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LibreOffice is an open-source cross-platform office suite, serving as a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office. It was forked from OpenOffice 3.3.0 and has gained ground in Linux distributions as the default office suite. It has replaced OpenOffice in Debian Wheezy and is available in squeeze-backports. It has good support for .doc, .xls, .odt, .ods and other popular formats.

How to install LibreOffice

LibreOffice is the default office suite in Debian Wheezy. You can also install it manually by using the following packages:

LibreOffice has following major components: libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress, libreoffice-math, libreoffice-draw, libreoffice-base.

To install the full LibreOffice suite, run

aptitude update
aptitude install libreoffice 

Java Environment

Some components of LibreOffice require a Java Environment to achieve full functionality. ?LibreOffce metapackage recommends default-jre: this installs openjdk-6-jre. In Squeeze the user can choose to install also sun-java6-jre, in Wheezy the user can choose also openjdk-7-jre. To install java manually in LibreOffice,

  • Open Synaptic
  • Install openjdk-6-jre

  • Open LibreOffice, Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Java

  • Activate “Use a Java runtime environment”
  • Choose your desired JRE provider
  • Restart LibreOffice (including quickstarter)

Extending functionalities

Extend LibreOffice by installing these packages:

Launchers

  • Writer: /usr/bin/libreoffice -writer

  • Calc: /usr/bin/libreoffice -calc

  • Draw: /usr/bin/libreoffice -draw

  • Impress: /usr/bin/libreoffice -impress

  • Math: /usr/bin/libreoffice -math

External links