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Hi Mike,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the info. That's good to know. Putting that in my saved
posts folder. Thanks also to others who suggested command ganging
techniques.<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 03/15/2011 02:49 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
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<p>cmd1 && cmd2</p>
<p>The && says run cmd2 only if the exit status of cmd1
indicates success (that is, is 0). The opposite of that is:</p>
<p>cmd1 || cmd2</p>
<p>Which says to run cmd2 if the exit status of cmd1 is something
other than 0.</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 15, 2011 1:57 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
> Could you explain what that does? Are you saying enter both
commands on <br>
> the same line like you typed it?<br>
> <br>
> Sincerely,<br>
> <br>
> Ron<br>
> <br>
> On 03/15/2011 01:22 PM, JD wrote:<br>
>> Perhaps I'm crazy, but I always do<br>
>><br>
>> sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> together before installing any new packages. This keeps all the<br>
>> underlying packages current - that could be the issue you are
seeing<br>
>> between the different systems. In real-time programming, this
is known<br>
>> as data homogeneity. All the data on a specific
thread/priority cannot<br>
>> be changed by outside priorities until the thread/priority
finishes.<br>
>> Basically, you get consistent data before you begin processing.<br>
>><br>
>> I do agree that not doing the "upgrade" should work provided
you aren't<br>
>> too out of date with patches. I've just never wanted to test
that.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 03/15/2011 12:42 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>>> Preston,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I can't say what happened. The commands below worked on
the other PC's<br>
>>> with no problem. PC #3 is running the same version of
Ubuntu, but the<br>
>>> process failed and threw the errors I posted. I tried it
yesterday, but<br>
>>> I have no explanation. Once I installed that one package
manually, the<br>
>>> rest worked. I actually did the last two commands from
synaptic, but the<br>
>>> result should be the same either way.<br>
>>><br>
>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa<br>
>>> sudo apt-get update<br>
>>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice<br>
>>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome<br>
>>><br>
>>> Sincerely,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Ron<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 03/15/2011 11:17 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>>> Ron Frazier wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>>> I was trying to install Libre Office on my 3rd PC
using the PPA as<br>
>>>>> described in prior posts. It threw up a bunch of
dependency errors:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> <br>
>>>> <SNIPPED><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>>> I tried the same thing from synaptic and got the
same result. From<br>
>>>>> synaptic, I installed libreoffice-common manually,
then was able to<br>
>>>>> install libreoffice and libreoffice-gnome with no
problem. I don't know<br>
>>>>> what was different on this PC, but it seems to be
working now.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> <br>
>>>> just curious, but has the PPA been updated or is your
Ubuntu system<br>
>>>> using slightly different sources?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
> <br>
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