See my message. I explain in "point-n-click-ese". :) tony
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:10 PM, wlb <wlba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello webmaster, > > Thank you for responding, but unfortunately, I am not yet computer literate > enough to understand all the technical terminology. I love Linux and have > been using it for over 2 years, and would not go back to Windows, but I > still have to click here and there to get things done. I am still at the > Linux for dummies stage. > > Thanks. > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com < > webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > >> On 01/18/2011 09:33 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:15 PM, wlb<wlba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have been trying to install the Libre Office onto my computer. I am >>>> using >>>> Ubuntu Linux, 10.10. I have tried several times to down load it, even >>>> one >>>> that took hours. I finally stopped it. I tried to follow the >>>> instructions, >>>> but I am not technologically literate and I tried to follow as best I >>>> could. >>>> >>>> Libre Office was not automatically installed when I upgraded. Open >>>> Office >>>> was the only office program that installed. I am hoping that you can >>>> help >>>> me. I would really like to try your program. Everyone on the Linux >>>> forum >>>> speaks so very highly of it. >>>> >>>> LibreOffice is still in beta test, so you won't get it as an automatic >>> anything yet. >>> >>> You have to download the .deb gzipped-tar file, uncompress it and then >>> run the installation directly. Just be sure you have the right >>> version: Linux x86 or x64 (deb) and pick your language. x86 is for >>> 32-bit systems, x64 for 64-bit (of course). >>> >>> tar xzf<the file you downloaded>, cd into the newly created LibO_* >>> directory, then cd into the DEBS directory, run 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb", >>> then cd into the desktop-integration directory and run the same dpkg >>> command again. >>> >>> That's it. >>> >>> I just installed LO 3.3.x RC3 on my Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit system >> The instructions above are for use in Terminal and it works well. >> >> You should have no problems. And yes, it would be great if Linux >> systems had an .exe file that you click on in the folder navigation >> system, like Windows has in "Windows Explorer" options. Well >> maybe one day it will be more point and click like Windows, but >> at least Linux is more stable than any Windows OS I have used >> and the software is free for things that cost a lot for the popular >> Windows software. Still software like LO makes MS Office look >> like something that is too bloated for its own good. >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >> users+h...@libreoffice.org<users%2bh...@libreoffice.org> >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ >> *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >> >> > > > -- > ** *"Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire > to hold on." Alan H. Cohen* > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- http://www.baldwinlinguas.com http://www.baldwinsoftware.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
