Re: [tdf-discuss] Installing Libre Office

 Also thanks for the advice - but I should have said I run Windows XP64 
(I know ... I also run Ubuntu 10.04 as a dual boot)

/*Graham Weir :-)

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On 30/09/2010 12:46 p.m., Andy Brown wrote:
> On Wed Sep 29 2010 15:24:54 GMT-0700 (PDT)  Marc Paré wrote:
> >  Le 2010-09-29 17:59, Andy Brown a écrit :
> > > On Wed Sep 29 2010 14:31:59 GMT-0700 (PDT)  Graham Weir wrote:
> > > >  I installed Libre Office to try out.  Already have/had Open Office 
> > > > 3.2.1 and thought naively that I could run both together.  NO!  
> > > > Libre promptly uninstalled Open Office in favour of itself.... (Oh 
> > > > bugger!- a New Zealand expression...)  So I am now in the process 
> > > > of uninstalling Libre, re-installing Open Office and wondering what 
> > > > next..
> > > > Why can I not have both?  Oh well, back to Open Office fornow.....
> > >
> > > Try 
> > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel 
> > > tells how to run several versions.
> > >
> > > Andy
> > LibreOffice should not remove any OpenOffice rpm versions as it has a 
> > different name. Here is an installation guide for Freedesktop, 
> > Mandriva, RedHat and Suse that I posted earlier:
>
> I agree that no beta should over write an installed version.  As I 
> stated yesterday, I feel that no software should install over another 
> version unless told to be the operator.  Anyone should be able to 
> install any number of copies without having to jump through hoops to 
> do so.  Just my 2 cents.
>
> Thanks for the info but I run Ubuntu 09.10.
>
> Andy