Hi :) The wiki-page recommends using
sudo apt-get purge libreoffice? but i never quite trust the single question mark and replace that with a star to be certain of getting everything. Also i'm not sure about purge as i suspect it gets rid of settings, configs, Extensions, galleries and everything so i prefer sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* Also after doing the install you might want LibreOffice to look a bit nicer so it's good to install the desktop integration package relevant for your DE (in this case probably Gnome (or more likely a fork of it), Unity or Xfce (ok, this last one is unlikely)) so try sudo dpkg -i desktop-integration/*.deb Note there is no / or anything in front of desktop-integration because the folder called "desktop-integration" should be in the folder you are already in at that point. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 4:01 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Error trying to install LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 >on ubuntu 12.10 > > >On 04/29/2013 09:57 PM, Hugh Lupien wrote: >> When trying to install LibreOffice 4.0.2.2 on ubuntu 12.10 using the >> readme directions that follow: >> >> "sudo dpkg -i *.deb >> >> The above DEBSdpkg command does the first part of the installation >> process. To complete the process, you also need to install the desktop >> integration packages. To do this, change directory to the >> "desktop-integration" directory that is within the "DEBS" directory, >> using the following command: >> >> cd desktop-integration >> >> Now run the dpkg command again: >> >> sudo dpkg -i *.deb >> >> The installation process is now completed, and you should have icons >> for all the LibreOffice applications in your desktop's >> Applications/Office menu." >> >> I get the following error message after successfully installing the >> first part according to the readme txt, and trying to install the >> desktop integration packages: >> >> hugh-u@hugh-u:~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.2.2_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS$ >> cd desktop-integration >> hugh-u@hugh-u:~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.2.2_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/desktop-integration$ >> >> sudo dpkg -i *.deb[sudo] password for hugh-u: >> Selecting previously unselected package libreoffice-debian-menus. >> dpkg: regarding libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.2-2_all.deb containing >> libreoffice-debian-menus: >> libreoffice-debian-menus conflicts with libreoffice-bundled >> libreoffice-core provides libreoffice-bundled and is present and >> installed. >> >> dpkg: error processing libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.2-2_all.deb >> (--install): >> conflicting packages - not installing libreoffice-debian-menus >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.2-2_all.deb >> hugh-u@hugh-u:~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.2.2_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/desktop-integration$ >> >> >> >> Please help if you can. Thank you >> >> Hugh Lupien > Ubuntu includes their own version of LibreOffice which includes >this : libreoffice-common which contains the menu entries. When you ran >sudo dpkg -i *.deb in the desktop-integration folder, you are trying to >overwrite what is contained in libreoffice-common. That is when you get >your error. (This has been happening to me for more than 10 years.) > So, what do I do? First of all I have installed Synaptic from the >Ubuntu repositories using >sudo apt-get install synaptic. Then open Synaptic (Applications > System >Tools > Adminstration). You will have to enter your user password to >open this program. Then enter libreoffice in the Search box and click >the Search button. Remove all the packages that contain libreoffice in >the Installed Version column. (Right click the program and select Mark >for Removal. When you have marked all of the appropriate programs, click >the Apply button. At the top. A window appears labeled Summary. Double >check that you have not accidentally marked a program for removal that >should not be removed. Also make sure that libreoffice-common is on the >removal list. When you are satisfied, click the apply button in this >window. Then close Synaptic. Now you can go back to the >desktop-integration folder. There run sudo dpkg -i *.deb. This time >there should be no error, and you should have the LO 4.0.2.2 menu >present in the Office folder. Or if you use Unity (I do not), you can >search for the LO icons using the top "icon" of the Dash. > >--Dan > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >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: [email protected] 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
