Re: [libreoffice-users] Quickstarter is missing from LO3.5.5. on Debian

On 07/12/2012 02:23 PM, Dan wrote:
> Jay Lozier wrote:
> > On 07/12/2012 12:44 PM, AG wrote:
> > > On 12/07/12 17:31, Regina Henschel wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > AG schrieb:
> > > > > Hi list
> > > > >
> > > > > As the subject line says really - there is no option to activate the
> > > > > quick starter for LO3.5.5 using Debian squeeze.  I downloaded and
> > > > > installed the LO3.5.5 today (after removing the previous version, 
> > > > > which
> > > > > also did not have a quick start option), and find again that 3.5.5
> > > > > lacks
> > > > > this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this now standard with LO to not have a quick starter option or is
> > > > > this something peculiar to Debian packages or something else?
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone advise how I can get this option back, because it 
> > > > > really is
> > > > > helpful.
> > > >
> > > > Is it only disabled, or is it build without Quickstarter? Do you have
> > > > a executable file "quickstart". If yes, then I would try to run it
> > > > and then check the option "Load LO During System Start-Up". If no,
> > > > can it be enabled in the custom install? Do you can modify the
> > > > installation (on Windows it is possible)? If it is build with
> > > > Quickstarter, you should find it in the category "optional 
> > > > components".
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > > Regina
> > > Thanks Regina
> > >
> > > Where would I likely find such an executable file, because it is not
> > > showing up when I run "locate quickstart"?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > AG
> > Check Synaptic for an uninstalled libreoffice/lo package  that provides
> > integration with the desktop. I know Ubuntu has an LO quickstarter, so
> > it appears that it is not installed by Debian by default.  (I assume the
> > quickstarter is part of the LO package and not an Ubuntu extension.)
> >
> > I did not find a quick method to turn on the quickstarter.
>
>      If Ubuntu has an LO quickstarter, what is the name of it? What 
> version of LO are you talking about? Ubuntu places its installed 
> folder in /opt/. It then creates a link in /etc/ to the 
> /opt/libreofficeX.X folder. When installing LO from the LO website, 
> the LO installed folder is /opt/libreofficeX.X. I have both version of 
> LO on my hard drive. On the command line, I entered "locate 
> quickstart" one time and "locate quick". Neither one gave me a result 
> in the /etc/ nor /opt/ folders. Ubuntu does have several files named 
> quickstart, but none of them apply to LO.
>      These files will open LO in the corresponding component: 
> swriter(Writer), scalc (Calc), sdraw (Draw), smath (Math), sbase 
> (Base), simpress (Impress), soffice (the splash screen), and sadmin 
> (printer administrator). In the shell script below, enter the name of 
> the file you want to use based upon which component you want to start.
>
>      To create a shell script file to start a specific component of LO 
> you need to create a text file with two lines:
>               #!/bin/sh
>               /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/"specific file"
> When writing the shell script, use the associated file name in place 
> of "specific file" as in the two examples below.
>
>      Both of these scripts work on Ubuntu:
> #!/bin/sh
> /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/sbase
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/scalc
>
>      Save the file to the desktop, and then use the command line to 
> make the file executable. Do this for each component that you use.
>      If you have a toolbar on your desktop where you can put these 
> files, do so. I have Ubuntu, so I don't know about Debian.
>
> --Dan
Dan

LO 3.5.5.2 Ubuntu/Mint 12.04 with Cinnamon desktop

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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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