[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

On 11/22/2010 06:43 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote:
...
> René
>
> It isn't so much that I administer a Debian release as that I USE a
> Debian release and do what I can.  What I do is what I have managed to
> learn to do over time, but without any formal training in UNIX, Linux,
> administration, coding, or anything else.  That causes gaps in my
> education that I freely admit.  I feel no shame for what I have learned
> OR for what I haven't learned.  Not everyone can be as experienced as
> you, nor can everyone feel as comfortable using CLI as you.  It is,
> however why I feel comfortable asking questions or asking for help even
> from complete strangers who might think less of me for my asking.

Not sure which Debian distro that you are using, but if you are using
Ubuntu you may find these helpful:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/dpkg.1.html
and bookmark:
https://help.ubuntu.com/
  https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions

Note: I _think_ there are similar for standard Debian & other Debian
based distros.

In general; to install LO .deb files on an Ubuntu system (for others
that may have the same question):

1. http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
Note the:
"You can also download using BitTorrent, or browse all the Beta3
installation packages to get unofficial Debian packages (32-bit .debs or
64-bit .debs), or language packs."
Click on the appropriate for your system (32-bit or 64-bit)
32-bit:
o
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
64-bit:
o
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86_64/LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

Or just use the "browse all the Beta3 installation packages" link to:
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/
<http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/>
(32-bit example)
<http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-beta3/deb/x86/>
Download:
 LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz  15-Nov-2010 16:57       164M
Details

Important: the 'Details' link will give you md5sum/SHA/hash information
that you can use to verify the package download with.

2. Once the appropriate tar.gz file is downloaded; use Nautilus to
browse to the file download. Right click the tar.gz file and select
'Extract here'. Nautilus will then automatically extract the contents &
assign proper file permissions to a new folder:
LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US (in the case of
32-bit). Under that folder you will find 3 subfolders: DEBS, licences,
and readmes.
  The 'DEBS' (LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS)
folder is the folder that contains all the .deb packages. It also
contains a subfolder 'desktop-integration' which contain the .deb
package for adding LO to your desktop menus.
Note the location of the
LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS folder. [1]

3. Open a terminal (Applications|Accessories|terminal) and cd to the
location of the
LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS folder. Example:

$ cd
/home/<username>/LibO_3.3.0beta3_20101115_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS

Now install the .deb packages:

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

That will install all of the .deb packages in the system /opt folders
/opt/libreoffice and /opt/libreoffice3

Now install the menus:

$ cd desktop-integration
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

You now should have a working LO installed with menus added to
Applications|Office|LibreOffice... If the menus are not automatically
you may have to use:

$ sudo update-menus

or logout/login to get them to appear.

Note: when you start LO, your LO profile will be located in:
~/.libreoffice/3/user
(/home/<username>/.libreoffice/3/user)


[1] You can do all of this from the terminal rather than using Nautilus.
However I recommend using Nautilus to new users so that you will have an
graphical idea of were the files are located. To do from the terminal
cli only:

I. Open the terminal and cd to the location of the .tar.gz file.
II. Extract the .tar.gz file (again using the 32-bit file as an example):

$ tar xvzf LibO_3.3.0_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz

III. Now continue with #3 above.

I'm sure that someone can take all of that & make corrections & possibly
put in some pretty screenshots etc., but that is pretty much the way
that I do my installs & HTH.

One added note: if you wish to have multiple installs for testing
purposes, I've found the basic instructions for doing OOo parallel
installs helpful:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel
Of particular importance is the section on:
User directory configuration for 3.* versions


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