# LibreOffice Is Now Available on Flathub, the Flatpak App Store
LibreOffice is now available to install from[Flathub][3], the centralised Flatpak app store.
Its arrival allows anyone running a modern Linux distribution to install the latest stable release of LibreOffice in a click or two, without having to hunt down a PPA, tussle with tarballs or wait for a distro provider to package it up.
A[LibreOffice Flatpak][5]has been available for users to download and install since August of last year and the[LibreOffice 5.2][6]release.
What’s “new” here is the distribution method. Rather than release updates through their own dedicated server The Document Foundation has opted to use Flathub.
This is_great_news for end users as it means there’s one less repo to worry about adding on a fresh install, but it’s also good news for Flatpak advocates too:LibreOffice is open-source software’s most popular productivity suite. Its support for both format and app store is sure to be warmly welcomed.
At the time of writing you can installLibreOffice 5.4.2 from Flathub. New stable releases will be added as and when they’re released.
That’s pretty much it. Just log out and back in (so that Ubuntu Software refreshes its cache) and you_should_be able to find any Flatpak apps available on Flathub through the Ubuntu Software app.
In this instance, search for “LibreOffice” and locate the result that has a line of text underneath mentioning Flathub. (Do bear in mind that Ubuntu has tweaked the Software client to shows Snap app results above everything else, so you may need scroll down the list of results to see it).
There is a[bug with installing Flatpak apps][8]from a flatpakref file, so if the above method doesn’t work youcan also install Flatpak apps form Flathub using the command line.
The Flathub website lists the command needed to install each app. Switch to the “Command Line” tab to see them.
#### More apps on Flathub
If you read this site regularly enough you’ll know that I_love_Flathub. It’s home to some of my favourite apps (Corebird, Parlatype, GNOME MPV, Peek, Audacity, GIMP… etc). I get the latest, stable versions of these apps (plus any dependencies they need) without compromise.
And, as I tweeted a week or so back, mostFlatpak apps now look great with GTK themes— no more[workarounds][9]required!
