LibreOffice AppImage
Run LibreOffice without installing
AppImage intro
AppImages contain the entire application and all the libraries and dependencies to run the application without needing to install it. These types of applications can be downloaded to USB sticks and other external drives and run, if the drives are formatted as NTFS and Ext 4. AppImages do not run consistently on Fat32-formatted drives.
This page and the video on this page have instructions about downloading the LibreOffice AppImage and setting it up to run. There are several different versions of the LibreOffice AppImage.
LibreOffice AppImage
The AppImages for LibreOffice are found at the AppImage Web page on the LibreOffice Website. There are two versions: Fresh version and Still version.
The Fresh version is the latest version. The Still version is the second latest version. It has been on the market longer and has been tested more than the Fresh version. The Still and Fresh versions have three choices of downloads based upon language support:
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Basic: Comes with US English only
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Standard: Comes with several popular languages, such as US English, Chinese, and Spanish.
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Full: Comes with 100 plus languages offered by LibreOffice.
The LibreOffice AppImage is available for Linux operating systems built for Intel and AMD 64-bit chips. It will not run on 32-bit systems or ARM64 systems, such as Raspberry Pi.
Setting up LibreOffice AppImage
The following steps guide users through downloading and setting up the LibreOffice AppImage. This only takes a few minutes to do. The images are taken from Linux Mint 21.2. However, the instructions can be followed with any Linux operating system.
The AppImage can be setup on an external drive and taken from Linux computer to Linux computer and ran. Click here to learn how to setup an external drive for this.
1. Select download folder
The first step is only necessary if the folder you want to download LibreOffice to needs to be changed.
This can be changed through the Settings page in most Web browsers. OS-College has instructions on changing the folder in several browsers.
Click here to see instructions for changing the Download to folder in different browsers.
2. Choose and download
There are three sections of downloads on the AppImage page of LibreOffice's site: www.libreoffice.org/download/appimage/
Click the desired Still or Fresh version of LibreOffice to download it. See the above section for details.
3. Right-click on AppImage
Once LibreOffice has been downloaded, go to the folder where it has been downloaded to. Right-click on the file.
A menu will be revealed. In most operating systems Properties will be the last item in it. Some operating systems have it elsewhere.
4. Click Properties
Click Properties and a dialog will launch. This dialog will have one or more tabs, depending on the operating system being used.
There should be a Permissions tab. If not, there should be a Permissions section. The image is of Linux Mint.
5. Click Permissions tab and check box
Click the Permissions tab, if it is not already selected. There should be a check box for making the file executable.
Other operating systems may have another way of making the file executable. Click the check box and close the dialog.
6. Double-click the app
The final step is to double-click the LibreOffice AppImage to launch the LibreOffice suite. It will open StartCenter.
If LibreOffice is on an external drive and you want to use it on another computer, simply double-click it. There is no need to follow all these steps.
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