How To Install libreoffice on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice on CentOS 7.

What is libreoffice

LibreOffice is an Open Source, community-developed, office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, LibreOffice also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including Microsoft Office File Formats.

We can use yum or dnf to install libreoffice on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libreoffice.

Install libreoffice on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libreoffice using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreoffice

Install libreoffice on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libreoffice using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreoffice

How To Uninstall libreoffice on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libreoffice package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libreoffice

References

• libreoffice website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.