Re: [libreoffice-users] The bootstraprc/bootstrap.ini configuration variables

On 4/14/20 01:28, John Kaufmann wrote:
> For "Installing several versions of LibreOffice in parallel" 
> <https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel>, the wiki 
> discusses editing bootstraprc (Linux) or bootstrap.ini (Windows), 
> changing the "UserInstallation" variable using configuration variables 
> $SYSUSERCONFIG and $ORIGIN.
>
> The implication of the discussion seems to be that these variables are 
> part of a configuration language that is familiar to the reader.  But 
> it's not familiar to me, and I'm having trouble to find the 
> documentation (probably because my terminology is imprecise). Can 
> someone point me in the right direction?
I think that there is an easier way to install several versions of 
LibreOffice in parallel, perhaps not in Windows or Mac. Presently I have 
the installation files in /opt/: 6.2, 6.3, 6.3.4. and 6.4. I can run all 
four at the same time if I so desire.

How did I do this? all but 6.3.4 were installed normally with one 
exception: I changed the last line in bootstraprc using a text editor as 
an administrator.

UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/4 became 
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/6.3 for LibreOffice 6.3. 
Obviously the end of this line for each of the other versions was 6.2, 
or 6.4 respectively. When a particular version was first started, the 
configuration folder is created as a subfolder of /home/.config/

For version 6.3.4, this was more involved. First I followed the link 
that you have mentioned to install this version in parallel within the 
folder containing the installation files. 
(LibreOffice_6.3.4.1_Linux_x86-64_deb/DEBS/Install. This created as a 
subfolder libreoffice6.3/ which is its installation folder. Then I also 
followed the same instructions to install the help files for this 
version in parallel. Next I moved the help folder to the libreoffice6.3 
installation folder (/home/username/.config/libreoffice/) which made the 
help files available to this parallel version of 6.3.4 when it is run.

Next to the last step: Modify the bootstraprc last line to

UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/4 became 
UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice/Direct. (I wanted to use 
this particular version to connect to MySQL using the direct connection. 
Other versions are either using either connecting to MySQL using JAVA or 
connecting to HSQLDB 2.5.0.)

Last step: As administrator, I moved the libreoffice6.3 folder that I 
had created to the /opt/ folder.

There may well be something listed here that could be used for Windows 
or Mac, I do not know.

Dan


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