Re: [tdf-discuss] Problems installing LibO beta2 on Debian

On 16/10/10 17:37, Kertesz Laszlo wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:25:46 +0300, AG 
> <computing.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 16/10/10 16:24, AG wrote:
> > > On 16/10/10 12:36, Kertesz Laszlo wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > You have to completely remove the installed LibreOffice version 
> > > > (all lobasis* or libobasis* packages too)- there are some library 
> > > > differences between beta 1 and 2. I had the same issue and i solved 
> > > > it like that.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, here is a LibreOffice Debian repo that seems to be up to date:
> > > >
> > > > http://gericom.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/libre-office-openoffice-fork-sponsored-by-canonical-novell-google/ 
> > > > Have a nice day,
> > > >
> > > > Kertesz Laszlo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:21:45 +0300, AG 
> > > > <computing.account@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all
> > > > >
> > > > > I dropped this into the thread on the beta 2 release, but that was 
> > > > > the wrong place and it subsequently got lost.  So, to give it its 
> > > > > own thread just in case others need it in the future.
> > > > >
> > > > > For my Debian system, I found 
> > > > > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta2/deb/x86/ 
> > > > > and once I downloaded the relevant deb tarball I ran into some 
> > > > > difficulties installing it.  I unpacked the tarball and ran, as 
> > > > > sudo, sh update.
> > > > >
> > > > > The process kicked up some errors, which concerned the following 
> > > > > messages:
> > >
> > > > > <snip>
> > >
> > > > > Therefore:
> > > > >
> > > > > (1) was running update the appropriate installation/ updating 
> > > > > method to install beta 2 and if not, what is? and/ or
> > > > > (2) have these issues been reported by others using the debian 
> > > > > packages?
> > > > >
> > > > > FWIW, I'm running an up-to-date Debian testing on a stand alone 
> > > > > machine.  It has OOo and LibO beta 1 installed (& these actually 
> > > > > seem to co-exist quite happily).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for any ideas on how to install beta 2.
> > > > >
> > > > > AG
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion - this I did, and still received the 
> > > following two errors:
> > >
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  en-US/DEBS/libobasis3.3-core01_3.3.0-9_i386.deb
> > >  en-US/DEBS/libobasis3.3-en-us_3.3.0-9_i386.deb
> > >
> > >
> > > If the core1 doesn't install, it seems like the rest won't either!
> >
> > I have now downloaded the package as Kertesz suggested and run sh 
> > update.
> >
> > Additional error messages are now that the application could not be 
> > started because "iso resource could not be loaded by SfxApplicator".
> >
> > WTF???
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help on this please.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > AG
>
> I dont know about that error, i never used the update script.
>
> I just dpkg-ed all debs from the DEBS folder and the 
> DEBS/desktop-integration/ with the command (path is the path to the 
> unpacked .debs):
>
> sudo dpkg -i /path/*.deb
>
> Now i installed beta1 from the tar.gz from the site and beta2 from the 
> repository i mentioned. There were the library conflicts as AG 
> observed. I purged all libreoffice related stuff and i installed beta2 
> and all is well.

Kertesz

Thanks for the more detailed instructions which I have now successfully 
followed.

The beta 2 now launches as expected without errors.

Thank you again!!

On a general note, I wonder if it would be worthwhile for the packagers 
of LibO to (a) include installation instruction documentation somewhere 
on their site where these can be easil;y found and used, and (b) to 
develop a script that will actually perform the installation.  While I 
may not be the sharpest crayon in the pack, I obviously have had a fair 
bit of problems installing this onto my machine and to be honest going 
through this degree of hassle may well put some people off from even 
trying it in the first place.

Once again, Kertesz, my gratitude for your help and patience.

Best wishes

AG

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