[libreoffice-users] Simple Installation Instructions

2010-12-26 Thread Goldfish
Hi, Why Can't we have simple installation instructions on www.libreoffice.org like the following that I got from another website which had similar instructions for RC 1? Installation Open the terminal and type :- Quote: cd ~/Downloads tar xvzf LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Installation Instructions

2010-12-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree with Keep It Simple for the noobs, at least for the entry-level distros such as Ubuntu, Mandriva and so on. I can't really imagine people disagreeing as having the option is unlikely tp stop people choosing more difficult methods to get a more tailored result if they feel the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Installation Instructions

2010-12-26 Thread Andy Brown
On Sun Dec 26 2010 12:42:57 GMT-0800 (PST) Katheryne Draven wrote: I would have to agree with Mark Pare'. A unified installation format should be created. In the beginning of OOo. There was a tar one could extra and put into place anywhere and just run OOo from that. When OOo began creating

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Installation Instructions

2010-12-26 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 26 December 2010 12:21:22 pm Andy Brown wrote: On Sun Dec 26 2010 12:42:57 GMT-0800 (PST) Katheryne Draven wrote: I would have to agree with Mark Pare'. A unified installation format should be created. In the beginning of OOo. There was a tar one could extra and put into place

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Installation Instructions

2010-12-26 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Just a note from a Perpetual n00bie (who's written in, here, for help in getting LO installed): I've used prepackaged rpms years ago when I was running Red Hat. I've used prepackaged debs through Synaptic with Ubuntu and now Debian. I've had occasion to want to install something for which