Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 13:22 -0700, Girvin Herr wrote: 
> I am coming late to this thread, but this talk of a "single-button" 
> install scares me.  I take the downloaded Linux binary LO package and 
> re-package it into a Slackware Linux installation package.  I use a 
> script I created to do this and all I have to do when a new LO release 
> comes out is to change the version and run the script.  Out comes a 
> Slackware package, ready for installation.  I surely hope that any 
> effort going to a single-point installer for LO, which would probably 
> break my process, will not be the only way to install LO in the future, 
> and the current installation scheme will still be an option.
> Girvin Herr
What I have seen with Linux "one-click" installers is they actually
invoke the distro software installer. This requires user confirmation
before the install occurs (password entry). So it is as secure as any
other package installation. The "one-click" installers are normally
distro (distro family) specific.

Currently I have two versions of LO installed, one from the repository
and a downloaded version.

> On 10/08/2013 08:08 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > +1
> > it's a historical problem.  LibreOffice is moving towards a more normal installer.  Sun wasn't 
> > keen on such gimmicks when developed by the community.  Go-oo didn't need a decent installer 
> > because it didn't develop so fast = so it could settle on whichever version was supplied in the 
> > OS.
> >
> > LibreOffice does develop quickly and people do want to keep up so it kinda does need a normal 
> > installer and is developing one.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >   From: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>
> > To: "lo >> LibreOffice" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 15:56
> > Subject: Re: Installing an OS, was: Fw: [libreoffice-users] Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer 
> > Errors??)
> >   
> >
> > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> > > Have you tried to do that for LO?
> > > How many package files need to be run to install LO on a Linux "box"?
> > > There are 52 .deb files to run/install in the 4.1.2 64-bit Debian
> > > install, plus the help pack, plus the language pack if needed.
> > >
> > > Like to do a single click or double-click to install all of those files?
> > The problem is with the way LO is distributed.  I have no idea why they
> > do it that way.  There are other programs available where clicking on
> > the RPM works fine.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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