Repository with LibreOffice 4.4 for Fedora 21+?

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#1

Hello,

LibreOffice in the Fedora 21 repositories are currently in the 4.3 series.
Is there an updated LibreOffice repository for Fedora 21 (and also future
versions) that have LibreOffice 4.4? I like to use the newest version of
LibreOffice on Fedora if possible. Thanks!

#2

Hi, the best suggestion is to grab the latest from the LO site (you will have to monitor the site for updates):

http://www.libreoffice.org/

As well as monitoring for updates you also have to install & remove manually. As you are using Fedora I assume you are familiar with that process but any problems pls sing out.

Cheers

#3

I see. If I install LibreOffice 4.4 manually (via the RPM I'm
guessing?) can I just install a newer version over it once it's
released, or do I have to remove the whole thing before installing an
update? Thanks!

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
I think you can usually just install over the top to wipe the previous version.

However on an extremely rare occasion that might not work in which
case you might need to remove/uninstall everything and then reinstall
the newer version. however when you do so you can keep the User
Profile so that all your settings, configs, galleries,
Extensions/add-ons/plugins, templates and all the rest remain intact.
It's quite a good idea to create a copy of your User Profile every so
often so that it's easier to get back to a configuration you liked if
anything crazy ever happens.

It's the price of getting a much newer and more updated version.
Windows users always have to install any programs this way so it's a
bit like going back to Windows for a little moment.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

with Fedora 21 I have been using the standard Fedora release, but, if you do not, I think that you can remove the existing using yum...

Is it installed?

yum list installed | grep "libreoffice"

I expect that you can remove it using

yum remove libreoffice*

I have always used "yum localinstall *.rpm" to install the RPMs after I extract the code.

Last time I did this, there was a GUI integration driectory under the standard RPM directory. I changed to that directory and installed the RPM meant for UI integration for gnome. I don't remember what that is called off hand, or even if it is still required. I don't have time now to download and check the RPMs, but, if you send a list of RPMs, I can tell you which one it is.