Installing SoftMaker Office for Linux
SoftMaker Office NX contains a set of 64-bit applications that can be used with 64-bit (x86_64, amd64) Linux distributions. 32-bit distributions are not supported.
We test SoftMaker Office NX with the latest versions of the following distributions and recommend choosing one of them:
Information on how to install on other systems can be found here.
In contrast to the finished software, the beta version needs to be installed manually and not via the repository. You download SoftMaker Office and install it manually. When a new beta is released, you download the new installation package and install it again manually.
Debian
Open a shell or terminal window and enter the following commands to download and install SoftMaker Office:
su -
cd ~
wget https://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-office-nx_1410-01_amd64.deb
apt update
apt install -f ./softmaker-office-nx_1410-01_amd64.deb
exit
When a new beta is released, you can install it in the same way.
Ubuntu, Linux Mint
Open a shell or terminal window and enter the following commands to download and install SoftMaker Office:
sudo -i
cd ~
wget https://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-office-nx_1410-01_amd64.deb
apt update
apt install -f ./softmaker-office-nx_1410-01_amd64.deb
exit
When a new beta is released, you can install it in the same way.
Fedora
Our RPM installation packages are digitally signed. Before installing SoftMaker Office, you should download our public GPG key:
Open a shell or terminal window and enter the following command to import the GPG key:
sudo rpm --import ./linux-repo-public.key
Note: If you have not downloaded the GPG key to the current folder, replace ./ with the path to the key file.
If you skip this step, you will still be able to install SoftMaker RPM packages, but you must press Ignore when you are informed of the missing GPG key.
Next, download the RPM installation package of SoftMaker Office:
Install this package by double-clicking on it.
When a new beta is released, download the latest RPM installation package and install it again by double-clicking on it.
openSUSE
Open a shell or terminal window and enter the following commands:
1. Download our public PGP key and import it:
cd ~
wget https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/linux-repo-public.key
sudo rpm --import ./linux-repo-public.key
2. Download the RPM installation package of SoftMaker Office and install it:
cd ~
wget https://www.softmaker.net/down/softmaker-office-nx-1410.x86_64.rpm
sudo -E zypper install ./softmaker-office-nx-1410.x86_64.rpm
When a new beta is released, you can install it in the same way.
Installation on other systems
If your system is not listed here and you cannot run the installation with the instructions given above, you can install SoftMaker Office using our .tgz-based installation package.
First, download the .tgz installation package of SoftMaker Office:
Unpack it:
tar xvzf softmaker-office-nx-1410-amd64.tgz
Note: If you have not downloaded the .tgz file to the current folder, replace ./ with the path to the .tgz file.
Then run the installation script contained in it:
./installofficenx