Collabora Online Development Edition is a powerful tool that enables users to edit and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations using a web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Collabora Online Development Edition on the latest version of MXLinux.
Before we begin, you should ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
To install Collabora Online, we first need to add the Collabora Online repository to our system. Follow the steps below to achieve this:
Open Terminal on your MXLinux system
Enter the following command to download the signing key for the Collabora repository
wget -qO - https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE-gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
Run the following command to add the Collabora repository to your MXLinux system:
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://www.collaboraoffice.com/repos/CollaboraOnline/CODE /'
Update the package manager to ensure that it knows about the newly added repository:
sudo apt-get update
After adding the Collabora Online repository, we can now proceed to install Collabora Online. Run the following command to do this:
sudo apt-get install loolwsd code-brand
Now that we have installed Collabora Online, we need to enable it in the Nextcloud app. To do this, follow the steps below:
Open Nextcloud and click on the settings menu
Click on Administration and select Collabora Online
Check the Install Collabora Online extension checkbox and click Install
Follow the prompts to configure Collabora Online
Click on the Collabora Online icon to open a new document or select an existing document, spreadsheet or presentation to edit.
By following the above steps, you can now install Collabora Online Development Edition on MXLinux and benefit from its powerful collaboration and editing features.
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