Re: [libreoffice-users] desktop-integration

Hello,
Do you know whether the native MySQL connector works under LO 4.0.4?
If it does I will try THAT release, otherwise I will revert to 3.6.2 -
which works just fine.
Regards
H

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:06:35 +0200, sun shine <phaedrusv@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21/07/13 09:34, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> > Hello,

> > The system on which I am trying to get LO 4.1-RC3 to run is:
> > Linux Debian Wheezy with KDE 4.10, latest software levels.
> >
> > I first removed LO 3.6.2 using "apt-get remove libreoffice*" and then
> > installed 4.1-RC3 using "dpkg- i *deb" from within all three
> > directories in
> > the correct sequence.
> > The installation went smoothly - no hick-ups!
> > Now I find LO 4.1 within the programme start menu of KDE (under office
> > applications). To be precise - everything is there (base, writer,
> > impress, etc.)
> > except the icon for LibreOffice itself (like it used to be under 3.6).
> > When I now try to start Writer, nothing at all happens. The same is
> > true when
> > trying to start the other components...
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > Regards from sunny and hot Salzburg
> > H. Stoellinger
>
> Same here Heinrich - which is precisely the same problem I experienced
> when I tried installing 4.1 about a month ago. This is why I thought a
> desktop-integration directory was still required. The current
> installation does not support Gnome (or related) menus, does not seem to
> trigger any application to launch.
>
> The read me's and installation documents still refer to a separate
> desktop integration command, and if one is to use the installation file,
> there is no clear indication of how to do so.
>
> I'm happy enough to beta test, but would like to know how to install the
> application to get it to start in the first place.
>
> Anyone out there who has successfully gotten the 4.1 to install and
> start on a Debian type system? I'm running Mint 14, and at this point in
> time am stymied, so I'm reverting back to 4.0.4 which seems to be pretty
> stable and installs and works as one has come to expect of LibO.
>
>
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:22:08 +0200, sun shine <phaedrusv@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 20/07/13 19:06, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
> > > > On 20/07/2013 at 19:51, "Kracked_P_P---webmaster"
> > > > <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > So we no longer have to do a separate install command for
> > > > > installing the
> > > > > desktop menus?  So one "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" is all we need?
> > > > Yes, this is how it is supposed to work.
> > > > (There are some bugs in rc3 that causes package conflicts with
> > > > earlier version
> > > > of LO, so running this command might run you into trouble.)
> > > >
> > > > On the other hand: if you are like me and you keep different LO
> > > > versions
> > > > installed for testing purposes, then you must take extra care to not
> > > > install
> > > > desktop-menus and not pollute your working environment with
> > > > unnecessary menu
> > > > entries.
> > > >
> > > > But since this is not use-case for most of users, I believe change
> > > > is for
> > > > good.
> > > In which case the installation notes for the 4.1 for *.deb need to be
> > > updated since they still give the two separate commands, the second
> > > suggesting cd to the desktop-integration directory before issuing the
> > > second sudo dpkg -i *.deb command.
> > >
> > > Cheers


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