AUR builds return “==> ERROR: wps-office-stable is not available for the ‘aarch64’ architecture.”
snap in konsole returns “error: snap “wps-office” is not available on stable for this architecture (arm64) but exists on other architectures (amd64).”
I’ve downloaded both the deb and rpd files from the wps website but can’t figure out how to install them. (Admittedly, this may have something to do with my relative naivety in using Linux.)
This is my first day using Manjaro, which came on a new laptop (Pinebook Pro) and WPS is one of the first programs I want to install.
Nothing to do with manjaro really … those packages are made for x86_64.
(not ARM)
You can try to modify the PKGBUILD from the AUR to include your architecture.
I have no idea if it will work.
Since WPS office is not open source and they only provide builds for the 64-bit x86 architecture, I think you’re out of luck. You’d need some kind of x86_64 emulation/virtualization.
Although they have an Android application, so you might be able to get that working with Anbox, but I don’t think it has as many features as the desktop variant.
WPS Office is only available for x86_64 via their official DEB & RPM packages, unfortunately. Also, the wps-office-stable AUR package has been out of date for well over a year.
[ATTENTION] The new international version (11.1.0.9080) removed zh_CN support, login, and some other functions. If you still want full functions, or you want aarch64 support, you may need the Chinese version from https://linux.wps.cn here: AUR (en) - wps-office-cn
And indeed, the PKGBUILD of wps-office-cn indicates aarch64 support.
Well, there’s two: wps-office-stable (which he tried to install) and wps-office. The former is out of date and unmaintained. I orphaned it and submitted a request to merge the two.
You could use debtap as a LAST RESORT to convert deb files, and then install them as local files.
As an aside, Libre Office seems to be more ‘compatible’ with MS Office as you can save MS Office files in the latest format. I think WPS saves files as an older version, which open in compatibility mode in MS Office.
You may also want to install/copy MS fonts into your Manjaro fonts database for even more compatibility with MS Office to avoid substitute fonts being used.
