Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing multiple versions of LibreOffice

       Whenever I've updated - from OO/LO to a new version, the newer one
merely makes a separate folder;
            I've always been afraid to delete [ ;-) ] the older one
thinking it might have something which the newer one needs,
                but when it is deleted, the newer one still runs just fine.



On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/18/2013 07:27 PM, James E. Lang wrote:
>
> > I am currently using LibreOffice 3.6.x on my Kubuntu 12.10 Linux system.
> >
> > I want to experiment with LibreOffice 4.0.x without putting my production
> > spreadsheets in jeopardy.
> >
> > I have been told by a member of our local Linux Users Group that I need
> > to do two things in order to accomplish this.
> >
> > 1) Install LibreOffice in a different directory.
> > 2) Use a different user settings directory.
> >
> > I'm not sure what item 2) means or how to accomplish this aside from
> > creating a separate user on the computer. He tells me that the user
> > settings directory is usually under ~/.config where I find an empty
> > directory named libreoffice.
> >
> > I would appreciate instructions that I can follow to accomplish this.
>      You do not have to install LO 4.0.x in a different directory. This is
> because of the configuration folder for LO and how it is configured. This
> folder is located here: /home/<user name>/.config/libreoffice. This folder
> has two subfolders: 3 and 4. The configuration files and folders for 3.6.x
> are all located in the "3" folder. The configuration files and folders for
> 4.0.x are in the "4" folder.
>      Also, /opt/ contains the files and folders for LibreOffice.
> /opt/libreoffice3.6/ contains the files for 3.6 and /opt/libreoffice4.0
> contains the files for LO 4.0. I write this because this is what I have in
> /opt/ on my hard drive. Presently, I use both of these versions without any
> problems.
>      When version 3.5 was the more stable version and version 3.6.0.2 came
> out, you had to install 3.6.0.2 in a separate folder. Both would install
> the configuration files in /home/<user name>/.config/libreoffice/3/. They
> would use the same configuration files.
>      Hopefully, this will make a little more sense.
>
> --Dan

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