Hi :) I just tried Peppermint as a LiveCd on a virtual machine. Quite a few surprises! It looks nice and already has quite a few apps installed for off-line use. The file-manager is on the main menu, as is "Software Manager" which had LibreOffice available as an option even without trying any PPAs or anything!! I prefer
Main Menu - "System Tools" - Synaptic for more fine-grained stuff, like adding particular libraries and stuff. I couldn't get the command-line install to work but i often have trouble with that at the moment. So i had to abandon the download and even just deleted it after i got LibreOffice installed through the "Software Manager". Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Tom Davies <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 14 June, 2011 14:36:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HELP!! Hi :) Peppermint is in the Debian family and is based on Lubuntu http://distrowatch.com/peppermint DistroWatch are excellent for looking-up gnu&linux distros, even Bsd distros. Peppermint uses dpkg for package management so the instructions here might help http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/ Just scroll down to Debian/Ubuntu based systems. The 1st heading, well 2nd if you're pedantic i suppose. Where the official instructions say "use Nautilus" that is just the file-manager for Ubuntu. Peppermint uses PCManFM. Just open any folder and it should open. There is an example of 1 way of doing this in the following blog but i would stick with the official instructions if possible. Blogs can be good guides to help get a clearer idea but are sometimes not updated so often http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-redhat-ubuntu-linux-install-lo_3-3-0-linux_x86_install-rpm_en-us-tar-gz/ Peppermint also has apt already installed so it might be better to add the Ubuntu PPA and then just use pat-get to download and install. For Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) i use this PPA http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu I'm not certain that PPAs can be used but if they can it would make things simpler. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto It's interesting to see that rsync is included by default so that backing-up to external drives is easier. Rsync keeps permissions intact and also notices which is the most recent version of a file so it only back-ups files that have been added or modified. I have a feeling that Peppermint has Gnome Office, not OpenOffice, which is a bit basic but fits nicely in the limited space available. If you need to clear some space try apt-get --help to get instructions on how to use Apt. You might need more specific help so please let us know if the official instructions are awkward so that the documentation team can re-work them. They need testing ;) Good luck and regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Simos Xenitellis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 14 June, 2011 13:51:07 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] HELP!! On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM, mercia fourie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have the peppermint one os...I have downloaded libre office from your > site, extracted it from my downloads folder and have no idea on how to > install from there... > > i really want to use Libre as i cannot stand open office.. > I must say I was not aware of Peppermint OS, http://peppermintos.com/ ;-) Peppermint OS is a cloud Linux distribution, and it tries to use as much as possible web services. I am not sure how you installed Peppermint OS (did you install on a LiveCD or LiveUSB?); you would normally use Google Docs here. If you try another Linux distribution such as Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (from http://www.ubuntu.com/ ) you get pre-installed LibreOffice 3.3. Nevertheless, once you extracted the LibreOffice Linux archive, enter the "libreoffice" directory, then the "program" subdirectory. Finally, the program you need to run is "soffice" which allows to select if you want to start Writer or Calc or Impress. Simos -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] 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 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] 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
