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

On 01/18/2011 06:15 PM, wlb wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer.  I am using
> Ubuntu Linux, 10.10.  I have tried several times to down load it, even one
> that took hours.  I finally stopped it.  I tried to follow the instructions,
> but I am not technologically literate and I tried to follow as best I could.
>
> Libre Office was not automatically installed when I upgraded.  Open Office
> was the only office program that installed.  I am hoping that you can help
> me.  I would really like to try your program.  Everyone on the Linux forum
> speaks so very highly of it.

Wanda, given your experience level I'd recommend (for the time being)
that you stick with what you already have installed (OOo). LibreOffice
is currently in RC (Release Candidate), meaning that it is still in the
testing phase. Wait until LO is fully released, or had someone assist you.

However, if you still wish to give LO a try (and I hesitate to advise
this if you have a dailup connection where the download takes "hours"):

1. Download the .deb package from:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download
<http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86_64/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz>

2. Go to where you downloaded the .gz and right-click and select
'Extract here'. Then follow Mark & Baldwins's instructions (and you'll
need to open the terminal to do this (Applications|Accessories|Terminal):

$ cd LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

You should then find LibreOffice in Applications|Office






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