Re: [libreoffice-users] Update and extension grizzles and aggravation

Cliff Scott wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Gordon Burgess-Parker<gbplinux@gmail.com>  on Mon,
> 25 Apr 2011 17:35:40 +0100
>
> > 1. I cannot understand why there is STILL no "upgrade" function in LO. I
> > had 3.3.1 and in order to upgrade to 3.3.2 I had to download the whole
> > 220 MB. Now I know that's not a lot, but for those on capped and/or slow
> > connections it IS a lot.
> > 2. In the old installation of 3.3.1 I had removed all the non-English
> > dictionaries (after a long search on how to do this - WHY is there not
> > an easy dictionary removel method?) and after downloading the GB version
> > of the new install file, IT RE-INSTALLED ALL THE NON-ENGLISH
> > DICTIONARIES! What on earth is the point of a GB install file when it
> > just replaces all the non-English dictionaries that I had to
> > painstakingly remove previously? GRRRRRR.
> > Come on LO. Get your act together....
>
> You can solve your own problem by deselecting them during installation. They
> only install because they are selected by default, which IMHO should not be
> done. It takes a minute or so, but there are two lists that you have to go
> through and deselect all the dictionaries and language stuff you don't want
> to install.
>
> --
> Cliff

That is strange, as here Ubuntu I was not given a choice.  The extras 
have to be removed via the package manager.


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