Enter the following commands into the Terminal one at a time, pressing enter after each command is copy and pasted.

1
Code:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
If you have OpenOffice installed and would like to remove it and install LibreOffice then the Terminal command is;

Code:
sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*
2 Download LibreOffice (Remember that you need the .deb version **NOT** RPM)

3 Extract LibreOffice to ~/Desktop

4 Rename the extracted file as
Code:
libreoffice
5
Code:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/libreoffice/DEBS/*.deb
6
Code:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/libreoffice/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.5-debian-menus_3.5.4-2_all.deb
Installing a Language Pack for your locale

Download the relevant Language Pack for your needs (Remember that you need the .deb version **NOT** RPM)

1 Save it to ~/Desktop

2 Extract the downloaded file

3 Rename the extracted file as
Code:
libreoffice
Enter the following command into Terminal

4
Code:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/libreoffice/DEBS/*.deb