Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installation version chaos

Hi :)
There's a tiny "gotcha" in there that i only noticed because i have done
the same thing myself.  It's the . in

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*

Try again but this time without the extra * and the . before it;

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*

Not all *nix files have a file-ending and dot.  It's not like Windows!
Windows hides it's .file-endings but almost always relies on them quite
heavily.  The end-result looks the same but can still trip people up.  My
pet bug-bear is how to rename a .html into a .txt and such-like but my
work-around is to just avoid using Windows and that solves most such
problems!

Regards from
Tom :)



On 17 April 2015 at 06:41, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

> Am 17.04.2015 um 06:58 schrieb Tom Cloyd:
> > I'm running Kubuntu Linux - latest version, fully updated.
> >
> > I just downloaded "LibreOffice_4.4.2_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz" and its
> > associated helpfile. I removed all other *.tar.gz files from my software
> > download archive.
> >
> > I removed my previous LO installation: sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
> >
> > I unpacked each *.tar.gz file and installed it from its respective "DEBS"
> > directory: sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> >
> > I launched my supposed new LO version.
> >
> > As always with a new install, I immediately check "Help > About..." to
> > verify the install, and I get this:
> >
> > Version: 4.3.5.2
> > Build ID: 3a87456aaa6a95c63eea1c1b3201acedf0751bd5
> >
> > Since that's the version I started with, prior to this upgrade attempt,
> I'm
> > a bit surprised.
> >
> > That little "download available" icon is in the upper right corner of the
> > LO window, as well.
> >
> > Perhaps there's a problem up in the mothership?
> >
> > Tom
>
> Hi Tom,
> Open a terminal and launch /opt/LibreOffice4.4./program/soffice
> Watch any output on the terminal.
>
> Oh, and don't forget to stop any "quick starter" instance of some
> LibreOffice installation, particularly while running an installation. I
> use to disable this useless anti-feature alltogether
> (menu:Tools>Options>Memory>"Systray Quickstart").
>
> Greetings,
> Andreas Säger
>
>
>
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