Hi :) When you get to the s in desktop-integration try pressing the tab key and watch the rest of the line get put in for you ;)
I agree with Marc and feel compelled to point out that normally installing stuff is much easier on Gnu&Linux, and safer. It's because we are all trying to do something unusual, something that we wouldn't normally do, that it's getting complicated. Normally i wouldn't even have to download anything from a website using a web-browser or visit sites i could never entirely be certain of or trust friends or a shop that might not know everything to watch out for. Normally i just open my "Package Manager" instead of a web-browser. Then i tell it roughly what i want. Even if i don't know a name it gives a bunch of choices. I click on one or more of the choices and click the "Install" button. From then on the package manager looks after updating it for me and making sure it doesn't break or get corrupted or anything. It just does the whole job of downloading, installing and updating. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013, 17:13 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb > > >The only typing I do is the > >cd Lib >cd DEBS >sudo dpkg -i *.deb >cd desktop-integration >sudo dpkg -i *.deb [using up arrow till I get to that command] > >No long folder or file names if you unpack the folder/files via the GUI >file manager and archive package, then rename the folder to "Lib". > >I do the same thing for the help packs. > >I do as little typing as I can. > > > > >On 02/11/2013 12:00 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> You don't need to do all that typing anyway. Just press the tab key a few >> times and the terminal cleverly works out what you are aiming for. It takes >> a bit of working out how it works at first but it's a real boon once you get >> used to it. Renaming is not a bad idea though as it clarifies exactly what >> is what. >> >> I thnk it inspired those old mobile phones that had "predictive texting" >> waaaay before smart-phones arrived. Hmmm, thinking about it i wonder what >> OS they were running! ;) Unfortunately the phones version of predictive >> text was quite a bit different and a bit of a pita for a lot of people. >> Dunno how often my phone called my best buddy a cow! >> >> This has beena great thread! Thanks all :) It's given me a lot to try out. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org >>> Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013, 3:27 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb >>> >>> >>> >>> I do not like all that typing. >>> >>> What I do is use the default file manager and double click the archived >>> file and unarchive it. Then I take the folder that is created and rename >>> it to Lib or LibO. That way you do not need to type all of the characters >>> of the folder's name. I also do not use the desktop as the "storage" place >>> fore the unarchived folder[s]. >>> >>> I keep forgetting the "remove" command so I use the package manager to >>> remove the LO packages from the previous version that was installed. Works >>> well for me. >>> >>> Also, I tend to use the "cd" command to go to the proper folder[s] where >>> the "dpkg" command is needed. Long ago, in my mainframe days, I was taught >>> to go to the folder[s] where my files are to run them. That is what I try >>> to do. The only time I do not is when I have a launcher icon to work with >>> on my desktop. I prefer to use the GUI more than the terminal anyways. >>> Easier on my fingers and my typing skills after 3 strokes. So I do things >>> as easy as I can, or easy as I can remember to do/use. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 02/10/2013 01:06 PM, Don Myers wrote: >>>> Tom, >>>> >>>> I used the following instructions to upgrade to LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 on >>>> three machines with Ubuntu 12.10. It has worked really well so far. No >>>> issues installing or using it. The bug that made some functions in Base >>>> run unacceptably slow have been fixed!!!!!!! >>>> >>>> *Instructions for the 64 Bit Debian Version:* >>>> Download LibreOffice_4.0.0.3 to the desktop. >>>> Right click on it and extract it to the desktop. This will give you the >>>> folder LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb >>>> Run the following terminal commands to install it: >>>> 1. sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.* >>>> 2. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/*.deb >>>> 3. sudo dpkg -i >>>> ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.0-103_all.deb >>>> 4. If using Unity, Open Dash, type Libre and you will see the different >>>> components (Writer, Calc, etc.). Simply drag the icons for them over to >>>> where you wish to have them in the launcher bar. >>>> >>>> If you install it in this manner using the official Document Foundation >>>> version, and you type libreoffice in the command line, I get the following: >>>>> The program 'libreoffice' is currently not installed. You can install it >>>>> by typing: >>>>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-common >>>> An install as shown above does not have any repository from which it >>>> originated. Therefore there aren't any updates, which I understand. If it >>>> showed up as an installed program, Ubuntu would try to update the >>>> LibreOffice with its own version which would lead to a royal mess!!!!!! I >>>> did not get a message saying there is a missing package like you did. >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> >>>> On 02/10/2013 09:59 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: >>>>> Tom >>>>> I ram the install on Linux Mint 14 and had no troubles with it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 02/09/2013 03:07 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>>>>> Hi :) >>>>>> I downloaded the .Deb for Ubuntu (and others) twice yday and tried >>>>>> installing it as per instructions but when i tried running LibreOffice >>>>>> from the command-line by typing in >>>>>> >>>>>> libreoffice >>>>>> >>>>>> I got an error message saying that LibreOffice couldn't run because i >>>>>> was missing a package called something like >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> libreoffice-common >>>>>> >>>>>> when i looked through all the packages in the Deb and desktop integration >>>>>> folders i found there was one! I'm sure it's been there in previous >>>>>> releases?! However when i double-click on a docX or odt or anything >>>>>> then LibreOffice 4 does successfully open it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> So, it's a bit weird but doesn't seem to be problem unless i try that odd >>>>>> way of opening LO in a way that i would never normally have tried unless >>>>>> i wanted to try to collect error reports and stuff (ie never). >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards from >>>>>> Tom :) >>>>> >>> >>> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
