Calligra 2.8.7 is out, Install on Linux Kubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 LTS via PPA

Calligra 2.8.7 is out, Install on Linux Kubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 LTS via PPA

Calligra is an open source office suite solution for Linux/BSD-based operating systems. It is similar to the LibreOffice application and provides users with many attractive components for all of their office tasks. We should call this software a “phoenix” as it was reborn from the ashes of the discontinued KOffice office suite, which was distributed alongside the well known KDE desktop environment.

What's New in This Release:

General:

• Fix endless loop in text rendering.
• Add workaround for loading markers with old and broken path. (details)
• Kexi – Visual Database Applications Builder:

General:

• Improve main menu widget for QtCurve style.
• Display "git" version in application’s About box.
• Fix for Mac OS X build.
• Fix position of the Calligra logo based on height of the main menu. (bug 340767)
• Ask for password if needed when Test Connection button is clicked in Kexi. (details)
• Fix checking for file overwriting on file creation. (details)
• Fix a few memory leaks and uninitialized variables.
• Make the main tabbed toolbar more modern, make it work better with more styles (including KDE’s next style Breeze)

For more information on the major Calligra Changes in the upcoming version 2.8.7 please consult this page.

Calligra 2.8.7 Designed for KDE

The best part of the Calligra office suite is that all of its components can be installed separately. On the other hand, the worse part is that it requires many of the libraries and core packages of the KDE desktop environment, which might be annoying for GNOME or Xfce users.

Calligra 2.8.7 Supported operating systems

Preliminary support or the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating system has been added in the latest release, offering a free office suite to all users of these proprietary computing platforms. If you use KDE and Linux, and you need more than LibreOffice can offer, then you should download and install the Calligra office suite. It can be easily installed from the default software repositories of major Linux OSes, such as Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Kubuntu, or Gentoo.

Install Calligra 2.8.7 on Linux Kubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 LTS

To install Calligra 2.8.7 on Linux Kubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 LTS via PPA and other Ubuntu derivative systems from PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install calligra

To remove Calligra 2.8.7 from your ubuntu yo can do :

sudo apt-get remove calligra

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

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