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sachinharle
April 9th, 2013, 09:17 AM
I would like to have the latest version of libreoffice on ubuntu

ajgreeny
April 9th, 2013, 10:13 AM
Use the ppa from https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa but be aware of the caveats mentioned on that site. In spite of those warnings, I have LO v4.02 on a test OS of Lubuntu on an old laptop and it seems to work faultlessly.

rrich1974
April 9th, 2013, 10:18 AM
i guess you must add a PPA and then:

sudo apt-get update
add probably, you will see the update in "update manager"
take this:
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-0

rewyllys
April 9th, 2013, 01:46 PM
Use the ppa from https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa but be aware of the caveats mentioned on that site. In spite of those warnings, I have LO v4.02 on a test OS of Lubuntu on an old laptop and it seems to work faultlessly.
I concur in the faultless operation of LibreOffice 4.0.2.

I'm running it on my Thinkpad T420 laptop under LinuxMint Nadia (based on Ubuntu 12.10) and on my HP d4999t desktop under LinuxMint Maya (based on Ubuntu 12.04). On both systems I find LO 4.02 fast and easy to use.

MadmanRB
April 9th, 2013, 02:01 PM
The update to libreoffice is optional though, as its not really a security update or anything.

ka55o5
April 9th, 2013, 10:02 PM
In spite of those warnings, I have LO v4.02 on a test OS of Lubuntu on an old laptop and it seems to work faultlessly.I concur in the faultless operation of LibreOffice 4.0.2.
Right, but that can be subject to change at any time, literally. The *main* PPA is marked as:

LibreOffice test builds and backports
.. and is updated constantly; for anyone looking to use the new LibreOffice, that ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-0 (https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-0) PPA should be used, as suggested..:)