Hi Ron<div><br></div><div>Here is the link for a ppa manager. </div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/y-ppa-manager-005-released.html">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/y-ppa-manager-005-released.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/y-ppa-manager-005-released.html"></a>From the site " <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; "><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager" class="external" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(155, 5, 5); font-weight: bold; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; ">Y PPA Manager</a> is a GUI tool to add, remove, purge, list and search for Launchpad PPAs. It works with Ubuntu and Linux Mint. "</b></i></span></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I enjoy and understand the power of CLI, but for now I prefer the packages ready to install (it is a matter of time).</span></font></div>
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Ron Frazier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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>
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