Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS [PPA]

Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana [PPA]

LibreOffice is an open source productivity suite that provides all the necessary office components for small-business, educational and non-profit organizations. It is a fork of the well-known OpenOffice.org application.

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 pre-release version had just been released, as such this version is not recommended for production use. As we know, LibreOffice is an open source productivity suite that provides all the necessary office components for small-business, educational and non-profit organizations. It is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity.

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 changelog

• missing shape bg color
• uninitialized scalar field
• comply attributes name with
• FILESAVE: Pictures on buttons, created in forms, gone after reopening form
• Meta: Enhancing Impress/Draw toolbars and context menu
• EDITING – Calc Function suggestion too agressive
• Extend ODF to support some special scientific formats
• xlsx formula not importing correctly, with Table structured references in named expressions and MATCH lookup array creation
• Style preview in “Styles and Formatting” sidebar should be optional
• JRE defective message unless user installs Visual C++ 2010 runtimes
• UI: No bold headings in dialogues
• GetImplementationName method returns com.sun.star.comp.Writer.TextDocument rather than SwXTextDocument as before
• First letter selection by keyboard in combo boxes doesn’t work
• CRASH – when autmatically launching table creation wizard after registration of database
• Adding new record in table duplicates values in previous field
• Missing shape color (PPT)

Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS [PPA]

To Install/Update and upgrade LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-core
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice