WPS Office (also known as Kingsoft Office) is a freeware office suite having the same features as Microsoft Office (more of a Microsoft Office clone), installed by default on Ubuntu Kylin, the Ubuntu flavor developer for its Chinese users.
The main three software included in the WPS Office is the Kingsoft Writer, Presentation, and Kingsoft Spreadsheet, being alternatives to Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
While it has been available on Linux systems only as 32 bit (i386/i686) deb and rpm packages, 64 bit (amd64/x86_64) packages have been also created by the community, so that the users can install WPS office on 64 bit systems without having to install all the 32 bit dependencies.
Despite the fact that WPS Office is only an alpha release, it is already usable, permitting the users to benefit from the main features of a modern office suite.
Installation instructions:
So, to install WPS office on your Linux system, you have to download the deb or rpm packages suitable for your system (depending on your system and architecture) and install them, via command-line.
The below instructions should work on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Robolinux, Debian, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and other systems using either deb or rpm packages.
How to install the latest version of the WPS Office on 32 bit (i386/i686) Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget http://kdl.cc.ksosoft.com/wps-
$ sudo gdebi wps-office_9.1.0.4953~a18_
How to install the latest version of the WPS Office on 64 bit (amd64/x86_64) Ubuntu, Debian and derivative systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget http://kdl.cc.ksosoft.com/wps-
$ sudo gdebi wps-office_9.1.0.4953~a18_
How to install the latest version of the WPS Office on 32 bit (i386/i686) Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ sudo rpm -i wps-office-9.1.0.4953-1.a18.
How to install the latest version of the WPS Office on 64 bit (amd64/x86_64) Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and derivative systems:
$ sudo rpm -i wps-office-9.1.0.4953-1.a18.