https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80941
Jay Philips <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW CC| |[email protected] Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #10 from Jay Philips <[email protected]> --- I personally wish that a simple installation GUI was available, as LibO has a GUI installation on windows and mac. The main problem is that libreoffice comes with a large number of DEB files that all have to be installed, while with other software, you download a single DEB file and you run it and it opens in a GUI installer app (ubuntu software center or gdebi), then you click install and walla, its done. Hopefully ubuntu's click packages might solve this issue, when its integrate into the system. I think having one is a real positive for LibO, as it shows that LibO cares enough about their linux users to make it easy for them to install it, the same care that LibO shows to their windows and mac users. Imagine how many windows or mac users would install it if they had to go to the commandline and install LibO that way. This would also reduce the amount of FUD about linux, that its not an OS for beginners, as sometime or another, you'll have to go to the terminal, something which is quite scary for many users. LibO should be aiming to remove all barriers to users attempting to install it, especially when it can be achieved quite easily (referring to DEB installations). The funniest thing that i found out during my terminal installation attempts in linux is that there is a bash installation script in the RPM installer file. I think PPAs do solve some of the issue, but of course that is limited to only Ubuntu and its derivatives. The other issue with PPAs is that there still inst a fresh and stable PPA, so users can always stay in that particular branch. I personally have stable (4.1) through the PPA on my Linux Mint 13 (ubuntu 12.04) pc, and fresh (4.2) installed from LibO's website. And any time there is a new version of fresh, i run this batch script from within thunar or caja to simplify the installation ------------------- #!/bin/bash echo my_super_user_password | sudo -S dpkg -i DEBS/*.deb rm -rf DEBS zenity --info --text="DEBs Installed" ------------------- Of course this script is primitive as it solves my specific needs, but the RPM included bash script is quite extensive with error checking, prompts, etc. I think having atleast a bash script is a step in the right direction, but think a simple python GUI installation script could easily be created. I think a simple uninstallation script should also be created, as when you upgrade from one stable or fresh branch to other (e.g. 4.1 to 4.2), uninstalling the old version would be useful. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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