Getting a little off-topic, but...
Even more confusingly for Windows users, in some contexts on Windows *.*
matches all files, even those without any extension at all (similarly,
libreoffice*.* would match all files starting "libreoffice", even if
they don't contain a dot or extension). I think that's a throwback from
DOS where all files had an up-to-8-character name and up-to-3-character
extension, separated by an implied dot; *.* matched files with any
number of characters for name and any number of characters for
extension, where "any number" includes none.
I don't like the way newer versions of Windows hide the extensions by
default. Apart from the inconvenience when you want to change them, it
makes it so much easier for a dodgy executable to look like a harmless
text document by its icon, with no giveaway that it's got a .exe
extension instead of .txt. One of the first things I do is set Explorer
to show extensions so I can see and change them if necessary:
- Click Organise > Folder and Search Options
- "View" tab
- Untick "Hide extensions for known file types"
- OK
Even then, some extensions (such as .lnk on shortcuts) are "super
hidden" and still aren't shown, at least without a registry hack...
Mark.
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
There's a tiny "gotcha" in there that i only noticed because i have done
the same thing myself. It's the . in
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
Try again but this time without the extra * and the . before it;
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*
Not all *nix files have a file-ending and dot. It's not like Windows!
Windows hides it's .file-endings but almost always relies on them quite
heavily. The end-result looks the same but can still trip people up. My
pet bug-bear is how to rename a .html into a .txt and such-like but my
work-around is to just avoid using Windows and that solves most such
problems!
Regards from
Tom :)
On 17 April 2015 at 06:41, Andreas Säger <[email protected]> wrote:
Am 17.04.2015 um 06:58 schrieb Tom Cloyd:
I'm running Kubuntu Linux - latest version, fully updated.
I just downloaded "LibreOffice_4.4.2_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz" and its
associated helpfile. I removed all other *.tar.gz files from my software
download archive.
I removed my previous LO installation: sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
I unpacked each *.tar.gz file and installed it from its respective "DEBS"
directory: sudo dpkg -i *.deb
I launched my supposed new LO version.
As always with a new install, I immediately check "Help > About..." to
verify the install, and I get this:
Version: 4.3.5.2
Build ID: 3a87456aaa6a95c63eea1c1b3201acedf0751bd5
Since that's the version I started with, prior to this upgrade attempt,
I'm
a bit surprised.
That little "download available" icon is in the upper right corner of the
LO window, as well.
Perhaps there's a problem up in the mothership?
Tom
Hi Tom,
Open a terminal and launch /opt/LibreOffice4.4./program/soffice
Watch any output on the terminal.
Oh, and don't forget to stop any "quick starter" instance of some
LibreOffice installation, particularly while running an installation. I
use to disable this useless anti-feature alltogether
(menu:Tools>Options>Memory>"Systray Quickstart").
Greetings,
Andreas Säger
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