[ale] AARG! Manual software updates, Sun Java, LibreOffice, help

[Jay Lozier]

On 11/05/2011 07:34 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> Fedora's repos also will lag behind upstream versions of various 
> packages as they tend to message their own twist onto the package. 
> Whether it be just where certain files get placed during the install 
> process or custom tweaks to the UI. I have seen postings on the LO list 
> that mention running 2 versions, the pros and cons of doing so as well 
> as how to do it. If that is not your intent then what you need to do is 
> uninstall the version you have, then download from 
> https://www.libreoffice.org/ the packages needed and then through either 
> your package manager or command line do o local install. This will 
> install to /opt. If memory serves me correctly there are 2 files that 
> need to be downloaded, one is a very large one and contains the apps 
> themselves and the smaller one is the help docs.
>
> I'm currently running Fedora 16 Beta which out of box comes with 3.4.3, 
> I would imagine that if you were to install the latest ?buntu that it 
> would probably also have 3.4.3 since it's been several weeks since its 
> release.
'buntu 11.10 ships with 3.4.3. The LO Java problem is primarily with
Base, recent versions of Java make Base run very slow. The recommended
Java versions, I believe, are -21 or -22 for use with Base. The only
other possible Java problems with LO would be with specific extensions
that use Java.
>
> As far as JAVA goes, SUN used to have a site that you could go to that 
> would scan your system (or something like that, its been a while) to 
> check the version installed or if it's installed. It was somewhat 
> autopilot in that it would install an updated version or pointed you to 
> a page that walked you through in how to do it, or to do a fresh 
> install. Since being gobbled up by Oracle, I don't know if that is still 
> available.
>
> Scott C.
>
> On 11/04/2011 05:22 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been going through my routine pc maintenance procedures, updating
>> everything which connects to the internet for every login on every
>> computer, checking security settings, doing backups and such.  One of
>> the things I'm trying to get away from by using Linux is the Windows
>> pattern of having to update everything in the system manually, which is
>> very time consuming.  I'm running Ubuntu 10.04, and, for the most part,
>> the Apt / Synaptic package manager system handles the updates.  I have
>> two anomalies that are really bugging me.
>>
>> First is LibreOffice.  I have the following PPA installed:
>>
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu
>>
>> I check on the http://www.libreoffice.org/ website and the latest
>> version is 3.4.3.  However, the latest version in my package manager is
>> 3.3.2.
>>
>> Second is the Sun / Oracle JRE.  I have the following PPA installed:
>>
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu
>>
>> At the moment, I don't really want to debate the merits of the Sun /
>> Oracle JRE versus OpenJDK.  I need the Sun / Oracle version so it will
>> be fully compatible with a Java programming book I'm going to be going
>> through.  The latest recommended version of the Sun / Oracle JRE is
>> 6-29.  The latest version in my package manager is 6-26.  A little
>> Googling around seems to indicate that they've completely removed the
>> Sun / Oracle product from the repositories and PPA's.
>>
>> This is very frustrating.  The accepted procedure seems to be a VERY
>> long and tedious manual uninstall and reinstall process, much longer
>> than in Windows.  And, I still wouldn't get auto updates.  So, the next
>> time things are updated again, I'll have to do all of this again.
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can install LibreOffice 3.4.3 and the Sun /
>> Oracle JRE 6-29 and possibly the JDK, through the package manager, and
>> get full auto updates?  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
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