Thanks for the reply. I believe that I will still continue to manually remove LibreOffice then, install the new version.
I did use the "purge" in the past installs. Maybe the next install I will fore go using the "purge" option. Michael On 10/14/2013 21:59 PM, krackedpress [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] wrote: > On 10/13/2013 10:39 PM, Help_Please wrote: > > I am currently running v4.1.2.3 on my copy of Linux Mint Cinnamon. No > > problem to speak of regarding this. However, my question is this > .... from > > what I have seem (searched) online about installing LibreOffice on > Linux, I > > saw a requirement to uninstall/remove any previous version of > LibreOffice > > before installing the new version using the Terminal. is this still > > necessary? Thanks. > > > > I do not know if it is still needed for going from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3, but > it should be done for things like 4.0.5 to 4.1.2. > > There may be issues with "launch menus" and other parts of the setup > that could be negatively affected by not uninstalling LO before the new > version is installed. > > What I do is always uninstall first, just to be safe. > > Of course, if you are getting your install from the OS repository, then > they do the work for you. > > I use the following command > sudo apt-get remove libreoffice* > > if you use "purge" it will remove all of the config files, but you may > not want to do that. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [hidden email] > </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4078021&i=0> > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the > discussion below: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Installing-LibreOffice-Updates-In-Linux-tp4077939p4078021.html > > > To unsubscribe from Installing LibreOffice Updates In Linux, click > here > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4077939&code=bXlrZWx0dXJuQGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0MDc3OTM5fC0xNzEzOTM1ODk2>. > NAML > <http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > > -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Installing-LibreOffice-Updates-In-Linux-tp4077939p4078090.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe 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
