Hi :) That is interesting to hear what the devs would suggest. It's certainly the case for most other software but i thought LibreOffice was one of the exceptions to the rule.
Thanks Joel! Regards from Tom :) On 24 January 2014 17:44, Joel Madero <jmadero....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/24/2014 07:52 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >> On 01/24/2014 10:23 AM, Joel Madero wrote: >>> On 01/23/2014 02:39 PM, Tony Godshall wrote: >>>> I may have forgotten to mention that I have OpenOffice 4.0.x and >>>> LibreOffice 4.1.x on the same computers. >>>> >>>> That may me an issue, I'm thinking now. >>> Yes could be. >>>> I've set up a couple of users as a test case- one with OpenOffice >>>> 4.0.x only, and one with LibreOffice 4.1.x only. >>> :) >>>> And I also should have mentioned that the source of the programs is >>>> from openoffice.org and libreoffice.org, from the tar.gz of deb files, >>>> installed with dpkg -i without complaints. >>> We generally recommend you install from PPA's not from the website. Our >>> debian packages on the website are not packaged explicitly for Ubuntu -- >>> much better to stick to PPA's which are packaged by Bjoern (Canonical >>> employee) specifically for Ubuntu. If I were you, I'd purge LIbreOffice >>> completely and install through ppa without OpenOffice installed. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> Joel >>> >> >> Joel >> I never heard of the PPA over website version install recommendation >> before. >> >> I always download the new version I want to install from the web >> site. That way I do not have to upgrade to any version I do not want >> to use. I will be running the 4.1.x line till the 4.2.x line gets to >> the .3 or .4 version. Will the PPA allow that to happen or will it >> keep telling me that there is a new 4.2.x version it wants me to >> install over the 4.1.4, or 4.1.5, 4.1.6 version I will have installed >> on my system? >> >> >> >> > Honestly not sure - if there is a new release in the PPA I suspect > you'll get notified but I run master most of the time. I do have a ppa > install of 4.2. rc right now and don't get annoying warnings despite it > not being the newest RC. If you talk to devs they'll almost always > suggest sticking with the PPA - we've had reports that downloads from > libreoffice instead of through ppa can cause some issue (particularly > with Unity but in general just best to stick with ppa IMHO). > > Best, > joel > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > 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: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
