[libreoffice-users] Re: Installing the Deb

Hi :)
Tractor's method worked really well for me.  For clarity i think i would add
a step in order to be able to reduce the critical 2 lines

1.  sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
2.  cd ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS
Except that i didn't download to the Desktop.  I downloaded to Downloads and
then did
  right-click - Extract to here
So, my version of this step was
    cd ~/Downloads/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS
At around the D or o of Downloads i pressed the Tab key to complete that
word.  Then pressed Tab again at the L or i of the next bit to complete that
long bit and then Tab 3rd time just after typing in a capital D to save
myself the effort of typing in the 3 remaining letters there.  
3.  sudo dpkg -i *.deb
4.  cd desktop-integration
Again Tab just after typing in the d at the beginning of "desktop" there
saved me the hassle of typing the rest which helps me avoid the inevitable
tpyos.  
5.  sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Errr, again i cheated here by just pressing the keyboard's up arrow twice in
order to get back to the 2nd-to-last command i typed in.  (one that i did
entirely type in myself for once (well copy&pasted it with the mouse but
same same (oddly keyboard paste doesn't work but mouse paste is always
good)))
6. If using Unity, Open Dash, type Libre and you will see the different
components (Writer, Calc, etc.). Simply drag the icons for them over to
where you wish to have them in the launcher bar. 

All worked really nicely and meant i could keep doing ls or dir to see what
was in the folder i was about to do stuff with.  Boiling those instructions
down i got  

1.  sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
2.  cd ~/Desktop/LibreOffice_4.0.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS
3.  sudo dpkg -i *.deb
4.  cd desktop-integration
5.  sudo dpkg -i *.deb

6. If using Unity, Open Dash, type Libre and you will see the different
components (Writer, Calc, etc.). Simply drag the icons for them over to
where you wish to have them in the launcher bar. 

After doing the cd commands i do a dir or ls to see a list of files in the
folder.  Note that steps 3 and 5 were exactly the same command but just done
in different folders.  Up arrow cycles through as many old commands as i
could count.  Step 2 was the one that people might find is a little
different depending on exactly where you put things.  Tab was a real boon in
step 2 but Tim's method of renaming the folder works well too.   Dan's idea
of writing a script is a bit too advanced for me but looks well worth giving
a try because it looks like it might well work next time i want to upgrade. 
Just double-clicking the script would beat all that messing around.  

So, many thanks to all!
Regards from
Tom :)  



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