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On 08/12/2010 18:13, Craig A. Eddy wrote:


On 12/08/2010 10:41 AM, 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.

I'm running Debian Testing (Squeeze/Sid) and have both the
repository version of OO.o and the RC1 of LO installed on the
machine.  Each has their own DOT folder (.libreoffice and
.openoffice.org) in which the configurations are kept.

To install the .deb package(s) of LO, download the Linux .tar.gz
(LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz .  Look on the
download page near the bottom for the Debian download), place it in
a directory and unarchive it (file roller works well for this).  It
creates a directory called LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US
in which are 3 other directories.  Go to the DEBS directory and you
will see a BUNCH of .deb files and a directory (remember the
directory, we'll get back to that in a minute.

Open a terminal (probably in your Applications menu, near the
bottom) and path to the directory where you've unarchived the
.tar.gz.  (cd [name of the directory]).  In the terminal type sudo
dpkg -i .deb (you can copy and paste it from this post, if you like).
It will ask for your password (same password you use to log into
Ubuntu).  It will run for a couple of minutes.  When it stops LO will
be installed and you will be back to the prompt in the terminal (The
prompt should be [your name]@[name of your computer]:~[directory
name]$ )

NOW we'll talk about that other directory in the DEBS directory,
called desktop-integration.  Path into it (cd desktop-integration)
and use the same command that you used to install the .debs before
(sudo dpkg -i .deb).  This will install the icons and menu
connections for you in Applications ->  Office.

[cut]
Why all this tedium of installing twice? sudo dpkg -iR ./DEBS from the
immediately superior directory does the same job in one go.

Peter HB

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