Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D)

On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 20:56 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: 

> Hi :)
> Ahh great.  I just don't know my way around Unity yet.  Anyway using the same tool you used 
> before sounds like a good option ;)  
>
> Oh, if things go really badly wrong Ubuntu offers a really neat trick that not many people know 
> about.  You can re-install it without formatting or over-writing data.  You have to re-install 
> the extra programs again (or remove ones you uninstalled last time)
>
> On about the 3rd screen of the 11.10 installer (and most releases before that too) it offers 
> choices such as 
> "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" (avoid this one!!) or
> "Something else" (this is the one)
> It scans your drives and shows your partitions in a nice colourful graphical display.  If you 
> chose the wrong option either press the back button or the link to "Advanced partitioning tool" 
> to get to the same gui.  
>
> You need to set one partition to be / as that is where the OS and programs go.  It needs to be 
> the same partition type as it was before, probably ext4 or ext3.  It is good to have a separate 
> /home partition but that is usually in the same partition as the / first time you try Gnu&Linux.  
> Note that /home is a sub-folder inside / and contains user data&settings.  
>
> The important thing is to make sure that the "Format?" column has NO ticks.  If a partition gets 
> formatted it loses all the data it contained.  Ubuntu allows you to install without having any of 
> these ticked.  I think it's not recommended as a fresh install is better but it is possible and 
> seems to work well :)  

One trick I have been using is to use two different partitions for a
base Linux install. The smaller one is the "/" partition and the larger
one is /home partition. This allows only updating the OS without
affecting the user data. To do this, I select the option to do a custom
install during installation. 

> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Tue, 18/10/11, planas <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: planas <jslozier@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D)
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Date: Tuesday, 18 October, 2011, 18:47
> > On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 08:16 -0700,
> > chimak111 wrote: 
> >
> > > Hi Tom, thanks for replying. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10
> > (Oneiric Ocelot) with
> > > Unity 3D. I'd have preferred to have uninstalled it
> > via LibreOffice itself
> > > but I'll give your suggestion a try and hope I don't
> > break anything.
> > > I'm not vastly experienced in Linux. So let's see. I
> > had installed the "Copy
> > > Visible Cells" extension and that has a way to
> > disable/remove it from within
> > > LibreOffice's Extension Manager. That, in my opinion,
> > should be the way to
> > > uninstall extensions.
> > >
> > > --
> > > View this message in context: 
> > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-3-4-3-on-Ubuntu-11-10-Unity-3D-tp3431366p3431523.html
> > > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at
> > Nabble.com.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 both have Synaptic - at the variants
> > I have
> > looked at. If not installed, it can be downloaded using the
> > Software
> > Center. Synaptic provides a GUI for detailed package
> > management.
> > -- 
> > Jay Lozier
> > jslozier@gmail.com
> >
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