[ale] just installed LibreOffice in Linux, should have been easier

[Ron Frazier]

Pablo,

Thanks for the link.  I'm going to try to take a look at this when time 
permits.  Sounds pretty cool.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 03/14/2011 08:28 AM, Pablo Ordonez wrote:
> Hi Ron
>
> Here is the link for a ppa manager.
>
> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/y-ppa-manager-005-released.html
>
> From the site  " /*Y PPA Manager 
> <https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager> is a GUI tool to add, remove, 
> purge, list and search for Launchpad PPAs. It works with Ubuntu and 
> Linux Mint. "*/
> /*
> */
> This app is in the early stages of development, but it is functional.
> I enjoy and understand the power of CLI, but for now I prefer the 
> packages ready to install (it is a matter of time).
>
> Pablo
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Ron Frazier 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I just got LibreOffice installed in Linux.  I got it done.  But,
>     it was
>     much more difficult than it should have been.  These are problems the
>     developers must fix if they want wide acceptance of Linux outside
>     of the
>     ubergeeks.
>
>     Steps to remove OpenOffice on Windows:
>
>     01) Access programs and features menu.
>     02) Select OpenOffice and click uninstall.
>
>     Steps to remove OpenOffice on Linux:
>
>     01) Access the software center
>     02) Select OpenOffice word processor and click remove.
>     03) Select OpenOffice spreadsheet and click remove.
>     04) Select OpenOffice database and click remove.
>     05) Select OpenOffice presentation and click remove.
>     06) And do the same for 1 or 2 more.
>     07) Access Synaptic package manager.
>     08) Search for openoffice.
>     09) Filter by installed programs only.
>     10) Manually select each of about a half dozen items and select
>     complete
>     removal and apply.
>
>     Steps to install LibreOffice on Windows:
>
>     01) Download and save the installer.
>     02) Double click it.
>     03) Follow the prompts.
>
>     Steps to install LibreOffice on Linux:
>
>     01) Download and save a main tar ball.
>     02) Double click on it to extract it.
>     03) Download and save a help tar ball.
>     04) Double click on it to extract it.
>     05) Go find and double click on readme file and read it.
>     06) Open terminal and manually change to a very long path name
>     directory
>     for the main set of files.
>     07) Change to the DEBS directory.
>     08) Implement the sudo dpkg command with specific syntax from the
>     readme
>     file.
>     09) Change to the desktop integration directory.
>     10) Implement the sudo dpkg command again.
>     11) Change to the help files DEBS directory.
>     12) Implement the sudo dpkg command again.
>
>     Windows wins the least pain in the butt contest with this hands down.
>     This is utterly ridiculous.  If I were to recommend to a family member
>     or friend that they use Linux and try to explain the procedure to
>     install an application like this, they'd laugh me right out of the
>     house
>     and say they'll just stick with Windows.  Now, obviously, I CAN do all
>     these things, and I DID, and I WILL on my other PC's, but I shouldn't
>     HAVE to.
>
>     Also, this should have been in the Ubuntu repositories, or LibreOffice
>     should provide a repository of their own.  As far as I know, I
>     completely bypassed the Synaptic / Apt package manager.  So, does
>     anyone
>     know how I can get Synaptic / Apt to understand that his new
>     application
>     is there and auto update it?
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Ron
>
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>
>     Ron Frazier
>
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Ron Frazier

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