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

On 01/11/16 09:16, Robert Großkopf wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
> > 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
> After looking for this in the web I would make it the same way you
> have described here. It's a little bit different to the tool, which is
> delivered with OpenSuSE for system-managing with YAST, but it will
> work well.
> Don't know how to add a dircetory as repository in other sytems. But
> with OpenSUSE it works well.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
>
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This installation method all looks overly complicated to me, and is one
of the reasons that I swapped over to MX-Linux where the system comes
as a package with installation instructions/prompts included. Plus the bonus
that the User Manual can be read/downloaded beforehand.

Gordon.


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