<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><br>I have read that Libreoffice will be in future editions of Ubuntu, but I have not read which version that will be.<br><br>I did find this on blog.worldlabel.com to install Libreoffice on existing versions of Debian or Ubuntu. I have not done it yet myself to confirm whether it works or not.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><p>Want to install the new LibreOffice on Ubuntu or a Debian-based
distribution? Although the Document Foundation doesn’t yet offer <em>.deb</em>
binaries for these distros, you can use the provided .rpm packages to
install LibreOffice on a machine running Ubuntu or Debian. To do this,
you need to convert <em>.rpm</em> packages to <em>.deb</em> using the <em>alien</em> tool. To install <em>alien</em> on Ubuntu, run the <em>sudo apt-get install alien </em>command. Grab then the latest release of LibreOffice from the project’s Web site, unpack the downloaded <em>.tar.gz</em> archive, rename the resulting directory to <em>libreoffice</em>, and move it into your home directory. Launch the terminal, and switch to the <em>RPMS</em> directory and use <em>alien</em> to convert all <em>.rpm</em> packages in the directory:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cd libreoffice/RPMS/</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">sudo alien -k *.rpm</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Install then the resulting <em>.deb</em> packages using the following command:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">sudo dpkg -i *.deb</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This installs the productivity suite, but it doesn’t provide any
desktop integration. Fortunately, this problem is easy to fix. Switch to
the <em>desktop-integration</em> directory and convert the <em>libreoffice3.3-freedesktop-menus-3.3-9526.noarch.rpm</em> package:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cd desktop-integration/</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">alien -k libreoffice3.3-freedesktop-menus-3.3-9526.noarch.rpm</p>
<p><br></p><p>Install then the converted package using the <em>sudo dpkg -i libreoffice3.3-freedesktop-menus_3.3-9526_all.deb</em> command. This adds LibreOffice menu entries to the <strong>Applications | Office</strong> menu and integrates LibreOffice with your desktop.</p><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Hope this is helpful.<br><br>Bob <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: James Sumners <james.sumners@gmail.com><br>>Sent: Nov 3, 2010 11:12 AM<br>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br>>Subject: Re: [ale] libreoffice vs openoffice<br>><br>>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 in a VM. Neither the "Ubuntu Software<br>>Center" or Synaptic can find Libre Office in the default repositories.<br>><br>>On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Brian Stanaland <brian@stanaland.org> wrote:<br>>> Not that I use much other than a text editor or email but I've<br>>> apt-getted libreoffice on my Ubuntu 10.10.<br>><br>><br>>-- <br>>James Sumners<br>>http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/<br>><br>>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts<br>>pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it<br>>is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>>drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>><br>>Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>>CH:D 59<br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Ale mailing list<br>>Ale@ale.org<br>>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></brian@stanaland.org></ale@ale.org></james.sumners@gmail.com></body><pre>
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