On 11-01-17 06:02 PM, Zed wrote:
[..] A search for the package leads to Ubuntu PPAs but as I am using the Debian edition of LinuxMint, I am reluctant to use these, in case there are future problems. Any further advice would be appreciated. Zed
Hi Zed, I would use the .deb packages for now if I were you. I couldn't find any references to LibreOffice in the LMDE community resources. The Ubuntu PPA is bound to have specific tweaks for Ubuntu and if you have any bugs you won't be able to file them there as the bug tracker is for the Ubuntu version running on Ubuntu. OTOH if you use .debs you can file bugs in Mint [1] or upstream at FreeDesktop.org [2]. As Terry and Alexander indicated, you need the lang pack to be installed first. In a few steps: 1) Make a directoy for your install files: mkdir libo-debs 2) Change into it: cd libo-debs 3) Get the ENglish-US installer and en-GB langpack + help file: wget -c http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz wget -c http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_en-GB.tar.gz http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_en-GB.tar.gz 4) Extract all the archives: tar -xvzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz tar -xvzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_langpack-deb_en-GB.tar.gz tar -xvzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_helppack-deb_en-GB.tar.gz 5) Install all the .debs: sudo dpkg -R -i . I only had an Ubuntu 10.10 system available to test the above, let me know if that works for you. You will need to adjust the package names and locations accordingly if you use a 32-bit system. This is essentially the same as the official instructions here (only saving a few steps as -R in the above command goes into directories recursively for you): http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux Cheers, Fabián -- LibreOffice questions ? Des questions sur LibreOffice ? Preguntas acerca de LibreOffice ? Ask LibreOffice: http://libreoffice.shapado.com/ ~ Fabián Rodríguez http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+help@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***