Re: [libreoffice-users] Having trouble installing Libre Office in Ubuntu

2011/1/19 Fabián Rodríguez <magicfab@member.fsf.org>:
> I would welcome detailed, tested steps to do the same in a GUI with less
> than the 4 steps I enumerated. :) Using a PPA is already a stretch of
> using "Linux for human beings", so is going to LibreOffice so early.
It _is_ in beta test - it's not ready for prime time quite yet....

> Try describing what you wrote in detailed steps (as an exercise) and
> soon you will need screenshots, red circles and arrows pointing at
> stuff: "add the repo to synaptic and install by simply copy/pasting the
> repo url appropriately into the synaptic repo tool, then searching,
> clicking, installing, too, since we're in pointy clicky land here."
> While at it please define "repo", "synaptic", "repo url", "repo tool"
> and "installing"! I seriously wish PPAs where easier, but then we'd end
> up with Active X :D Such documentation shortcuts are impossible to
> decifer by most users and if expand them it becomes some huge
> intimidating document. I know about this from doing it full time for the
> last 4 years (for Ubuntu, specifically).
>
> I think a video might be in order :) Meh.
This is where the CLI shines - a few simple commands to execute and you're done.

Why the installation process is not provided in a shell script, say
"install," is beyond me.

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