The current version of LibreOffice which ships with Ubuntu Oneiric is 3.4.4.
Lately, I was getting very angry about this version, because it gave me constant trouble:
- it looses somehow control about its lock-files, therefore I wasn't able to save my open files any longer, neither with the old nor with a new name
- graphics in calc files suddenly jumped to another sheet when opening the files
I loved LibreOffice so far, but this behaviour really
pi.... me of.
So the other day, I read about the
new release 3.5, its new features and so I decided to update it by hand.
Below, you can find the update script that I programmed for that task.
After using it for some time, here I list the most interesting stuff about the new version.
- No problem with the lock-files any longer.
- Graphics stay in their sheets.
- Conditional formatting now lets you define more then three conditions, this was really necessary, I use that feature a lot. I'm just missing an easy way for reordering.
- Bigger text box for writing formulas.
- The import of Microsoft Visio files.
- The print preview of all pages.
- and lots more
Install instructions
Just save the following lines as
InstallLibreOffice.sh and execute it with the
-h parameter to see the usage text.
You can also
download it from here directly.
#! /bin/bash
#
## LibreOffice installation from Debian Packages from website
## @author Sven Rieke
#
language=en-US
version="3.5.0"
function Usage() {
cat <<EOF
Usage: ${0##*/} [-h] [-v] [-l lang-id] [p lang-id] [-d version-id] [-u]
Options:
-h Show this help.
-v Be verbose about processing steps.
-l lang-id Set language for main installer and documentation (default = ${language})
-p lang-id Set language for interface translation (not installed by default)
-d version-id Specify another package version (default = ${version})
-u Start with a clean user-profile
EOF
}
function AndOut() {
popd
exit
}
trap AndOut ERR
########################################################################
# Interpretation and validation of command line parameters and options #
########################################################################
while getopts :hvl:d:u OPT; do
case $OPT in
h|+h) Usage ; exit 0 ;;
v|+v) VERBOSE=true ;;
l|+l) language="$OPTARG" ;;
p|+p) langpack="$OPTARG" ;;
d|+d) version="$OPTARG" ;;
u|+u) NEWUSER=true ;;
*) Usage
exit 2
esac
done
sudo -v
mkdir -p /tmp/LibO.3.5
pushd /tmp/LibO.3.5
#### Download from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=deb-x86
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "---[ Installing LibreOffice ${version}-${language} ]" >&2
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Downloading packages ***" >&2
for i in install helppack ; do
package="LibO_3.5.0_Linux_x86_${i}-deb_${language}.tar.gz"
if [ ! -f $package ]; then
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Downloading new package $package ***" >&2
wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/${version}/deb/x86/$package
fi
done
if [ -v langpack ]; then
package="LibO_3.5.0_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_${language}.tar.gz"
if [ ! -f $package ]; then
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Downloading new package $package ***" >&2
wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/${version}/deb/x86/$package
fi
fi
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Decompressing downloaded archives ***" >&2
for t in LibO_3.5.0_*.tar.gz ; do tar xzf $t ; done
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Removing old LibreOffice installation ***" >&2
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-core
for d in $(find -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d) ; do
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Install packages from $d ***" >&2
pushd $d/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
if [ -d desktop-integration ]; then
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Install desktop integration ***" >&2
cd desktop-integration
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd ..
fi
popd
done
if [ -v NEWUSER ]; then
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Remove old user profile ***" >&2
mv ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user_old
[[ -v VERBOSE ]] && echo "*** Old one can be found in ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user_old ***" >&2
fi
AndOut
From repository
There also exists a repository which gets updated from time to time with the latest versions.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Troubleshooting
In two installations I had trouble with my old user profile. LibreOffice claimed about templates already installed.
Therefore, I added the
-u switch to my install script which moves the whole user profile to a backup location, so LibreOffice will start with a new profile.
Just copy your old templates to the new profile and reapply all your settings again.
