Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

FWIW, I wrote this script a couple of years ago to do the installations for me.

#!/bin/bash

# A script to install or update libreoffice releases properly

if [[ "$1" == "-x" ]]; then
    shift
    set -x
fi

me=`basename $0`
Usage() {
    echo "Usage: $me [-x][-h|--help] <gzipped-tarball> [<gzipped-tarball>...]"
    exit 0
}

if [[ -z "$1" || "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" ]]; then Usage; fi

# Change these to install on rpm base systems
tgt=DEBS
cmd="dpkg -i"
sfx=deb

for tb in $*; do
    if [[ ! -f $tb ]]; then
        if [[ -f "$tb.tgz" ]]; then
            tb="$tb.tgz"
        elif [[ -f "$tb.tar.gz" ]]; then
            tb="$tb.tar.gz"
        else
            echo "Can't find $tb or $tb.tgz or $tb.tar.gz - skipping..."
            read ln
            continue
        fi
    fi

    # find out what the name of the uncompressed subdirectory will be
    dst=`tar tzf $tb 2> /dev/null | head -1 | awk -F/ '{print $1}'`
    tar xzf $tb
    if [[ ! -d $dst/$tgt ]]; then
        echo "Can't find $me directory $dst/$tgt - skipping..."
        read ln
        continue
    fi

    # install or update, depending on how I was called
    cd $dst/$tgt
    case $me in
        loinst)
            sudo $cmd *.$sfx
            if [[ -d desktop-integration ]]; then
                cd desktop-integration
                sudo $cmd *.$sfx
                cd ..
            fi
            cd ../..
            ;;
        loupdate)
            cd ..
            sudo ./update
            cd ..
            ;;
    esac

    # delete the installation directory
    /bin/rm -rf $dst
done

echo ""

MR


On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM, John R. Sowden
<jsowden@americansentry.net> wrote:
> I have been dealing with this issue for years, going back to the Open Office
> days.
>
> How do you install Libreoffice under Ubuntu?
>
> Where are the step by step, clearly documented instructions?
>
> When are they not either on the download page in LO or a clear link on the
> download page?
>
> Here's what I find on the net including a google search:
>
> 1) Use the Software Center in Ubuntu.  Never mind that it is not the current
> version.  Never mind that  the version is not posted in the "more Info"
> description, along with the date of the version.
>
> or
>
> 20 Go to libreoffice.org.  Press the big download button.  Now what?  Start
> googling for instructions.
> Expect the instructions to not tell you:
>     an explanation of each command.
>     where the program will end up on your system.
>     whether it will automatically get rid of the remnant files and even the
> original downloaded files.
>     how to deal with the help, and why.
>
> or
>
> 3) Google like I did last night and find that there are "ppa"s, with a well
> written explanation of the "fresh ppa" being better and why. Now try to find
> how to install the most current version, whether you have a copy on your
> computer or not.
>
> and
>
> How to deal with dependencies, not just finding out that you have
> "dependency problems" but also that LO will not install due to them.
>
> It seems that this is a universal Linux problem.  If you don't know the
> intricacies of Linux, then you shouldn't be using it.  So much for attaining
> more market share.
>
> John Sowden
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
> Problems?
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be
> deleted

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted