How to : Install LibreOffice 5.1.2 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS [PPA]

LibreOffice 5.1.2 is released and available PPA for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Willy Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems

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.

A drop-in replacement for OpenOffice.org

LibreOffice’s story starts not so long ago, as a continuation of the work already implemented in the OpenOffice.org software. The initial release of LibreOffice was made available back in 2011. Since then, the project got a lot of attention from the open source community, many developers joined the team, and in only a couple of years it became the number one office suite for almost, if not all Linux distributions.

 

LibreOffice 5.1.2 Changelog

• Enable auto-accelerator behaviour for gtk
• new baseline (Cent OS 6): requires kernel 2.6.32 or newer, glibc 2.12 or newer
• SUM function now uses optimized arithemetic and SSE3 if present, giving a ~5x win for large sums
• [gtk3] [wayland] Windows have broken size and headerbar drawn over content
• [gtk3] gtk2 Swing/AWT GUIs in java-based extensions crash gtk3 libreoffice
• [gtk3] [dark theme] Adwaita:dark not fully supported
• horizontal/vertical flip of inserted picture is not persisted
• OneDrive Integration Request
• EDITING: Text drag and drop doesn’t work correctly
• Export as JPEG missing something
• Outline Numbering for DOCX not working when new headings inserted in between
• EMF: dashed lines in background grid are rendered as solid lines
• TOOLBAR: empty values in button names not respected
• DOCX Import: Incorrect display of the headings – numbering style indents
• EDITING: PostgreSQL direct connection – Default for Text isn’t CharacterType of PostgreSQL
• Switching spreadsheet tab triggers crash, no data provided

See release notes for complete list of changes and improvements

How to : Install LibreOffice 5.1.2 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS :

To install LibreOffice 5.1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Willy Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :

Remove libreoffice old version :

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*

Add new repository for install libreoffice :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

update repositorty :

sudo apt-get update

Install libreoffice :

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.