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Note: SoftMaker Office 2018 is not free software like most other available options for the Linux platform. SoftMaker Office 2018 includes a 30-day trial version, after which users will need to purchase a license for the software to continue using it.
Refer to the guide on how to install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Linux, Ubuntu in the content below by Mytour.
How to Install Softmaker Office 2018 on Ubuntu / Debian
To install the latest version of SoftMaker on Ubuntu or Debian, first download the latest SoftMaker package to your machine. SoftMaker supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
To download the latest SoftMaker Office 2018 for Linux, visit here: Softmaker Office for Linux
After downloading, open Terminal and use the CD command to navigate the package file to the -/Downloads. directory. Then use the DPKG tool to install the SoftBack Office DEB file.
sudo dpkg -i softmaker-office-2018_924-01_i386.deb
Or:
sudo dpkg -i softmaker-office-2018_924-01_amd64.deb
Installing this package alone is not enough, for added safety, you should run the following dependency command. This command is to address any issues that may arise during the installation process:
Run this command to clone SoftMaker Office 2018 from the Arch Linux User Repository: git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/softmaker-office-2018-bin.git
Note: Interacting with AUR requires the git package. To install the git package, use the command sudo pacman -S git.
After copying necessary files from the AUR git repository, use the CD command to navigate to the working directories on the Terminal to 'softmaker-office-2018-bin':
Navigate to the softmaker-office-2018-bin directory: cd softmaker-office-2018-bin
How to Install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Fedora
Install the SoftMaker Office software on Fedora and other Linux distributions based on Redhat using RPM package files. RPM package files support both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Download the RPM package file for the 32-bit version and install it here: Download SoftMaker Office RPM 32-bit
Download the RPM package file for the 64-bit version and install it here: Download SoftMaker Office RPM 64-bit
After downloading the RPM package file to your Fedora Linux computer, open a Terminal window and use the CD command to move the file to the -/Downloads directory. This step is crucial because the DNF tool needs to see the package for installation:
cd -/Downloads
In the Downloads directory, use the wget tool to fetch the official GPG key of SoftMaker:
wget http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/linux-repo-public.key
After downloading the key, input it into the system so that DNF knows the RPM to be installed is trusted:
sudo rpm --import linux-repo-public.key
After installing and activating the key, the next step is to use the DNF tool to install the package for Fedora:
sudo dnf install softmaker-office-2018-*.i386.rpm -y
Alternatively:
sudo dnf install softmaker-office-2018-*.x86_64.rpm -y
How to Install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Fedora OpenSUSE
Since OpenSUSE utilizes RPM for all its binary packages, to download the latest version of SoftMaker Office, you simply need to download the latest RPM.
After downloading the RPM, open Terminal and use the CD command to move the RPM to the directory /home/to-/Downloads:
cd -/Downloads
Use wget to fetch the GPG key of SoftMaker and import it into SUSE:
wget http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/linux-repo-public.key
sudo rpm --import linux-repo-public.key
With the imported GPG key, to safely install SoftMaker Office, use the command:
sudo zypper install softmaker-office-2018-*.i386.rpm
Or:
sudo zypper install softmaker-office-2018-*.x86_64.rpm
How to Install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Generic Linux
SoftMaker doesn't create Linux packages for every Linux distribution. That means if you're not using Linux distributions like Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/SUSE (or other RPM-based distributions), downloading the SoftMaker Office 2018 installer will be more challenging.
To install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Generic Linux, the first step you need to do is download the latest SoftMaker Office tar.gz archive to your machine. Similar to traditional binary installers, this file supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Download the latest SoftMaker Office tar.gz archive to your machine and install it here.
Link:
Open a Terminal window and enter the following command to extract the tar.gz file:
tar -xvzf softmaker-office-2018-924-i386.tgz
Alternatively:
tar -xvzf softmaker-office-2018-924-amd64.tgz
Note: If the above commands are not available, you can use a file manager to extract the file.
Use the CD command to access the extracted directory.
cd -/Downloads/softmaker-office-2018-924-i386
Or:
cd -/Downloads/softmaker-office-2018-924-amd64
To install SoftMaker Office for all users, run the following script as Admin:
sudo sh installsmoffice
If not, you can install SoftMaker Office for a specific user using the command:
sh installsmoffice
The script execution process will take some time. Suppose after installing SoftMaker Office 2018 on your Linux, Ubuntu machine and trying it out, you feel it's not suitable and want to uninstall the office suite. To uninstall SoftMaker Office 2018 on a Linux, Ubuntu computer, run the script below:
sh /home/username/uninstall_smoffice2018
If you installed SM Office under root privilege, you must run the script under root privilege:
sudo -s
sh /home/username/uninstall_smoffice2018
With the guide on how to install SoftMaker Office 2018 on Linux, Ubuntu that Mytour just introduced above, hopefully, you will know how to perform and can install SoftMaker Office 2018 on your Linux, Ubuntu computer. Additionally, you can refer to the top 3 code editors for Linux to edit on your computer. Wish you success.
