Linux Setup LibreOffice repository

[ragnarok1968]

Link: https://websiteforstudents.com/libreoffice-6-0-is-now-available-via-its-ppa-for-ubuntu-16-04-17-04-17-10-and-18-04/

XP level: newbie and above
The command in terminal goes like this to ADD the repository to Ubuntu. It will keep you up on the latest releases respectively. This should be a good idea for any user to keep up on the latest releases in the future.

throw this command into terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

enjoy!

 

[nmsuk]

Why not use snap to install the latest version. sudo snap install libreoffice

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[ragnarok1968]

Why not use snap to install the latest version. sudo snap install libreoffice

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Sure. that's one way. I'm a little old school by today's standards. But do snaps automatically update libre office in this case? I personally do not know. But now you put this out there, you just gave people an extra option to consider.

 

[ragnarok1968]

in case anyone is curious about snaps: to go along with @nmsuk's comment on snaps for reference

 

[Neemobeer]

Snaps don't automatically update, but there's nothing from stopping you from adding a start up script or just update them manually with sudo snap refresh

 

[ragnarok1968]

Snaps don't automatically update, but there's nothing from stopping you from adding a start up script or just update them manually with sudo snap refresh

True. I like things easy as most do, but snaps makes it easier and I end up using command line generally speaking.. go figure!

 

[nmsuk]

Snaps don't automatically update, but there's nothing from stopping you from adding a start up script or just update them manually with sudo snap refresh

I've set a cron job to do just that, checks on boot and then every six hours.

 

[RuskinF]

Snaps don't update automatically. You'll have to update them by yourself.

 

[nmsuk]

That's what we said nearly 7 months ago.