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Is there a ppa or repository where we can update LibreOffice to version 3.6?

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On http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ there is only RPM version - when great majority of Desktop Linux users are using systems based on APT...

ppa:libreoffice/ppa seems to be very outdated with version 3.5

It's frustating to see several fixes on Windows version and Ubuntu versions so outdated...

People generally reply as:

we don't update due to security/stability reasons, etc example 1 example 2

why don't you compile yourself ?

For those easy answers, I generally reply:

let me decide which version to use at my own risk. I just want to try a newer version and I trust on LibreOffice devs. I understand that update a core lib is very dangerous but Libreoffice is an user application and it don't just break the whole system.

Why don't I compile ? Because I am a regular user and don't have time to learn it. I would love to have this time but unfortunately, I don't have.

Red Hat/Fedora guys have the same concerns but they update their LibreOffices...

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answered 1 Year ago poefor · Accepted Answer

So , I let you decide which version you want to use and of course its all up to you.

Use it at you own risk.

Here is the PPA => LibreOffice - Pre-Releases for Alpha - Beta versions of Libreoffice.

The description from PPA

This ppa contains alpha and beta release (before the 3.X.0 release).
Only for the most brave and courageous!

The installation instructions from PPA

to test these do:

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-core

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install libreoffice

The installation instructions from Webupd8.com

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk3

Here is another PPA => LibreOffice Packaging Team

The description of PPA

LibreOffice test builds and backports

There is a PPA dedicated for the 3.5 series which supports
Lucid/10.04, Oneiric/11.10 and Precise/12.04 for a more stable
experience!
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-3-5

Most of the packages in this PPA have only experienced minor testing
-- in fact it is the place to enable a wider audience to test packages before they are published into the distro proper. In general, this PPA
is not for the average user to install without a closer look (if it
would be, its packages would be in the main repositories).

In general, users are advised to take a look at the changelog for the
details about a package. If there is a specific bug that is intended
to be addressed by an update released into the PPA, you are encouraged
to test, if the update solves that problem. Packages published after
the distro release are mostly such specific fixes. Critical fixes will
SRUed into the main repositories after testing anyway (later, with
more testing).

Installation instructions not included , but I assume are same as above.

Last but not least , the warning from Launchpad (this is general , for most (if not all) PPAs)

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this
untrusted PPA by adding ppa:libreoffice/ppa to your system's Software
Sources