3

I manually downloaded the latest deb files for LibreOffice 5.4.2 from LibreOffice's official website and installed LibreOffice 5.4.2 from the deb files.

But I realized I won't get automatic updates for LibreOffice, so I would like to add this PPA to my repositories:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

I haven't run the above command, and have a question. Will adding a new PPA for LibreOffice update the LibreOffice that I just installed from the LibreOffice official website? Or shall I uninstall the LibreOffice that I just installed and install from the PPA, in order to get auto update from the PPA?

dessert
  • 40,956
Tim
  • 26,107

1 Answers1

7

It is best to remove the LibreOffice from original website

I don't know if the remnants of the other version will create any problems. Removing it is safer. The wiki linked below seems to say the same thing.

You can do it using Ubuntu Software Center or from the terminal. Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and enter:

sudo apt remove libreoffice

This will uninstall the LibreOffice but keep your settings.

Add the PPA

Enter:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa

Update the lists

Enter:

sudo apt update

This will make sure the updated version from the PPA will be installed.

Finally install LibreOffice again

Enter:

sudo apt install libreoffice

Source: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibreOffice

muru
  • 207,228
user68186
  • 37,461