Re: [libreoffice-users] How to upgrade LO on Ubuntu 14.04.LTS

Because you put the wrong command. Copy and paste exactly what I write.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0

note: it is not "apt-get" it is "add-apt". Also note that there is no colon
after sudo.


Best,
Joel

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:28 PM, John R. Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net>
wrote:

> I have been trying to get this for years.  Thank you!
>
> But, I got an error.  First I got "sudo: apt-get-repository: command not
> found"
> I then added a space after get in apt-get  in case -repository is an
> argument of apt-get
>
> but then the error changed to: "E: Command line option 'r' [from
> -repository] is not known."
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On 11/10/2015 01:17 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
>
> > Terminal -
> >
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0;
> > sudo apt-get update;
> > sudo apt-get install libreoffice
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Joel
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Pertti Rönnberg <ptjr@elisanet.fi>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hello Linux experts,
> > > May I ask for help -- the instructions on the web are too confusing for
> > > me.
> > > On my laptop (Win7, 64bit) I have recently installed the Oracle
> > > VirtualBox
> > > and there Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.
> > > The LibreO version in Ubuntu is 4.2.8 has only Writer, Calc and Impress.
> > > I want to replace that old LO4.2.8 version -- upgrade it to LO5.02.3 with
> > > all its components (at least Writer, Calc, Base, Draw and Math) but
> > > I do not want the lastest fresh versions.
> > > Can somebody tell me the step-by-step process/commands how this is
> > > performed?
> > > And must the old version be removed before installing the new one?.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Pertti Rönnberg
> > >
> > >
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