Friday, April 5, 2013

How to install WPS Office in Linux OS.

Kingsoft Office, (KSO or KSOffice), or in China WPS Office is an an office suite for Microsoft Windows and Android OS. developed by Zhuhai based Chinese software developer Kingsoft. Components include: Kingsoft Writer, Kingsoft Presentation and Kingsoft Spreadsheet.
The basic version is free to use, but a fully featured Pro version is also available. The current version is KSOffice 2012.
The product has had a long history of development and success in China under the “WPS Office” name, and under the “KSOffice” brand is attempting to spread into Western and Japanese markets. Since Kingsoft Office 2005, the user interface is similar to that of the Microsoft Office products, and the suite reads and writes the files generated by Microsoft products in addition to its own native formats.

Now WPS Office is being developed for Linux-based operating system. But you can install Beta version on your Linux. First download the .deb file from http://community.wps.cn/download/ [Alternate versions are also available for other Linux distros]. Run in terminal:
if you using Linux based on Debian, do:
wget -c wdl.cache.ijinshan.com/wps/download/Linux/unstable/wps-office_8.1.0.3724~b1p2_i386.deb
else, Linux based on Red Hat, do:
wget -c wdl.cache.ijinshan.com/wps/download/Linux/unstable/wps-office-8.1.0.3724-0.1.b1p2.i686.rpm
After downloading is complete, do:
Debian Linux
sudo dpkg -i wps-office_8.1.0.3724~b1p2_i386.deb
Red Hat
su rpm -i wps-office-8.1.0.3724-0.1.b1p2.i686.rpm
After the installation has been complete, you can run the program. But the app will open in full Chinese. To change the app to English, close the app and then run the following code in a terminal window:
cd /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/2052
sudo rm qt.qm wps.qm wpp.qm et.qm
Open any Kingsoft app again and it should display in English. Enjoy!

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