[libreoffice-users] Re: upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

On 02/25/2011 06:31 PM, Vic Dura wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:29:38 -0600, "Cliff Scott" <ke6kzj@qsl.net>
> wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] upgrade from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1:
>
> > ** Reply to message from Thorne <thorne.olinger@gmail.com> on Fri, 25 Feb
> > 2011 10:24:58 -0500
> >
> > > How do I upgrade my libreoffice install? I have win xp home with sp3..
> > > there is no update setting on my install...
> >
> > Install over the top of the last one. If you do that then you keep all the
> > setups and extensions.
>
> On a WinXP system, can LibreOffice 3.3.1 be installed over OpenOffice
> 3.3.0?

It's an issue:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/
<quote>
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise
uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type
associations.
</quote>

The issue is that LO uses the same executables as OOo (swriter, etc) and
hasn't yet cleaned up the code to use something else (lowriter, etc).
This can cause *considerable* issues with OOo and LO coexisting on the
same Windows system. If you want to have both installed (on Windows -
it's no issue on linux) at the same time, then I'd suggest installing
'in parallel', see:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel#Windows>

So at this point (on Windows) you are better off with either/or: OOo or
LO, but not both at the same time.

Note: before well known user(s) on this list jump in with comments
regarding linux installs; you can indeed run OOo/distro-OOo/LO-standard
(non-PPA et al) on a linux system without any issues *at all*. In fact
you can run them *all* at the same time. So before you post that you
can't, start a new thread and prove me wrong - with details & facts.


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