[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing 4.0 alongside 3.5

On 01/26/2013 11:02 AM, 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?

Luckily, LODev4 (linux only [1]) installs as a separate install:

$ locate versionrc
/opt/libreoffice/ure/bin/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice3.4/basis3.4/program/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice3.4/program/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice3.4/ure/bin/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice3.5/program/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice3.6/program/versionrc
/opt/libreoffice4.0/program/versionrc
/opt/lodev4.0/program/versionrc
/opt/openoffice.org/basis3.4/program/versionrc
/opt/openoffice.org/ure/bin/versionrc
/opt/openoffice.org3/program/versionrc
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/versionrc

Install & then create a new generic launcher to
/opt/lodev4.0/program/soffice and you'll be fine. You can run at the
same time as LO 3.x.


[1] NHote to Windows users that are reading this, Please *read*:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/
NOTE: This build is in a release configuration and will replace your
existing LibreOffice install on Windows!


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