How to Install Microsoft office 2007 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ?

This post will bring out steps on how to install Microsoft office 2007 or any version upto Office 2016 on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Few of the commands one will require are given below followed by the screenshots of installation steps :

Installing XTERM

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install -y xterm

Installing PlayOnLinux which relies on the WINEHQ Project

wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | apt-key add -

wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_stretch.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

The related screen shots are enclosed below for reference :

Installing playonlinux...terminal shots

Here we see the Microsoft office 2007 running....

Reset Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to original state

Invariably for Ubuntu users there are times when there is a need felt to get back to the original state of Ubuntu as it was at the time of fresh install.This post shares steps and screen shots to achieve the same with the help of a small tool known as RESETTER.

- Download the same from https://github.com/gaining/Resetter/releases

- After download,just double click the file which is most likely downloaded in the Downloads folder unless otherwise configured.

After double clicking it will take few minutes to install.

After installing just go to the terminal and type sudo resetter

That's all...the above steps have been shown below as screen shots..step wise

The site from where the file to be downloaded named resetter_3.0.0-stable_all.deb

 File seen in the downloads folder

 Double click the same and we get the software install notification window

 Installing after punching password as aksed

 At the terminal type sudo resetter

 There comes the resetter GUI...and u r ready to go

 Thanks