Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How do I install the current Linux version

On 10/31/2016 01:08 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> Hi, Robert,
>
> On 10/30/16 12:33 PM, Robert Großkopf wrote:
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> <snip>
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> > For every installation on linux you could
> > - - install as root/SuperUser
> > - - install as user in your own directory
> >
> > Install as root/SuperUser:
> > 1. Upack the files you downloaded (program, help, language)
> > 2. Create a directory which you could call as you want (local_sources)
> > 3. Move the *.deb-packages (or *.rpm-packages) to this directory
> > 4. Use your install-program and add the directory as a local source
> > for your installer.
> > 5. Now you could choose the directory with your installer and could
> > install all packages from there.
>
> I did OK until step 4, and then my lack of basic Linux knowledge 
> reared it's ugly head.  ROFL
>
> In Mint 17.3, under Administration I see Software Manager, Software 
> Sources, and Synaptic Package Manager.  But in none of those do I 
> recognize anything that lets me point to folder I created.  I.E. a 
> point and click method.  Is one of these the "install-program" you are 
> referring to?
>
> Would the folder I created now be called a repository?  If so, do I 
> input the complete path?  Which means I need to learn how Linux 
> structures pathnames.
>
> Where can a find a truly beginner's guide for this type of 
> information? I've noticed over the years that many "beginners" 
> articles are not truly beginners articles at all, the articles already 
> assume some basic level of knowledge.  Knowledge that does not always 
> exist.  :-(
I do not get what is being said in 4 and 5 as well.

What I do is unpack the install files [I use .deb files] and place them 
all in a temporary folder I call "lib".  Nice and simple, I have that 
folder in the "home" folder called "timothy".

This will give me "/home/timothy/lib" while using the file manager 
package [on Mint] called "Caja".


Then I use the "Mate Terminal" [default command line for the MATE 
desktop GUI]

This is my starting point for this laptop - yours will look different 
since you will not have the same laptop and user name. This is the 
default user folder for my laptop.

    timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$

I type in "cd lib"

    timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~$ cd lib

I get this folder shown

    timothy@Gateway-NE56R12u:~/lib$

At this point I use this command to install all of the .deb files from 
that folder. I tend to place both the language and help .deb files - if 
needed - in a different folder like lib2.

    sudo dpkg -i *.deb

This will prompt me to five my superuser password.  Then it will start a 
"long" install process for all of the .deb files in the folder. The RPM 
system would have some different names for the commands I use for the 
DEB based Linux OS [ I use Ubuntu with Mate desktop]

So, if you have a folder off your home folder [or directory] with the 
name of "lib" [home/timothy/lib], the command line is a very easy route.

    cd lib

    sudo dpkg -i *.deb



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