Tips on how I can upgrade libreoffice?

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#1

Hello @support_team ,

A couple of years back I installed libreoffice on my Nethserver to assist me with being able to convert docx or xlsx files into PDF using a Nextcloud workflow.

I’m thinking it might be a good idea to occasionally upgrade my libreoffice. When I installed libreoffice I issued the following:

yum install libreoffice

Can support suggest what command I would use to upgrade my libreoffice on my Nethserver?

Also, I plan on testing the new Nextcloud Office and move away from OnlyOffice on my Nextcloud. Will having libreoffice on my Nethserver collide with using Nextcloud Office or Collabora?

Thank you.

#2

How? :wink:

Anyway: did you followed this app?

More info here

#3

Hello @pike ,

Yes I’m using the workflow to convert documents to PDF.

But my question was around how to upgrade libreoffice since I installed it over 2 years ago.

I can see instructions on upgrading libreoffice on CentOS 8. But since Nethserver is based on CentOS 7 I’m wondering how I could upgrade libreoffice on the current Nethserver. Do I need to remove libreoffice and install it again or is there a yum upgrade command I can use?

Any advice from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

#4

The one on CentOS 7 repo has not been updated since late 2019 (Libreoffice 5.3.6.1-24)

You can try following this guide:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Install/Linux#Installation_of_LibreOffice_on_GNU.2FLinux_systems

It would be something like this:

yum remove libreoffice*

wget https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.documentfoundation.org/tdf/libreoffice/stable/7.3.3/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_7.3.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
tar zxvf LibreOffice_7.3.3_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
cd LibreOffice_7.3.3.2_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/
yum install *.rpm

same process with language packs if needed.
afterwards you can remove downloaded/extracted files (take care when using rm command)

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#5

Certainly nice tips to start with. I used to work with LibreOffice long ago for my a paper writing help. But had no idea about the possibility of the connection with Nextcloud. But the GitHub guide has been somewhat helpful.