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

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.
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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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