Re: [libreoffice-users] starting Base - works for me

On 07/27/2012 02:01 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> Thanks for that information. I was aware of that. I have two concerns 
> with using it. First, it may update me when I don't want to be 
> updated, like from 3.5.x to an early 3.6.x. I generally don't go to a 
> new LibreOffice series until the second beta has been finished, so for 
> the 3.6 series, it would be 3.6.2. The other concern is in the past I 
> had issues with OpenOffice releases in the Ubuntu repositories, and 
> just seemed to have better luck with the ones directly from 
> OpenOffice/LibreOffice.
The launchpad page for the ppa indicates that it is an "unofficial" 
repository.

To turn off automatic updating in Synaptic go to Settings>Repositories 
and select "Other Software" tab. Then scroll until you find the ppa and 
unselect it. The Update Manager will ignore the ppa until it is reactivated.
> Any thoughts or comments about my thoughts would be appreciated. I'm 
> assuming the ppa you are speaking of is in the Ubuntu repositories and 
> it is the Ubuntu version.
>
> Don
>
>
> On 07/27/2012 01:48 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > An alternative is to install the ppa libreoffice/ppa using:
> >
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa: libreoffice/ppa
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install libreoffice
> >
> > This ppa is updated within a couple of days of a release of a new 
> > version of LO. Thus your update manager will keep track of LO for you. 


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