Hi Baldwin linguas, I do have a 64 bit system. The technician who built my computer and introduced me to Linux made sure I knew that. Thank you for your patience, understanding and taking the time to type this out step by step. I will try it and see what happens.
Thank you, Wanda On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:14 PM, baldwin linguas <baldwinling...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:33 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com> 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. > ...CLIPPAGE... > >> 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. > > That probably sounds like Chinese to our new friend here, who is > clearly new to the gnu/linux world. > > > Wanda, > Most likely, you need this file: > > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz > (unless you have a 64 bit system, which is possible but unlikely, in > which case you would want this file: > > http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/3.3.0-rc3/deb/x86_64/LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz > This second is ONLY for 64bit, such as an Athlon processor, or such). > > Download it somewhere in your /home directory. > Open your filebrowser, likely Nautilus, by default in Ubuntu, I > believe, find and right-click on the file. > Choose "extract" from the menu that pops up. > You will then have a new directory/folder such as > LibO_3.3.0rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US (or similar) > click into there, and you will find another directory called > DEBS > Click into there. > Now, you're going to have to right click and choose "Open in terminal". > A command prompt terminal will appear. > That is when you enter the command > sudo dpkg -i *.deb > (you will have to enter your password) > Then you'll see a lot of text whiz by, and with any luck in a moment or two > you'll have LibreOffice installed. > Once all that text is done whizzing by, check for any error messages. > If there are any, copy them to an e-mail and send them to the list. > Otherwise, no errors, you should find that LibreOffice is installed. > You can close the command line terminal and enjoy your shiny new > office suite. > > (c'mon guys...I don't use ubuntu or gnome, but I could explain that > easily enough > for a n00buntu-er, and it took all of 2 minutes). > > ./tony > -- > http://www.baldwinlinguas.com > http://www.baldwinsoftware.com > > -- > 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 ***
