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Installing on Red Hat, CentOS and derivatives

The desktop version of online editors does not require constant connection to the internet and can work with local files.

To install Desktop Editors, you can use one of the following options:

download an .rpm package from our website,
Only 64-bit versions of Linux are supported.

After you press the download button for the required package, some browsers may suggest choosing a target directory. Select it, and the download process will start. When it is complete, run the downloaded package file to install the Desktop Editors on your computer.
use AppImage, Flatpak, Snap,
add the repository to your Linux OS and update it afterwards. just like any other Linux application.

This guide describes installing ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors from the repository.

Installing ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors from the repository

A better option to install desktop editors is to add their repository to your Linux OS. To do that:

Add the yum repository with the following command:

sudo yum install https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/centos/main/noarch/onlyoffice-repo.noarch.rpm

Add the EPEL repository with the following command:
```
sudo yum install epel-release
```
To install EPEL on RHEL, use the following commands:
```
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-$REV-$(arch)-rpms
sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$REV.noarch.rpm
```
Change $REV to your OS version manually (7 for versions 7.x, 8 for versions 8.x, 9 for versions 9.x and so on).
Now the editors can be easily installed using the following command:
```
sudo yum install onlyoffice-desktopeditors -y
```

Running ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Once the installation is over, you can run the editors using the terminal command:

desktopeditors

In case you prefer to use a graphical user interface, you can always find the editors in your computer's Application menu - Office - ONLYOFFICE.

Uninstalling ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Uninstalling Desktop Editors will permanently delete associated local data, including application configuration and preference files, cached data and temporary files, local service files and user-generated data used for application startup, andother files and records created by the application during its use. This action is irreversible. Once uninstalled, the data listed above cannot be recovered unless you have created a backup prior to uninstallation. If you wish to preserve any of this data, please back it up manually before proceeding with the uninstallation.

To uninstall ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, enter the following command:

sudo yum remove onlyoffice-desktopeditors

Regularly, there shall remain no residual files after removal using common system methods. However, if any, run the following command to remove anything that may still remain:

sudo rm -rf /opt/onlyoffice

sudo rm -rf /opt/onlyoffice

sudo rm -f /usr/share/applications/onlyoffice-desktopeditors.desktop

sudo rm -f /usr/local/share/applications/onlyoffice-desktopeditors.desktop

sudo rm -f /usr/bin/desktopeditors

sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/desktopeditors

sudo rm -rf ~/.config/onlyoffice

sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/onlyoffice

sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/onlyoffice

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