Re: [libreoffice-users] can you have both OOo and LibreOffice installed into Ubuntu?

On Wed Dec 08 2010 09:41:00 GMT-0800 (PST)  webmaster@krackedpress.com 
wrote:
> Can you have both OOo and LibreOffice installed on Ubuntu?
>
> I know that Go-oo and OOo look the same and use the same
> menu and folders for Ubuntu.  I was wondering if LibreOffice
> will use a different set of folders and such so I can install it
> along side OOo 3.2.1 on my Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit desktop.
>
> I am not a "expert" with Linux so it was "hard" for me to
> figure out how to get Go-oo off my system and put OOo
> from OOo's web site onto my system.  It would be nice
> to have OOo on Ubuntu's repository and be able to choose
> which version to use.
>
> I did read that Ubuntu was thinking about placing LibreOffice
> in its repository.  I do hope that you will be able to choose
> between version/branches of OOo, or be able to have both
> OOo and LibreOffice installed at the same time.
>
> So the question still is, can you have both OOo and LibreOffice
> installed into Ubuntu?
>
> Please make any instructions easy to use.
> Between a stroke and my "beginner-ish" knowledge of Ubuntu [or Linux],
> I need complete instructions that are easy to understand.

The easiest way to install LibO is to download, and use Archive Manager 
to Extract the files.  Open a terminal session and cd to the DEBS folder 
where the files were extracted.  Then type in  sudo dpkg -i *.deb  and 
press enter.  Enter your password.  When the process is completed cd to 
the  desktop-integration  folder and rerun the  dpkg -i *.deb  command.
The install places files in a different location than OOo so there is no 
conflict between them.  Do be advised that there are a lot of 
pre-installed extensions that increase the size of the download.

HTH
Andy

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