{"id":8773,"date":"2019-03-26T16:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T16:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2019-03-26T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T16:34:40","slug":"libreoffice-6-2-available-install-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/libreoffice-6-2-available-install-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"LibreOffice 6.2 Finally Available to Install via PPA"},"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>Ubuntu users can finally upgrade the default LibreOffice office suite to version 6.2 (6.2.2) via PPA, though the LibreOffice 6.2 snap package is available to install for many days.<\/p>\n<p>LibreOffice 6.2 was released a months ago. New features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LibreOffice NotebookBar UI in 3 styles: Tabbed, Groups, and Contextual.<\/li>\n<li>Improved icons for HiDPI displays.<\/li>\n<li>Context menus of each app has been reworked and tidied up.<\/li>\n<li>Better file compatibility with Microsoft Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62-600x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62-450x265.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/libreoffice62.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Install Libreoffice 6.2.2 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04, do following steps to install the office suite from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~libreoffice\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Libreoffice Fresh PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts, or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the LibreOffice PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback while typing) when it prompts, and read terminal output for PPA description and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/libreoffice-ppa-bionic-600x81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"81\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/libreoffice-ppa-bionic-600x81.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/libreoffice-ppa-bionic-450x60.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/libreoffice-ppa-bionic.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then you&#8217;ll see the upgrade available in <b>Software Updater<\/b> after checking for updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/upgrade-libreoffice6-450x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/upgrade-libreoffice6-450x333.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/upgrade-libreoffice6-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/upgrade-libreoffice6.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or run commands in terminal to install LibreOffice:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install libreoffice<\/pre>\n<p><i>For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, you can skip <code>sudo apt update<\/code> as it&#8217;s done while adding PPA.<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>You can restore to stock version of LibreOffice in Ubuntu main archive by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:libreoffice\/ppa<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu users can finally upgrade the default LibreOffice office suite to version 6.2 (6.2.2) via PPA, though the LibreOffice 6.2 snap package is available to install for many days. LibreOffice 6.2 was released a months ago. New features include: LibreOffice NotebookBar UI in 3 styles: Tabbed, Groups, and Contextual. Improved icons for HiDPI displays. 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