Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Message as sent yesterday

Dear Philip,

Forgive me to answer before Stuart but do you mean to say that you 
followed the link and ended up with downloading a file with a .man 
extension at its end?
I have just tried your link and got a file with a .msi ,which is a very 
common form of Windows Installer.

By the way, what version of Windows do you use? Windows 8? 7? Vista? XP?

Thanks,

Charles.

Le 28.01.2015 16:36, Philip Jordan a écrit :
> Thanks V Stuart
>
> I've followed your instruction & to be very specific it meant I 
> downloaded
> from this link
>
> http://mirror.catn.com/pub/tdf/libreoffice/stable/4.3.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.5_Win_x86.msi
> (gb, prio 100)
>
> So far so good - & incidentally an exact replica of file 
> resulted/replacing
> like with like
> (albeit that on both occasions what actually got saved on the laptop 
> had
> the 3 letter
> ending of man i.e.not msi - even though I specifically clicked to say
> replace!
>
> But or anyway on clicking the file when in situ on my laptop
>
> I received the same App instruction Box i.e.
>
> *How do you want to open this type of file (.man)?*
>
> *Look for an app in the Store* - which does not work!
>
> *More options* - which leads me to what I got from Microsoft with the
> legend
>                      matching the file title!
>
>                      Except it doesn't work & instead I get this 
> message
> i.e.
>
> *This app can't run on your PC*
>
> *To find a version for your PC check with the software provider*
>
> So I have & here we are except that - even though I've now installed 
> the
> Help file that you example - I still can't get LO installed
>
> etc etc
>
>
>
> On 28 January 2015 at 14:54, V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote@utsa.edu> 
> wrote:
>
> > @Phillip,
> >
> > We can try to make this easier for you since you seem to be having 
> > issues.
> > The LibreOffice project uses as system of download mirrors to deliver 
> > the
> > released official versions of the program.  On Windows that will be as
> > Microsoft Installer package--.msi   There is a way to directly access 
> > the
> > downloads thorough the Info tab link listed.
> >
> > But, if you are directed to a Web site where  you download something 
> > other
> > than an .msi file,  e.g. an .html page, or some weird download manager 
> > as
> > is
> > becoming too common--it may or maynot actually install LibreOffice.  
> > You
> > did
> > not provide the link that you used--but I've no qualms in saying that 
> > you
> > got mis-routed to your download.
> >
> > Instead, here is a direct link to the mirror list meta data for both
> > LibreOffce (4.3.5) , and the (optional) local install help program.  
> > If you
> > wait a few days, 4.3.6 will be posted, and not too much longer we'll 
> > have
> > the 4.4.0 release.
> >
> > Anyhow, chose a mirror site from the list (it should offer sites close 
> > to
> > your location, but you can use any)... and then download using the 
> > "Save
> > link as" or "Save target as" mechanisim that your web browser 
> > provides.
> > Then it is best to check the HASH value of the installer package 
> > matches
> > what is listed in the meta data.
> >
> > The 4.3.5 Fresh build
> >
> > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.5_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist
> >
> > Local (off-line) help
> >
> > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.3.5/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.3.5_Win_x86_helppack_en-GB.msi.mirrorlist
> >
> > Good luck,  and post back if you are really still stuck.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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