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I remember seeing an install direction for a Linux package that has the "generic" information instead of the current numbering system. It worked well enough. YET, for some users, you might need to state . . . .

"LibO_#.#.#_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US"

replace the current version number for the "#.#.#",
example
LibO_3.6.5_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US


On 11/16/2012 07:21 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
On the Linux installation webpage[1], there are mentions of LibreOffice by specific release numbers. I propose we make the instructions as release generic as possible.

If we do this, it will mean no more updating the webpage after each new release. In the case of this page, it has not seen an update since the release of version 3.4! Worse, there are many file names in the text that need updating. It would be better if we made the file names generic and not release specific.

Here are some examples of changes that I propose.


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On the Linux installation page, the following sentence is found:

"Instructions below apply to all final releases of 3.3 and 3.4"

I don't think we need this sentence and I would like to delete it. IMO, our instructions for installs should avoid mentioning LibreOffice versions unless absolutely necessary.

I've checked the .rpm procedures and they are the same procedures a user may use for any version we have released.
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In the .rpm section, the instructions also mention the folder name by version. I would like to make these names more generic. For example:

Original:

"1) After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents have been unpacked into a directory called LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US or LibO_3.4.5rc2_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US. Open a Nautilus file manager window, and change directory to that directory. ..."

Change:

"1) After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents have been unpacked into a directory called "LibO_X.X.X_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US". Open a Nautilus file manager window, and change directory to that directory. ..."

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Note: I find the Linux Installation page extremely hard to follow. I would propose that we re-organize the page so that once a Linux user lands on that page that she/he be greeted with a link the following sub-pages:

* Installation of LibreOffice on Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux systems


* Installation of LibreOffice on Fedora, Suse, Mandriva and other Linux systems using RPM packages

Any remaining information would be moved and/copied into either section as needed.

The user will then be presented with less information rather than having to deal with a lot of text. We need to reduce the amount of un-needed text.

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If we all agree to the above, I would be willing to go ahead with the changes. We would have to have someone check with the .deb install procedures to make sure they have not changed since the last page update. The .rpm install procedures look OK to me.


Cheers,

Marc

[1] https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/




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