On 2020-04-14 10:34, Dan Lewis wrote:
On 4/14/20 01:28, John Kaufmann wrote:
For "Installing several versions of LibreOffice in parallel"
<https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel>, the wiki discusses editing
bootstraprc (Linux) or bootstrap.ini (Windows), changing the "UserInstallation" variable using
configuration variables $SYSUSERCONFIG and $ORIGIN.
The implication of the discussion seems to be that these variables are part of
a configuration language that is familiar to the reader. But it's not familiar
to me, and I'm having trouble to find the documentation (probably because my
terminology is imprecise). Can someone point me in the right direction?
I think that there is an easier way to install several versions of LibreOffice
in parallel, perhaps not in Windows or Mac. Presently I have the installation
files in /opt/: 6.2, 6.3, 6.3.4. and 6.4. I can run all four at the same time
if I so desire.
How did I do this? all but 6.3.4 were installed normally with one exception: I
changed the last line in bootstraprc using a text editor as an administrator.
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/4 became
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/6.3 for LibreOffice 6.3. Obviously
the end of this line for each of the other versions was 6.2, or 6.4
respectively. When a particular version was first started, the configuration
folder is created as a subfolder of /home/.config/
For version 6.3.4, this was more involved. First I followed the link that you
have mentioned to install this version in parallel within the folder containing
the installation files. (LibreOffice_6.3.4.1_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/Install.
This created as a subfolder libreoffice6.3/ which is its installation folder.
Then I also followed the same instructions to install the help files for this
version in parallel. Next I moved the help folder to the libreoffice6.3
installation folder (/home/username/.config/libreoffice/) which made the help
files available to this parallel version of 6.3.4 when it is run.
Next to the last step: Modify the bootstraprc last line to
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/4 became
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/Direct. (I wanted to use this
particular version to connect to MySQL using the direct connection. Other
versions are either using either connecting to MySQL using JAVA or connecting
to HSQLDB 2.5.0.)
Last step: As administrator, I moved the libreoffice6.3 folder that I had
created to the /opt/ folder.
There may well be something listed here that could be used for Windows or Mac,
I do not know.
Dan, that is really elegant, and gives me a completely different way to think
about the configuration issues. Regina has pointed me to info on the original
approach, and each of these approaches helps to illuminate the other. For that
I'm grateful.
Best regards,
John
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