How to install LibreOffice 4.2 on Ubuntu

A few days ago version 4.2 of the LibreOffice office suite was published. This new version includes a large number of new features and very interesting features.

LibreOffice 4.2

News

  • Improves compatibility when opening and saving Microsoft Office documents, especially in the DOCX and RTF branch.
  • New spreadsheet engine that allows use of the GPU for large parallel calculations.
  • A new start window.
  • Windows enhancements specially designed for business environments.
  • Integration with Windows 7 and Windows 8 is improved.
  • A new filter for importing Abiword and Apple Keynote documents.
  • Preview of previous documents.
  • Impress remote control for Android and iOS.
  • New icon set.
  • Writer rendering via OpenGL.

Installation

You just have to open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

To install the new Sifr icon pack:

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-style-sifr