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

Hi :)
Yeh, it looks like Tom C's "libreoffice*.* "  does affect all the
libreoffice files in linux too, also including ones without a dot.  I
thought i had spotted something but it didn't work in the way i'd expected
after all.

Apols and regards from
Tom :)




On 17 April 2015 at 21:38, <libreoffice-ml.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> Getting a little off-topic, but...
>
> Even more confusingly for Windows users, in some contexts on Windows *.*
> matches all files, even those without any extension at all (similarly,
> libreoffice*.* would match all files starting "libreoffice", even if they
> don't contain a dot or extension). I think that's a throwback from DOS
> where all files had an up-to-8-character name and up-to-3-character
> extension, separated by an implied dot; *.* matched files with any number
> of characters for name and any number of characters for extension, where
> "any number" includes none.
>
> I don't like the way newer versions of Windows hide the extensions by
> default. Apart from the inconvenience when you want to change them, it
> makes it so much easier for a dodgy executable to look like a harmless text
> document by its icon, with no giveaway that it's got a .exe extension
> instead of .txt. One of the first things I do is set Explorer to show
> extensions so I can see and change them if necessary:
> - Click Organise > Folder and Search Options
> - "View" tab
> - Untick "Hide extensions for known file types"
> - OK
> Even then, some extensions (such as .lnk on shortcuts) are "super hidden"
> and still aren't shown, at least without a registry hack...
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
> Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > 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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