Hi Barry On Linux the location of installed programs can vary widely. Many are put into /usr/bin. If you compile from source often the prefix will be /usr/local/bin. In "olden" times it was normal that /opt was the location of "optional programs.
Have a look at http://slashmedia.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/linux-directory-structure/ or google around a bit and you will find the history of the unix folder structure. But OOo and LibO have used /opt as the top level folder for all builds which have come from the organisations themselves. The problem comes when you have installed a customised version of one of these packages. I mean customised by Canonical/OpenSuSE etc. Then the folder in which it may be found can and does differ from the "original". That is what you have found out! :=) You can install other versions of the program to use a more up to date build, and it will (if downloaded from the OOo/LibO site) install into the /opt folder. If it is a stable build it will go into (for example) /opt/openoffice.org or /opt/libreoffice3.4. If a pre release build it probably ends up in /opt/ooo-dev or /opt/lo-dev. It is quite feasible to have multiple versions of the programs installed. I have LO3.4 and 3.4m1 daily build as well as OOo 3.4beta on my laptop. Running different versions concurrently can be a bit tricky. The other gotcha is the association of file extensions. Your originally installed version in /user/lib/.... will probably be the version opened if you double click an odt file. It is relatively simple to change these file associations if you want. Adding additional menu entries is often not necessary if you have installed the -kde-integration or -gnome-integration packages. Of course this is a generalisation and all generalisations are false. Feel free to shout on this list if you need more help, there are plenty of people "lurking", and most of the Linux power users are much better qualified than me to give advice. regards Martin On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 20:40:34 -0400 Barry Smith <bnsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > Focus: > Is there a way that I can access the work in progress documentation for > Linux... and get involved in writing more of it... if you need my help? > > Background / leadup -- > I have been in Application Development/Enhancement for 30 years. > On occasion (maybe 3 years of that 30) I have been called to enhance > existing documentation to reflect changes. > > I am currently trying to find any LibreOffice documentation dealing > with running under KDE. > After a few minutes of looking today, I was able to find MY > installation of LibreOffice in /usr/lib/libreoffice/program > not /opt/libreoffice/program where another forum somewhere told me to > look (thanks to the "which" command). > > Yet, I am still trying to find help adding Libre Office (okay any app, > but I am focused on Libre Office) to KickOff (KDE's menu). > > I eventually found the Libre Office documentation, and the Libre > Office documentation wiki ... and found out that Linux documentation > is still work in progress. > > Is there a way that I can access the work in progress documentation for > Linux... and get involved in writing more of it... if you need my help? > > -- > Barry Smith > e bnsmith...@gmail.com > w http://bit.ly/l8QJup > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > documentation+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/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- Martin J Fox 马丁·福克斯 mar...@mjfox.ch buti...@bluewin.ch _______________________________________ VK7MM/HB9TQX www.mjfox.ch / www.badwolf.ch QQ 1472808085 / MSN buti...@hotmail.com If God had meant carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire. Email sent using Axigen Free Mail Server: http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/free -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+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/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
