Hi there<br><br>I'm in Ubuntu Maverick<br><br>Here is the ppa for Libre Office<div><br><div>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main </div>
<div>deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main </div><br>I was there three weeks after the creation of Libre Office Fundation.<br><br>
Advantages:<br><br>Install Libre Office with one click<br>Uninstall Open Office with the same click<br>Finally, keeps you with the last version of libre office <br><br>There is a ppa for any need in Ubuntu. :)<br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">My Top five list ppa</span><br>
<br><b>Wacom tablet out of the box with the last driver.</b><br><br>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/wacom-plus/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/wacom-plus/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br>deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/wacom-plus/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/doctormo/wacom-plus/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br>
<br><b>Mplayer last version " Nvidia aceleration":)</b><br><br>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/mplayer-daily/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/mplayer-daily/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br>
deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/mplayer-daily/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/mplayer-daily/ubuntu</a> maverick main <br><br><b>GIMP one window :() Less clutter</b><br><br>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br>
deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu</a> maverick main <div><br><b>Synapse a quick launcher that works with zeitgeist engine</b><b> </b></div>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/synapse-core/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/synapse-core/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br>
deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/synapse-core/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/synapse-core/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main<br><br><b>My favorite browser</b></div><div><br><div>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main </div>
<div>deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu</a> maverick main</div><br>Even though you become a tester with some of them, these releases are pretty stable in my experience.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Enjoy</div><div><br></div><div>Pablo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Ron Frazier <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Hi Don,<br>><br>> See replies in line.<br>
><br>> On 03/11/2011 09:31 PM, Don Lachlan wrote:<br>> > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Ron Frazier<br>> > <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>> >> Steps to remove OpenOffice on Linux:<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>> > What are steps 1-6 for? AFAIK, you only need to remove the package in<br>> > 7-10. Also, I don't think that steps 7-10 are cumbersome, especially<br>> > since it is a single interface to search/install/uninstall, compared<br>
> > to three different UI on Windows. In your Windows checklist, you<br>> ><br>><br>> I went to the software center in hopes that I could remove just one<br>> thing the way I did in the Windows control panel. I found 5 or 6<br>
> things, and proceeded to remove them. I was hoping I was done, but went<br>> to Synaptic to find out. I found still more openoffice entries, and<br>> removed them. Searching for openoffice in Synaptic initially led to a<br>
> large number of search results, and it would have been difficult to<br>> highlight them all and select them for removal. Also, it's difficult to<br>> know if they should be removed, depending on how they are titled.<br>
><br>> > skipped two install steps:<br>> ><br>> > pre-01a) Search internet for software package<br>> > pre-01b) Navigate to download page.<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>> True, but the same two items were required to do the Linux procedure.<br>
><br>> > Larger projects are usually easy to find and navigate, but lots of them are not.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Steps to install LibreOffice on Linux:<br>> >><br>> > Well, that is a cumbersome process. However, when I searched for<br>
> > "libreoffice install", the first result was for a method to install<br>> > via APT (synaptic):<br>> ><br>> > <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/libreoffice-gets-3-3-0-stable-version-released-ppa-installation-instructions-included.html">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/libreoffice-gets-3-3-0-stable-version-released-ppa-installation-instructions-included.html</a><br>
> ><br>> ><br>><br>> I wish I had known this at first. I just went to <a href="http://libreoffice.org">libreoffice.org</a> and<br>> went to their download page and followed their instructions. There was<br>
> no mention of this process whatsoever. I didn't see any need to search<br>> outside of the project's own site.<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>> > There does appear to be a community Ubuntu repo for LibreOffice.<br>> > Because of the popularity, it will probably be in the main Ubuntu<br>> > 11.04 repo, when that is released.<br>
> ><br>> > LibreOffice may not offer a repository, but it did package it for<br>> > Ubuntu. From personal experience, packaging software for a dozen<br>> > different Linux distributions (and each of their supported versions)<br>
> > is a MASSIVE task. If you're also expecting them to maintain an APT<br>> > repository for Ubuntu (and a different repo for RHEL and SLES and<br>> > Debian, etc.), I think that's an unfair expectation.<br>
> ><br>> ><br>><br>> I don't really understand the difference between a repository and a<br>> package. However, I don't think point and click and go installs for the<br>> top 5 Linux systems, with integration to that system's package manager,<br>
> is too much to ask.<br>><br>> > Synaptic is just a front-end to APT, which is just an interface for<br>> > dpkg; if you installed packages via dpkg, then Synaptic will see them.<br>> > To upgrade the packages, Synaptic needs to access to a repository that<br>
> > has new packages - the link above will tell you how to add that.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> I did use dpkg, as described in the installation instructions. However,<br>> I can find no evidence that LibreOffice is installed on my system,<br>
> either in Synaptic, nor in Software Center. I even tried the first two<br>> commands in the link you sent, to add the PPA and update the database.<br>> Still nothing. At this point, I'd like to get rid of the original<br>
> install, if possible. and reinstall using the procedure you linked to.<br>> I don't know how to do that. I could just activate the new procedure<br>> using APT, but then I might have two duplicate, possibly conflicting<br>
> installs of LibreOffice. Help!?<br>> > I think part of the issue here is one of expectations. Most GNU/Linux<br>> > users install software in two ways: via their distribution's package<br>> > manager and via tarball. Young projects often rely on tarballs but<br>
> > they get picked up by distributions as they mature. Right now, it's<br>> > new.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> I don't have a big problem with tarballs, kind of like a zip file.<br>> However, I think I should be able to extract it, click on the result,<br>
> and the application should install and hook into the package manager for<br>> auto updates and easy uninstalls.<br>> > Also, we could code a menu option for "uninstall" for each package, or<br>> > we could tell users "Go to your distribution's package manager and<br>
> > remove it there". The second option saves developer time and maintains<br>> > a consistent UI for the user.<br>> ><br>> > -Lachlan<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> As I mentioned above, it's very hard to install or uninstall something<br>
> like LibreOffice or Java, for example, from Synaptic. Doing a search<br>> will yield many lines and you don't know what to select. Now, I<br>> wouldn't want to get rid of Synaptic, since it is very useful. However,<br>
> for something like this, I just want to go to software center, acquaint<br>> it with a provider's website, if needed, click LibreOffice, and click<br>> install, and have it all work. If I want to uninstall it, I just want<br>
> to click that one app name, and click uninstall.<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>> linuxdude AT <a href="http://c3energy.com">c3energy.com</a><br>
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