Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04.  It failed have the
> time
> I tried to install anything via PPA.  So I do not use it.
Gary already explained that - it isn't there.

> I think we need to make sure that the people who are Linux users have
> clear options fir installing via PPA and through the standard web site
> download and terminal install.  It is only a few lines to install via the
> terminal, so for me it is easier than setting up a PPA install.
A shell script would be better, like the update script that comes with it....

> I still use a PDF file to remind me what the commands are, but it does
> not change except the [file] name of the version to be installed.
As I said, a shell script would be better, and really simple:

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` <install-tarball>"
    exit 1
fi

tgz=$1
if [[ ! -f $tgz ]]; then    # try adding the .tar.gz suffices...
    tgz="${tgz}.tar.gz
    if [[ ! -f $tgz ]]; then
        echo "$tgz does not appear to be a gzipped tarball - please
check the file and try again."
        exit 1
    fi
fi
tar -xzf $tgz
dir=`basename $tgz .tar.gz`
if [[ ! -d $dir/DEBS ]]; then
    echo "I can't see a DEBS subdirectory - check your tarball again."
    exit 1
fi
cd $dir/DEBS
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
if [[ -d desktop-integration ]]; then
    cd desktop-integration
    sudo dpkg -i *.deb
fi
echo "Done!"
echo ""

You can even use this to install the lang packs and help pack since it
doesn't care what the name of the file is.

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