Re: [libreoffice-users] LO install and LinuxMint/MATE 16 downgrading it during a update

Tim,

There is a LO PPA at https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa 
which will have the latest stable release. It works with Ubuntu and all 
the derivatives I have tested.

Jay
On 03/09/2014 11:25 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> I am now running Mint 16 [with MATE] instead of Ubuntu 12.04 [due to 
> some major issues after upgrading to 13.10].
>
> I removed LO 4.1.3 using Synaptic Package Manager, and installed LO 
> 4.1.5 using the Terminal.  Here is the problem - Mint reinstalled 
> 4.1.3 during an upgrade session and now I have both installed and in 
> the "menu system".
>
> So how do I remove Mint's default LO and keep it removed when I 
> install a newer version of LO?
>
> I am running [as of March 8th]
> Linux Mint 16 with MATE desktop environment [full install version 
> including multimedia DVD].
>
> There are some differences between Ubuntu's MATE desktop and Mint's 
> MATE desktop, and it appears there are differences in how it deals 
> with removal and installation of packages during the Update Manager's 
> process.
>
> ALSO
> what it the PPA instructions needed to deal with the 4.1.x line to add 
> it to the "update process".  Maybe that would stop this issue, or not.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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