Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 12:23 GMT+01:00 Robert Großkopf <robert@familiegrosskopf.de>:

> Hi Henri,
> > Surprised to hear that the Ubuntu respositories don't provide a complete
> LO
> > package - I install via the PPA on my Linux Mint machine, which is an
> > Ubuntu fork, and get everything, including Math and Base. What gives ?...
>
> Every Linux-distribution does allow to install only parts of LO. There
> are different packages for Writer, Clac, Base ... If you choose only the
> Writer-packages only the packages of LO will be installed, which are
> necessary for Writer. By default in most systems the whole LO-packages
> will be installed.
>
> But: It doesn't make any difference for an old system. Writer will run
> the same speed - if Base, Calc, Draw and whatever will be installed or
> not. So if you haven't enough free disk space it will be a good idea to
> choose only the parts of LO you need.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
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​Thanks, Robert, for your reply ! I'm aware that one can choose not to
install certain LO packages. What surprised me in Tim's post was rather
that - as I interpreted him - the packages for Math and Base were not
automatically downloaded and installed, without any intervention on his
part. But perhaps I misunderstood....

Henri

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