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

On 2020-04-14 10:34, Dan Lewis wrote:
> 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, that is really elegant, and gives me a completely different way to think about the 
configuration issues. Regina has pointed me to info on the original approach, and each of these 
approaches helps to illuminate the other. For that I'm grateful.

Best regards,
John

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