Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-11 Thread Joe Conner
Thanks Tom. We try. Blessings, Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA On 10/09/2015 06:05 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) ZenWiz!! Superb answer!! :))) I found this link about how to start writing scripts; https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/284789-writing-a-simple-bash-script- There are plenty of others

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) ZenWiz!! Superb answer!! :))) I found this link about how to start writing scripts; https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/284789-writing-a-simple-bash-script- There are plenty of others but this one got straight to the point. Here's some that are even more long-winded than me!

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread Mark Phillips
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > > 1) Use the Software Center in Ubuntu. Never mind that it is not the > current version. Never mind that the version is not posted in the "more > Info" description, along with the date of the version. > Not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-09 Thread MR ZenWiz
FWIW, I wrote this script a couple of years ago to do the installations for me. #!/bin/bash # A script to install or update libreoffice releases properly if [[ "$1" == "-x" ]]; then shift set -x fi me=`basename $0` Usage() { echo "Usage: $me [-x][-h|--help] [...]" exit 0 } if

[libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

2015-10-08 Thread John R. Sowden
I have been dealing with this issue for years, going back to the Open Office days. How do you install Libreoffice under Ubuntu? Where are the step by step, clearly documented instructions? When are they not either on the download page in LO or a clear link on the download page? Here's what

[libreoffice-users] Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-15 Thread plino
I'm an advanced Windows user but absolute Linux newbie. I was trying to install Libreoffice under Ubuntu Netbook Edition 9.10 (the only version that has drivers for my eeePC netbook) following these instructions

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

2011-02-15 Thread MR ZenWiz
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:07 PM, plino pedl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm an advanced Windows user but absolute Linux newbie. Not uncommmon. : W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404  Not Found I'm guessing that you don't