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Install LibreOffice 5.4
LibreOffice is an open source and much powerful personal productivity office suit
for Linux, Windows & Mac, that provides feature rich functions for word document, data processing,
spreadsheets, presentation, drawing, Calc, Math and much more. LibreOffice has large number of
satisfied users across the globe with almost 120million downloads as of now. It supports more
than 110 languages and runs on all major operating systems.
LibreOffice 5.2 Requirements
1. Kernel 2.6 or higher version
2. glibc 2.10 or higher version
3. gtk version 2.10 or higher
4. Minimum 256MB and recommended 512MB RAM
5. 1.55GB available Hard disk space
6. Desktop (Gnome or KDE)
Step 1: Downloading LibreOffice 5.2
Download LibraOffice 5.4.tar.gz
Step 2: Extracting LibreOffice 5.2 Package
[root@sun ~] # tar -xvf LibreOffice_5.4_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz [On 64-Bit Systems]
Step 3: Installing LibreOffice 5.2 Package
After extracting the package, you will get a directory and under this there will be a sub-directory
called RPMS. Now, run the following command to install it.
[root@sun ~] # cd LibraOffice 5.4.rpm
[root@sun LibraOffice 5.4.rpm] # cd RPMS
[root@sun LibraOffice 5.4.rpm] # yum localinstall *.rpm
Step 4: Starting LibreOffice 5.2
Once the installation process completes you will have LibreOffice icons in your desktop
under Applications –> Office menu or start the application by executing the following command on the
terminal.
[root@sun LibraOffice 5.4.rpm] # libreoffice 5.4
Step 5: Screenshots of LibreOffice 5.2
Please see the attached screenshots of LibreOffice 5.2 application under my CentOS 7.0.
LibreOffice Welcome Screen
S. Pradhan
(MCA, MBA-IT, BCA, CCNA, MCSA 2012, RHCE, ETHICAL HACKING)
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