Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Ubuntu Menu Bar Option for LibreOffice

I do not use the Ubuntu Software Center to install LO or the Desktop 
Integration files.  I use the terminal.

I remember the Ubuntu/Unity top bar menus work for me before.  But I 
reinstalled 12.04 on that machine after I tested 13.04.  I have not 
updated LO on that laptop, yet, to 4.0.3.  Though I do remember using LO 
4.0.3 with Unity once.  I prefer MATE desktop environment over Unity on 
my desktop, but I decided to leave at least one laptop with only Unity 
installed as a d.e..  The other laptop is being used as a testing 
platform for Linux Mint and other Debian based distros.

4.0.4 comes out before the end of the month.  If this was an issue or 
bug known before, then it is a good bet that the 4.0.4 version might 
have fixed it.

But to satisfy something that is in the back of my mind about a previous 
issue I had with Ubuntu Software Center and LO, could you try 
re-installing the desktop integration folder within Terminal?

Just open up the terminal and "cd" into the "desktop-integration" folder

it will be something like this
cd LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/desktop-integration

or

cd LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb
cd DEBS
cd desktop-integration

Then do
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

That is how I deal with my installs for LO, and through the Ubuntu 
Software Manager.

ALSO
How did you get rid of the Ubuntu 12.04 version's install of LO?
There may have been some file or package from the older version that 
should have been removed before you install the 4.0.3 version.  I found 
that to be very true when I was testing Ubuntu 13.04.  I do know that if 
I do not remove all parts of LO's link to the desktop environment's menu 
system from the previous install, there can be some issues crop up with 
the install of the new version's access to the menu system for the desktop.

I do not know if this will help you, but is did me with 12.04, 12.10, 
and 13.04, from time to time, whether running Unity or MATE for a desktop.

On 06/04/2013 07:57 AM, CVAlkan wrote:
> Hi Tom:
>
> Thanks, but something else is going on.
>
> What I downloaded was LibreOffice_4.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz (dated Thu
> 16 May 2013 04:51:39 PM CDT).
> When I unscrunched that I got a folder called
> LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb
> In the LibreOffice_4.0.3.3_Linux_x86-64_deb folder was a folder called DEBS
> In the DEBS folder, along with all the basic LibreOffice stuff, was the
> desktop-integration folder, **as you said**.
> In that folder was libreoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.0.3-3_all.deb, which I had
> already installed.
> I double-clicked it, and the Ubuntu Software Center listed it as installed,
> but since it had an option to re-install,  I thought I would give that a
> shot.
> After re-installing, I checked Writer, and the menus were still in the
> Writer screen, not on the Ubuntu top panel.
> So I rebooted the machine and tried again.
> Nope.
>
> Libre Office shows Version 4.0.3.3 (Build ID:
> 0eaa50a932c8f2199a615e1eb30f7ac74279539) by the way.
> I'm running Ubuntu 12.04LTS, and I fired up GIMP and Gramps just to make
> sure they were displaying the Ubuntu/HUD menus (which they were), so I
> suspect my problem is with LibreOffice and not with Ubuntu.
>
> Do you (or anyone) have any idea what I'm missing, or where I should look?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
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