing of documents in a browser Faster rendering performance Many UI\/UX improvements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1009],"class_list":["post-6532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-libreoffice"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532","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=6532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}