Get the package
Download .deb or .rpm from wps.com Linux. For Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo dpkg -i wps-office*.deb
sudo apt-get install -fFor Fedora/RHEL-style:
sudo dnf install ./wps-office*.rpmFonts
Windows documents expect Calibri, Cambria, Arial. Install a metric-compatible set (Carlito/Caladea, or your distro’s mscorefonts where legal) or line breaks will drift. Missing CJK fonts also cause tofu boxes in Chinese templates.
MIME / defaults
If WPS grabbed PDFs, reset with your desktop’s default-apps panel or xdg-mime default org.gnome.Evince.desktop application/pdf (pick your real viewer desktop file). Community configs mention disabling association detection at startup in Office.conf.
History in one paragraph
Kingsoft tweeted in 2017 that Linux updates might stop, then walked it back. Wikipedia notes Linux is community-supported more than Windows. Packages still appear on the official download center in 2026. Budget some self-help.
HiDPI
If the ribbon is microscopic or gigantic, desktop scaling and WPS’s own scale both apply. Set one of them to 100% and the other to your need. Wayland fractional scaling is still where electron-ish and Qt-ish apps argue; an X11 session is the boring fix.
Printing on Linux
CUPS is the real printer stack. If WPS print fails, Export PDF and print with the desktop PDF viewer. That isolates WPS from CUPS.
Third-party repos
A PPA or random Copr may be kind and may be stale. Prefer the file from wps.com. If your distro ships wps-office in a repo, compare the version to Kingsoft’s. Older can be more stable; it can also miss a security fix. You own that trade.