On 28 December 2011 19:48, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On 12/28/2011 09:25 AM, Tony Pursell wrote: > > It seems that all the bugs that were in Bugzilla as NEW have been bumped > > back to NEEDINFO with the message > > > > "This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it > > started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The > bug is > > changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from > NEEDINFO back > > to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or > beta2 > > prereleases. > > Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found > > at:http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1"; > > > > I have to say this is very irritating where a bug has been logged for > > a long time > > and re-affirmed may times for new versions of OpenOffice.org, originally, > > and now LibreOffice. > > > > That said, however, I am quite willing to test my bug in 3.5, but the > > link above is > > most unhelpful. What I need is a way to use 3.5 for testing, while > > retaining the > > current stable version for everyday use. Can someone help me with that? > I am > > using Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit on a HP desktop PC. > > > > Tony > > > > Tony, download the 3.5 debs: > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ > Extract with Nautilus: 'Extract here' > In a terminal cd to: > /LibO-Dev_3.5.0beta2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS and install: > > $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > Do the same for the help file: > /LibO-Dev_3.5.0beta2_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_en-US/DEBS > > $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb > > That will install the dev version in /opt/lodev3.5. These will not > interfere wihth your existing LO install(s) & will create a profile as > ~/.config/lodev/3/user. > > Now create a menu or desktop launcher to: > /opt/lodev3.5/program/soffice > and off you go. > > Thanks very much for your help on this. LibO-Dev is successfully installed and I have tested for the bug I've been following (no surprise that it is still there).
Cor has put a comment on the website to reassure that this installation does not interfere with the current stable version, but I still think I would have been in difficulties without your help. Thanks again, Tony -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.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.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
