I installed zorin os 17 lite. Not satisfied with the libra office I downloaded libre office 25. Now how do I install it and delete the old libre office. Help.
Go to Software (blue bag icon on the taskbar), enter Libre office, then you will see which packages are installed and can delete them with "uninstall".
You can also install another package in the same place.
There are apt/.deb packages (Zorin packages), flatpaks and snaps.
You can also install software as an app image, but there is no pre-installed installer in Zorin.
In which package format did you download libre office?
If you do not necessarily need the latest functions of libre office for your work, it is advisable to use the pre-installed (Zorin) package. The other package formats are often newer versions of the software, but they are not as well integrated into the system, which can lead to problems.
Have you downloaded the .deb file from the libre office homepage?
This is a little more complicated. You would have to unzip the tar.gz file and then install the debs files and language packages.
Above all, you will not get any updates and will have to repeat this procedure with every new version of libreoffice.
Instead of doing this you can add the official ppa of libreoffice to your software sources. But ppas are also not always the best.
Install the flatpak package of LibreOffice will give you the latest version. You can do this via software center. Just as @Forpli said uninstall the current version first.
By terminal you can uninstall Libreoffice like this:
sudo apt remove --purge libreoffice-common
sudo apt autoremove
To install the latest (flatpak) by terminal;
flatpak install flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice
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If you don't want to use flatpaks (which is the easiest method to install a newer version of libre office) you can also install the appimage:
It is easy to install and uninstall but you get no automatical updates.
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Thank you sir 