How to Install LibreOffice on Fedora Linux 35

LibreOffice is a free, open-source office productivity suite used by millions worldwide. The office suite software uses a native file format ODF or Open Document Format, an accepted and almost required structure in multiple organizations across the globe.

LibreOffice includes Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and flowcharts), Base (databases), and Math (formula editing).

Fedora typically has the most up-to-date packages, but it can often lag a release behind what is current. Luckily, Fedora has Flatpak natively installed so that you can grab the latest version of the LibreOffice suite.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest 7.3 LibreOffice on Fedora Linux 35 using Flatpak.

Update System

Begin by making sure your Fedora system is up to date with the latest packages, failure to do this may result in issues further down the line with the installation or your system in general.

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

Install/Upgrade LibreOffice Suite

Re-install Flatpak if you removed it previously using the following command.

sudo dnf install flatpak -y

The next step is to reboot your system if you have re-installed Flatpak; if not, skip.

reboot

Next, you need to enable Flatpack using the following command in your terminal:

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Now begin the installation using the following flatpak command.

flatpak install flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice -y

Flatpak should auto-update packages roughly 10 minutes into a new desktop session by default.

To manually run an update, you can use the following command.

flatpak update -y

Launch LibreOffice Suite

Open LibreOffice which can be found in Activities > Show Applications > Office.

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Once the LibreOffice suite is open, you will land at the default suite landing page to open the office applications.

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Navigate to the About tab from the Help menu to see the information of LibreOffice and build installed.

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As above, you have the latest version installed on your system. From here, you can use the individual LibreOffice icons and link them to your taskbar for quick use.

Remove (Uninstall) LibreOffice Suite

To remove the Flatpack version of LibreOffice, run the following command:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.libreoffice.LibreOffice -y

Another handy hint can be to use the following command to make sure Flatpak has not left behind any unnecessary packages as it is known to sometimes.

flatpak remove --unused

Comments and Conclusion

In the tutorial, you have learned to use the Flatpak manager to install and maintain the latest LibreOffice suite on Fedora Linux 35.

LibreOffice is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office that has continuously improved over the years. It’s great for users migrating from Windows who don’t want to shell out money on updates they may not use every year.