On 01/05/11 20:26, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 19:43 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >> On 01/05/11 16:48, RA Brown wrote: >>> On Wed Jan 05 2011 13:12:14 GMT-0800 (PST) [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I needed to know some info about updating/upgrading OOo in Ubuntu, since >>>> I no longer use the repository version and its upgrading system. >>>> >>>> Can I get away with just running the .deb files and not worry about >>>> removing >>>> and then reinstalling the desktop-integration [i.e. menus]? I had to do >>>> a complete >>>> uninstall, including the menus, so I did not get any errors when I >>>> installed the >>>> Oracle version of OOo instead of the Go-oo version in the repository. >>>> >>>> So can I just install the deb files and skip the desktop-integration? >>>> >>> To keep from having problems with the desktop-integration you will >>> have to only install one version of OOo. I have Go-oo 3.2 from the >>> Ubuntu repository and when I installed any of the OOo RCs I have the >>> same problem. If your going to run the straight OOo then there should >>> be no problem. I always remove the installed RC using the Package >>> Manager before installing the next one. Then use the dpkg -i command >>> to install the next. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Andy >> I know that when I wanted to go from the Go-oo to the OOo version, I had >> to remove the original package completely as well as the menus. It >> seemed that there was something wrong if I did not remove the original >> package first and completely. I even had to remove the .openoffice.org >> folder as well, since something caused the default document to crash and >> not repair properly. >> >> So that was when I installed - finally - this version of OOo. I did not >> know if I would have any problems when the next version came out, such >> as the menus and such. I still have not reinstalled all of the >> extensions I use to use with the old Go-oo version that I started using >> since I came to Ubuntu back in Feb '10 on this machine. I may have to >> do a complete reinstall of Ubuntu to solve a problem with one of my >> software that seemed to have lost a dependency that was not fixed by all >> the other means in the terminal's options that I found. So this might >> have been a mute point. >> >> To be fair, I also have LibreOffice 3.3.0.1 RC something installed as >> well, since I wanted to see what it was all about. I may remove it >> after OOo 3.3.0.x comes out of RC. Or I may just have it there as a >> spare ODF suite if there is trouble with my copy of OOo, so I can finish >> my work and then fix the problem. I had to install KOffice the last >> time that happened and I use Ubuntu's version of GNOME instead of KDE, >> so this time I will have something a little closer to OOo whenever there >> is another problem that requires a reinstall and I am in the middle of a >> big project and close to my deadline. > If you are already using OOo from the OOo website, then your system > is like mine. (Ubuntu 32 and 64 bit) I use a script to install OOo: > > **************************************************************************** > #!/bin/sh > cd /home/(user)/Downloads/OOo/OOO330_m18_native_packed-1_en-US.9556/DEBS > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > cd desktop-integration/ > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > **************************************************************************** > Extract the installation files. In the second line, list the location of > the OOo installation files instead of the location I use. Save these 5 > lines as a text file with a meaningful name. Change the file's > permission to make it executable. Open a terminal window. Run this > script file. You will be asked for your user password. Enter it, and the > script should install OOo and update the Office section of the Main > Menu. > > Dan The question is - do I need to upgrade the menus. Last time I have OOo stuff in the menus when I went to install a new version, I got an error about it cannot install all needed menus updates since there were listing there already.
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