Useful programs - office

Libre office

Core features

apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw  libreoffice-impress libreoffice-writer libreoffice-templates libreoffice-pdfimport

Proficient tools

ENGLISH

apt-get install hunspell-en-us hyphen-en-us mythes-en-us

If you don't like the "hunspell" dictionnary you can install "myspell" instead:

apt-get install myspell-en-us

Francais

apt-get install hunspell-fr hyphen-fr mythes-fr

Svenska

apt-get install hunspell-sv-se

UI (menu) languages

Francais

apt-get install libreoffice-l10n-fr libreoffice-help-fr

Svenska

apt-get install libreoffice-l10n-sv libreoffice-help-sv

WPS

An alternative to LibreOffice is Kingsoft WPS.

Check out their website: http://wps-community.org/download.html

PDF

PDF split and merge

PDF Split and merge, also know as 'pdfsam' is very useful! Unfortunately, you have to install it manually...

Installation

Requirement: Java JVM

1. Download the latest PDFSam version, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfsam/files/pdfsam/

... You must take the pdfsam-XXX-out.zip file

1. Just run the .jar file

java -jar pdfsam-XXX.jar

Shortcut

vim /usr/share/applications/pdfsam.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=PDF SAM
GenericName=PDF SAM
X-GNOME-FullName=PDF Split And Merge
Exec=/home/sisi/Apps/pdfsam/bin/run.sh
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/sisi/Apps/pdfsam/doc/icons/pdfsam_enhanced.svg

Cliparts

Nowdays you don't need to install it. Just use Google images instead!

Only install that package if you absolutely need to:

apt-get install openclipart-libreoffice openclipart2-libreoffice

!! Careful !! Total is about 760 Mb ! Just install the first package = 160Mb to get some cliparts.

Ebooks

apt-get install calibre

Mind Mapping

Ubuntu 15.04 and later

(i) FreePlane replaced freemind on Debian* distributions.

apt-get install freeplane

Ubuntu <= 15.04

apt-get install freemind freemind-plugins-svg freemind-plugins-help freemind-browser