Side note... You probably need to modify one of your yum configuration files to tell yum to ignore LO updates.
On Feb 5, 2015 9:08 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 02/05/2015 07:07 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > I think you can usually just install over the top to wipe the previous > > version. > > > > However on an extremely rare occasion that might not work in which > > case you might need to remove/uninstall everything and then reinstall > > the newer version. however when you do so you can keep the User > > Profile so that all your settings, configs, galleries, > > Extensions/add-ons/plugins, templates and all the rest remain intact. > > It's quite a good idea to create a copy of your User Profile every so > > often so that it's easier to get back to a configuration you liked if > > anything crazy ever happens. > > > > It's the price of getting a much newer and more updated version. > > Windows users always have to install any programs this way so it's a > > bit like going back to Windows for a little moment. > > > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > On 5 February 2015 at 11:58, avamk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I see. If I install LibreOffice 4.4 manually (via the RPM I'm > >> guessing?) can I just install a newer version over it once it's > >> released, or do I have to remove the whole thing before installing an > >> update? Thanks! > >> > >> On 05/02/2015, timllloyd [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, the best suggestion is to grab the latest from the LO site (you will > >>> have to monitor the site for updates): > >>> > >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/ > >>> > >>> As well as monitoring for updates you also have to install & remove > >>> manually. As you are using Fedora I assume you are familiar with that > >>> process but any problems pls sing out. > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> On 05/02/15 11:59, avamk wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> LibreOffice in the Fedora 21 repositories are currently in the 4.3 > >>>> series. > >>>> Is there an updated LibreOffice repository for Fedora 21 (and also > >>>> future > >>>> versions) that have LibreOffice 4.4? I like to use the newest version of > >>>> LibreOffice on Fedora if possible. Thanks! > >>>> > with Fedora 21 I have been using the standard Fedora release, but, if > you do not, I think that you can remove the existing using yum... > > Is it installed? > > yum list installed | grep "libreoffice" > > I expect that you can remove it using > > yum remove libreoffice* > > I have always used "yum localinstall *.rpm" to install the RPMs after I > extract the code. > > Last time I did this, there was a GUI integration driectory under the > standard RPM directory. I changed to that directory and installed the > RPM meant for UI integration for gnome. I don't remember what that is > called off hand, or even if it is still required. I don't have time now > to download and check the RPMs, but, if you send a list of RPMs, I can > tell you which one it is. > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
