<p>Dude! Coffee started at noon??? You must not have children or pets! My dogs are whining by 8 am and the damn siamese cat is making noise at the crack of dawn. That one may become soup one day soon.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 12, 2011 12:23 PM, "James Taylor" <<a href="mailto:James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com">James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Ok. I've had my coffee now and seen the response saying the same thing as mine over 12 hours ago.<br>
> -jt<br>> <br>> <br>>>>> "James Taylor" <<a href="mailto:James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com">James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a>> 3/12/2011 12:16 PM >>> <br>> I just pointed to the LibreOffice repository and when I told it to install LibreOffice, it replaced the OO components.<br>
> I use openSUSE 11.3, so ymmv with other distros.<br>> -jt<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> James Taylor<br>> 678-697-9420<br>> <a href="mailto:james.taylor@eastcobbgroup.com">james.taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a><br>
> <br>> <br>> <br>>>>> Ron Frazier <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> 3/11/2011 08:11 PM >>> <br>> I just got LibreOffice installed in Linux. I got it done. But, it was <br>
> much more difficult than it should have been. These are problems the <br>> developers must fix if they want wide acceptance of Linux outside of the <br>> ubergeeks.<br>> <br>> Steps to remove OpenOffice on Windows:<br>
> <br>> 01) Access programs and features menu.<br>> 02) Select OpenOffice and click uninstall.<br>> <br>> Steps to remove OpenOffice on Linux:<br>> <br>> 01) Access the software center<br>> 02) Select OpenOffice word processor and click remove.<br>
> 03) Select OpenOffice spreadsheet and click remove.<br>> 04) Select OpenOffice database and click remove.<br>> 05) Select OpenOffice presentation and click remove.<br>> 06) And do the same for 1 or 2 more.<br>
> 07) Access Synaptic package manager.<br>> 08) Search for openoffice.<br>> 09) Filter by installed programs only.<br>> 10) Manually select each of about a half dozen items and select complete <br>> removal and apply.<br>
> <br>> Steps to install LibreOffice on Windows:<br>> <br>> 01) Download and save the installer.<br>> 02) Double click it.<br>> 03) Follow the prompts.<br>> <br>> Steps to install LibreOffice on Linux:<br>
> <br>> 01) Download and save a main tar ball.<br>> 02) Double click on it to extract it.<br>> 03) Download and save a help tar ball.<br>> 04) Double click on it to extract it.<br>> 05) Go find and double click on readme file and read it.<br>
> 06) Open terminal and manually change to a very long path name directory <br>> for the main set of files.<br>> 07) Change to the DEBS directory.<br>> 08) Implement the sudo dpkg command with specific syntax from the readme <br>
> file.<br>> 09) Change to the desktop integration directory.<br>> 10) Implement the sudo dpkg command again.<br>> 11) Change to the help files DEBS directory.<br>> 12) Implement the sudo dpkg command again.<br>
> <br>> Windows wins the least pain in the butt contest with this hands down. <br>> This is utterly ridiculous. If I were to recommend to a family member <br>> or friend that they use Linux and try to explain the procedure to <br>
> install an application like this, they'd laugh me right out of the house <br>> and say they'll just stick with Windows. Now, obviously, I CAN do all <br>> these things, and I DID, and I WILL on my other PC's, but I shouldn't <br>
> HAVE to.<br>> <br>> Also, this should have been in the Ubuntu repositories, or LibreOffice <br>> should provide a repository of their own. As far as I know, I <br>> completely bypassed the Synaptic / Apt package manager. So, does anyone <br>
> know how I can get Synaptic / Apt to understand that his new application <br>> is there and auto update it?<br>> <br>> Sincerely,<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> -- <br>> <br>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>
> call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>> mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)<br>> <br>> Ron Frazier<br>> <br>> 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.<br>
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