Because you put the wrong command. Copy and paste exactly what I write. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0
note: it is not "apt-get" it is "add-apt". Also note that there is no colon after sudo. Best, Joel On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:28 PM, John R. Sowden <jsow...@americansentry.net> wrote: > I have been trying to get this for years. Thank you! > > But, I got an error. First I got "sudo: apt-get-repository: command not > found" > I then added a space after get in apt-get in case -repository is an > argument of apt-get > > but then the error changed to: "E: Command line option 'r' [from > -repository] is not known." > > John > > > > > On 11/10/2015 01:17 PM, Joel Madero wrote: > >> Terminal - >> >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0; >> sudo apt-get update; >> sudo apt-get install libreoffice >> >> >> Best, >> Joel >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Pertti Rönnberg <p...@elisanet.fi> >> wrote: >> >> Hello Linux experts, >>> May I ask for help -- the instructions on the web are too confusing for >>> me. >>> On my laptop (Win7, 64bit) I have recently installed the Oracle >>> VirtualBox >>> and there Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. >>> The LibreO version in Ubuntu is 4.2.8 has only Writer, Calc and Impress. >>> I want to replace that old LO4.2.8 version -- upgrade it to LO5.02.3 with >>> all its components (at least Writer, Calc, Base, Draw and Math) but >>> I do not want the lastest fresh versions. >>> Can somebody tell me the step-by-step process/commands how this is >>> performed? >>> And must the old version be removed before installing the new one?. >>> Thanks in advance. >>> Pertti Rönnberg >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero....@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
