Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 & 4 on same machine

I managed to get a parallel install working using the "Server Install GUI"
- all that does is install LO to a folder of your choosing, making sure
that it doesn't conflict with current version of LO you have installed.

On Monday, 25 February 2013, Tom Davies wrote:

> Hi :)
> My deepest apologise for that!
>
> > From where you are now, to recover, you might only need to run the 3.6.5
> installer again and choose the repair option.  That should fix it.  This
> link is to the 3.6.5 English (US) version
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86&lang=en-US&version=3.6.5
>
> If that doesn't work and you really do need to uninstall either version
> 3.6.5 first then either of these links should be able to help
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Uninstall-or-change-a-program
> http://gizmodo.com/5138189/win-7-tip-where-the-hell-is-addremove-programs
> When i am actually on a Windows system i am usually somewhat scared to go
> to microsoft.com even at work and i'm certain the system is properly
> licensed and i can rech the key easily if i need to re-enter it.  On
> people's home machines i am never quite sure if the site is going to throw
> a curved-ball at me.  The other address just seems rude so normally i
> wouldn't click it but it seemed fine.
>
>
> If/when i recommend installing to a usb stick or other portable device
> then it's using the "Portable Apps" version.  NOT the regular download.
> Here is the link for the portable apps version
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/portable/
> I probably don't make it clear enough though so i can understand why
> people might have missed that.  Apparently the portable apps version can
> even be installed to Cloud systems so that you can access LibreOffice on
> any machine that lets you access your Cloud.  I've not tried that though.
>
>
> One other problem on Miss Keating's system is that keeping OpenOffice on
> your system might cause confusion for your machine.  NeoOffice, Lotus
> Symphony, Go-oo, OpenOffice and LibreOffice all have the same core code and
> make the same calls to components that have the same names so it can all be
> a tad confusing for a system to have more than 1 version of any of those
> installed.  That's why some smart people have written the guide for
> installing LibreOffice in parallel
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
> Although it only specifically talks about 2 versions of LibreOffice the
> same is often true when one of the versions is one of the other forks.
>
> Hopefully one day all mention of soffice will be replaced by  libreoffice
> or something.  I just hope they don't go for the name libo because that
> could cause some confusion for people familiar with unix-based systems.
>
> Good luck with sorting the mess out!  Please start a new thread about it
> and let us know how it goes!
> Apols and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Miss Keating <MissKeating@comcast.net <javascript:;>>
> > To: edo1 <edagro12@verizon.net <javascript:;>>
> > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org <javascript:;>
> > Sent: Monday, 25 February 2013, 5:40
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 3 & 4 on same machine
> >
> > On 2/24/2013 6:37 PM, edo1 wrote:
> > > I'm currently running LO ver 3 on Vista x64. Before I commit to ver 4
> I'd
> > > like to run both versions for a while. Will this work if I load ver 4
> in a
> > > separate Program Files folder?
> > >
> > > --
> > > View this message in context:
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-4-on-same-machine-tp4039849.html
> > > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> > You may wish to take warning from my recent experience. I had LO3.5
> happily operational on a Win7 system, but wanted to try 4.0. I downloaded
> the files to a USB stick, my j:drive, and installed the programme there. I
> seem to remember Tom Davies suggesting that procedure to some other user.
> It worked just fine for 4.0, but the installation of 4.0 destroyed3.5 back
> on the c: drive. I disconnected the USB stick, which of course then left me
> with no working version of LO, and tried to load 3.6.5, only to be told
> that a "newer version" had been detected, which must be removed to permit
> installation of 3.6.5.
> > That is of course absurd since there is no LO at all installed on the
> machine as long as the USB stick is disconnected. There are remnants, such
> as 7 levels of subdirectories, all empty, under a LO3.5 subdirectory in
> programs(x86), and several short-cut icons whose "properties" all show them
> as inoperative.
> > I don't know how to remove a program which doesn't exist, so until I can
> straighten this business out I am left with only OO, or LO4.0 running from
> the stick. Perhaps I have to invoke a "restore point"?
> > By my lights, it's a very unsavoury practice to have an installer destroy
> existing installations without (a) warning you that that's what it's about
> to do, and, (b) asking your permission, but that's what happened to me. May
> you have better luck, and if you succeed, you might tell us how you did it.
> > trj
> >
> >
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