Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.0 alongside 3.5

Den 27.01.2013 15:33, skreiv Johnny Rosenberg:
> 2013/1/27 Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>:
> > Hi :)
> > It should be fine in Ubuntu 12.04.  I'm not sure why people are talking about Windows
> That felt strange to me too, since I mentioned my operating system in
> my original post.
I thought this forum was for *all* users.
I was answering the question because I thought there could be some 
peoples running another OS wondering whether running different versions 
of LibreOffice at the same time is possible.

Kolbjoern

> Even stranger is that I received that message at
> all, since I have a filter that is supposed move all messages that
> contains the word ”Windows” (or any of some other words) from my inbox
> so I never have to read them, but obviously this does not work, which
> doesn't have anything to do with LibreOffice anyway, so this is way
> off topic…
>
> > but this guide covers both anyway
> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
> Thanks. I'll take a look at it later.
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
> > (to answer my own questions it's probably because there's been a lot of traffic on-list so people 
> > have to skim through quickly and most questions tend to be about Windows)
> > Good luck and regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Kolbjørn Stuestøl <kolbjoern@stuestoel.no>
> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2013, 11:28
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing 4.0 alongside 3.5
> > >
> > > Den 26.01.2013 22:59, skreiv upscope:
> > > > On Saturday, January 26, 2013 08:02:34 PM Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > > > > For some reasons I want to try the upcoming version 4.0. On the web
> > > > > page, they say ”You are not recommended to use LibreOffice pre-release
> > > > > builds for "mission-critical" purposes”. So obviously I need a stable
> > > > > version as well, like the 3.5.7.2 that I have installed right now.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I presume that I can use both versions at the same time, that they
> > > > > are ”isolated” from each other as long as 4.0 is a pre-release, right?
> > > > >
> > > > > But before I'm going to install it, I want to know rather than just assume…
> > > > >
> > > > > So, is it possible? If so, can I just install the debs (operating
> > > > > system=Ubuntu 12.04) and it will just work? Will I be able to run both
> > > > > versions at the same time safely?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Johnny Rosenberg
> > > > In the Linux enviroment I have 3.6.3 (openSUSE verssion), 3.6.4 and 4.0-dev
> > > > (from libreoffice download page0 all installed and running together at times.
> > > > install generated the icons and i Just select the one for the version I want.
> > > > Will as long at each version has a different name.
> > > >
> > > > Not sure about the windows versions, I'll leave that to one of the Windows
> > > > users.
> > > > Russ
> > > No problem in Windows.
> > > As a translator I am running version 3.6.4.3 and version 4.0.0.0.beta2
> > > (together with MS Excel) at the same time without any conflicts.
> > > Kolbjoern


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