Are you looking for a Microsoft office 365 free version to install on Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, CentOS, etc.? Then there is a way to do that.
Note: The free version we are going to install on Linux here is the stripped-down one which is available to use online free of cost; however, here, instead of operating it in a browser every time, we let you know how to do that as an application.
This is a web app wrapper for online Office 365 available in the SNAP repository to install on all popular Linux versions. The project is lightweight because most things are happening in the cloud; however, the Webapp office is officially not supported by Microsoft.
The unofficial Web app-office project is created by Hayden and is an excellent way to get the benefits of Microsoft office 365 on the Linux operating system. It uses QTwebEngine to fetch and display Office 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, OneNote, and Outlook.
Those who don’t want to install it can see- How to use free Microsoft 365 office Lite online in the browser.
Note: The SNAP package for settings up the Microsoft office web on Ubuntu using SNAP has been removed from the Snapcraft store. However, few other forks are available; we have mentioned them.
Install Office 365 Web app Wrapper on Ubuntu Linux
- Open the command terminal.
- Run system update command-
sudo apt update
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS comes with SNAP out of the box; however, the earlier versions that are not can install via
sudo apt install snapdwhereas other Linux OS users can read this article- Install and Manage SNAP on Linux
- Install Microsoft Office 365 web app using the command.
sudo snap install unofficial-webapp-todoor
sudo snap install office365webdesktop --betaor
sudo snap install unofficial-webapp-fork- Once the installation is complete, go to all applications, and you will see the icons of Excel and others.
- Open any of them and log in with a Microsoft account. If you don’t have one, then create a new one.
Does not work for ubuntu 20.04.
This is the feedback: g@g-HP-G61-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo snap install unofficial-webapp-office
error: snap “unofficial-webapp-office” not found
Yes, we have noticed that. Snapcraft has removed the package, thus we can’t install it anymore…
same
Would it be possible to manually install from github?
You have to compile and rebuild the package on your own which requires good knowledge of coding. Here is the GitHub page- https://github.com/sirredbeard/unofficial-webapp-office
However, as it was an application that was wrapping the online version of Microsoft 365 office, thus, you can still use MS-Office online 365 using any browser.
it didnt work