Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice on LinuxMint Debian Edition...

MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz@gmail.com> wrote on 2011-01-17 12:34:

> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Zed <zed@zed.net.nz> wrote:
> > I have downloaded libreoffice-build-3.3.0.1 to install on my Desktop, which
> > is running LMDE (a Mint edition based on Debian)
> Well, yes - Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu, which is a derivative of Debian.
It seems Mint switched to Debian in September 2010 (see Linux-User 02.2011
of Germany).

> > Pasted below is the result of my ./configure comaand
That means you have downloaded the source code? Then you need two packages.
Please read the detailed infos about compiling LO sources by yourself - and
give your computer much time (usually for the first run ~ 12 hours).

> > zed@zed ~ $ sudo -s
> > [sudo] password for zed:
> > zed zed # cd /home/zed/Downloads/Linux/Extracted/libreoffice-build-3.3.0.1
> > zed libreoffice-build-3.3.0.1 # ./configure
> > bash: ./configure: Permission denied
>
> Usually this means that you haven't set the permissions to allow
> configure to execute.
E.g. your partition is mounted with option "noexec" ?

> I am curious, though - have you tried downloading and installing the
> Debian (*.deb) files for LO?  I use LO on Ubuntu and it installed and
> works just fine ootb.
This is the easier way - which I have done, too. 
Then LO runs in not more then two minutes. 
Then installing dictionaries ... two more minutes.
Perfectly!

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)

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