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Install OnlyOffice, The Best MS Office Alternatives For Ubuntu Linux

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

Install OnlyOffice desktop editor for Linux. OnlyOffice is the best MS Office alternative for Ubuntu Linux Systems.

Some of the most exciting features of OnlyOffice are:

  • View, edit, and collaborate on docs, sheets, slides
  • Build fillable PDF forms and fill them in online
  • Read and edit PDFs, export/import to/from PDF
  • Convert docs to Markdown and HTML
  • Turn your textbooks into e-books
  • Generate texts with the AI helper

Speaking of the latest release, ONLYOFFICE Docs 8.0 Improves Collaboration and Adds New UI for Plugins. Some key highlights of this release of ONLYOFFICE Docs include:

  • Better Spreadsheets
  • Initial RTL Support
  • Improved Collaboration
  • Updated Plugins User Interface

Install OnlyOffice Desktop Editors

To install OnlyOffice Desktop Editors from repository on your Linux Ubuntu System; run the commands given below to add GPG key and then add desktop editors repository:

mkdir -p -m 700 ~/.gnupg
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/tmp/onlyoffice.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys CB2DE8E5
chmod 644 /tmp/onlyoffice.gpg
sudo chown root:root /tmp/onlyoffice.gpg
sudo mv /tmp/onlyoffice.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/onlyoffice.gpg
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/onlyoffice.gpg] https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list

Once you have executed the commands above, now its time to update the package manager cache and install OnlyOffice Desktop Editors:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install onlyoffice-desktopeditors

Once the installation is over, you can run the editors using the terminal command “desktopeditors“. You can also open the OnlyOffice Desktop Editors from Application menu – Office – ONLYOFFICE.

Uninstall OnlyOffice Desktop Editors

If you wish to uninstall OnlyOffice Desktop Editors and to delete app data and configuration details, enter the following command in the command line:

sudo apt-get remove onlyoffice-desktopeditors
sudo apt-get purge onlyoffice-desktopeditors

NOTE: Only 64-bit versions of OnlyOffice Desktop Editors are available for Linux Ubuntu.