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Title: How do I Install WPS Office & make it as default?
Post by: tikiti on January 27, 2020, 02:00:31 AM
Hello!

I have used LibreOffice for some time but I don't like it. I used WPS Office it looks modern & very similar to MS Office which I'm comfortable with. So I want to install WPS Office, make it default for opening office files (doc, xls, ppt) & uninstall LibreOffice. Is it okay to delete LibreOffice?

Thanks for your help!  :)
Title: Re: How do I Install WPS Office & make it as default?
Post by: Moltke on January 27, 2020, 02:23:27 PM
Quote from: tikiti on January 27, 2020, 02:00:31 AM
Hello!

I have used LibreOffice for some time but I don't like it. I used WPS Office it looks modern & very similar to MS Office which I'm comfortable with. So I want to install WPS Office, make it default for opening office files (doc, xls, ppt) & uninstall LibreOffice. Is it okay to delete LibreOffice?

Thanks for your help!  :)

Download the .deb package from here https://linux.wps.com/ after clicking on the download button a new window will pop up, you'll see two packages to choose from; a deb and a rpm,

(https://i.imgur.com/Tsle19l.png)

 select the .deb one and once downloaded navigate to the file's location, that is, where you downloaded it and install it with gdebi; select it, right-click on it and select install with gdebi from the context menu or open a terminal and type
Code: [Select]
sudo dpkg -i wps-office_11.1.0.9080.XA_amd64.deb  the file must be in your home for this to work, otherwise you'll have to open a terminal in the folder you downloaded the file i.e downloads, right-click and select open a terminal here then type the dpkg line above and wait for the process to complete. If you get any errors regarding missing dependencies just type
Code: [Select]
sudo apt --fix-broken install and that should take care of those. On the other hand, if you do this with gdebi the tool will handle all of that by itself.  I would advice against uninstalling LibreOffice, keep it there it does have some powerful features, try to learn it step by step and youll see what a fine piece of sotfware it is :) I tried WPS in the past, not sure whether it does or not now but it used to had adds so I stopped using it.

Hope this helps! :)
Title: Re: How do I Install WPS Office & make it as default?
Post by: robinc on January 28, 2020, 02:07:39 AM
Quote from: tikiti on January 27, 2020, 02:00:31 AM
Hello!

I have used LibreOffice for some time but I don't like it. I used WPS Office it looks modern & very similar to MS Office which I'm comfortable with. So I want to install WPS Office, make it default for opening office files (doc, xls, ppt) & uninstall LibreOffice. Is it okay to delete LibreOffice?

Thanks for your help!  :)

You may find that Softmaker Freeoffice will give you better compatibility plus Look'n'Feel. https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

It does an excellent job of handling docs that LO cannot handle at all, you get a choice of interface from Classic office up to the latest all singing.

Printed output from WPS can be a bit 'off' what you saw on screen.
Title: Re: How do I Install WPS Office & make it as default?
Post by: tikiti on January 29, 2020, 12:15:28 AM
Quote from: Moltke on January 27, 2020, 02:23:27 PM
Quote from: tikiti on January 27, 2020, 02:00:31 AM
Hello!

I have used LibreOffice for some time but I don't like it. I used WPS Office it looks modern & very similar to MS Office which I'm comfortable with. So I want to install WPS Office, make it default for opening office files (doc, xls, ppt) & uninstall LibreOffice. Is it okay to delete LibreOffice?

Thanks for your help!  :)

Download the .deb package from here https://linux.wps.com/ after clicking on the download button a new window will pop up, you'll see two packages to choose from; a deb and a rpm,

(https://i.imgur.com/Tsle19l.png)

 select the .deb one and once downloaded navigate to the file's location, that is, where you downloaded it and install it with gdebi; select it, right-click on it and select install with gdebi from the context menu or open a terminal and type
Code: [Select]
sudo dpkg -i wps-office_11.1.0.9080.XA_amd64.deb  the file must be in your home for this to work, otherwise you'll have to open a terminal in the folder you downloaded the file i.e downloads, right-click and select open a terminal here then type the dpkg line above and wait for the process to complete. If you get any errors regarding missing dependencies just type
Code: [Select]
sudo apt --fix-broken install and that should take care of those. On the other hand, if you do this with gdebi the tool will handle all of that by itself.  I would advice against uninstalling LibreOffice, keep it there it does have some powerful features, try to learn it step by step and youll see what a fine piece of sotfware it is :) I tried WPS in the past, not sure whether it does or not now but it used to had adds so I stopped using it.

Hope this helps! :)

Thanks! Very helpful!

Quote from: robinc on January 28, 2020, 02:07:39 AM
Quote from: tikiti on January 27, 2020, 02:00:31 AM
Hello!

I have used LibreOffice for some time but I don't like it. I used WPS Office it looks modern & very similar to MS Office which I'm comfortable with. So I want to install WPS Office, make it default for opening office files (doc, xls, ppt) & uninstall LibreOffice. Is it okay to delete LibreOffice?

Thanks for your help!  :)

You may find that Softmaker Freeoffice will give you better compatibility plus Look'n'Feel. https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

It does an excellent job of handling docs that LO cannot handle at all, you get a choice of interface from Classic office up to the latest all singing.

Printed output from WPS can be a bit 'off' what you saw on screen.

I will try that out too! Thanks!