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

On 10/31/16 6:45 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Here's how I did it with Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I imagine it might work with Mint, which is based on 
> Ubuntu.
>
>
> Method 1
>
> I opened a command line terminal (With Ubuntu, it's Ctrl-Alt-t).
>
> I typed in the following commands, hitting <enter> after each line.
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> After typing in the first line, you'll be prompted for your user password. The first line adds the 
> repository for LO 5.1.x. The second line automatically updates your system to use it.
>
>
> Method 2
>
> You can do the same thing through Synaptic Package Manager. Open Synaptic and click on Settings and 
> then Repositories. In the Repositories dialog, click on Other Software, then click Add. Then type 
> in ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-1 and click Add Source. You will be prompted to reload your 
> software sources. Once you do that, you can click Mark All Upgrades. Synaptic will mark the LO 
> packages that are to be updated. Click Apply and you'll be upgraded.
>
> Again, I've used both methods with Ubuntu. That said, I am not by any means an experienced Linux 
> user. I tend to use Synaptic for all my software installation needs. I've never downloaded and 
> installed a *.deb file. Instructions for these methods are found at:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/libreoffice-5-1.
>
> I don't know enough about Mint to know if it will work properly, but since Mint is based on Ubuntu, 
> I tend to believe it will.
>
> Virgil

Hi, Virgil,

Method 2 does not work for me.  Theory, the Synaptic Package Manager in 
17.3 is a bit different than what you have seen.  The exact steps you 
mentioned can't be done, and I made my "best guess" as to the correct 
selections I see in 17.3 here.  What I've ended up with is a cursor that 
indicates things are locked up.  On my Mac, it would be the "spinning 
beach ball of death", in Windows the endless rotating hourglass cursor.  LOL

I can hop over to the Linux Mint forums about this if that is your 
suggestion.  Or I can go ahead and try Method 1.

For others following this thread, I have a number of messages flagged to 
reply to, but I want to work with Method 2 and see if I can get it to 
work before replying to the flagged messages.

<snip>

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