I managed to get a parallel install working using the "Server Install GUI" - all that does is install LO to a folder of your choosing, making sure that it doesn't conflict with current version of LO you have installed.
On Monday, 25 February 2013, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > My deepest apologise for that! > > >From where you are now, to recover, you might only need to run the 3.6.5 > installer again and choose the repair option. That should fix it. This > link is to the 3.6.5 English (US) version > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86&lang=en-US&version=3.6.5 > > If that doesn't work and you really do need to uninstall either version > 3.6.5 first then either of these links should be able to help > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Uninstall-or-change-a-program > http://gizmodo.com/5138189/win-7-tip-where-the-hell-is-addremove-programs > When i am actually on a Windows system i am usually somewhat scared to go > to microsoft.com even at work and i'm certain the system is properly > licensed and i can rech the key easily if i need to re-enter it. On > people's home machines i am never quite sure if the site is going to throw > a curved-ball at me. The other address just seems rude so normally i > wouldn't click it but it seemed fine. > > > If/when i recommend installing to a usb stick or other portable device > then it's using the "Portable Apps" version. NOT the regular download. > Here is the link for the portable apps version > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable/ > I probably don't make it clear enough though so i can understand why > people might have missed that. Apparently the portable apps version can > even be installed to Cloud systems so that you can access LibreOffice on > any machine that lets you access your Cloud. I've not tried that though. > > > One other problem on Miss Keating's system is that keeping OpenOffice on > your system might cause confusion for your machine. NeoOffice, Lotus > Symphony, Go-oo, OpenOffice and LibreOffice all have the same core code and > make the same calls to components that have the same names so it can all be > a tad confusing for a system to have more than 1 version of any of those > installed. That's why some smart people have written the guide for > installing LibreOffice in parallel > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel > Although it only specifically talks about 2 versions of LibreOffice the > same is often true when one of the versions is one of the other forks. > > Hopefully one day all mention of soffice will be replaced by libreoffice > or something. I just hope they don't go for the name libo because that > could cause some confusion for people familiar with unix-based systems. > > Good luck with sorting the mess out! Please start a new thread about it > and let us know how it goes! > Apols and regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Miss Keating <misskeat...@comcast.net <javascript:;>> > >To: edo1 <edagr...@verizon.net <javascript:;>> > >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org <javascript:;> > >Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013, 5:40 > >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 & 4 on same machine > > > >On 2/24/2013 6:37 PM, edo1 wrote: > >> I'm currently running LO ver 3 on Vista x64. Before I commit to ver 4 > I'd > >> like to run both versions for a while. Will this work if I load ver 4 > in a > >> separate Program Files folder? > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-4-on-same-machine-tp4039849.html > >> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >You may wish to take warning from my recent experience. I had LO3.5 > happily operational on a Win7 system, but wanted to try 4.0. I downloaded > the files to a USB stick, my j:drive, and installed the programme there. I > seem to remember Tom Davies suggesting that procedure to some other user. > It worked just fine for 4.0, but the installation of 4.0 destroyed3.5 back > on the c: drive. I disconnected the USB stick, which of course then left me > with no working version of LO, and tried to load 3.6.5, only to be told > that a "newer version" had been detected, which must be removed to permit > installation of 3.6.5. > > > >That is of course absurd since there is no LO at all installed on the > machine as long as the USB stick is disconnected. There are remnants, such > as 7 levels of subdirectories, all empty, under a LO3.5 subdirectory in > programs(x86), and several short-cut icons whose "properties" all show them > as inoperative. > > > >I don't know how to remove a program which doesn't exist, so until I can > straighten this business out I am left with only OO, or LO4.0 running from > the stick. Perhaps I have to invoke a "restore point"? > > > >By my lights, it's a very unsavoury practice to have an installer destroy > existing installations without (a) warning you that that's what it's about > to do, and, (b) asking your permission, but that's what happened to me. May > you have better luck, and if you succeed, you might tell us how you did it. > > > > > >trj > > > > > > > > > > > > > >. > > > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: > users+h...@global.libreoffice.org <javascript:;> > >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/users/ > >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > > > > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: > users+h...@global.libreoffice.org<javascript:;> > 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/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
