Simon, Please note, I am a user, not a code writer, but I too had a problem loading the program onto my iMac. This may have been a function that the software isn't an "approved" vendor. Downloaded it twice the first day, then once the following day (after a nasty shock, upon booting up for the day the program wasn't visible, and I though all my work from the day before was lost). It now seems to be running just fine. I do shut down the software and anything I am working on, before shutting my computer down for the day.
Not sure if this helps, your problem may not be the same as mine. Good luck. John Barmen On Sep 4, 2013, at 2:24 AM, simon brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to install open office on a latest linux mint copy, alongside > libreoffice. The reason is that I have a libreoffice calc bug to do with > .xlsx compatibility, and I want to see if your equivalent will get round this. > > Unfortunately I cannot get it to install. Your instructions refer obliquely > to needing to resolve a soffice symlink, without including details on just > how to do it. I have now wasted nearly 2 hours trying to do this, and am now > giving up. All the packages install fine, except the desktop integration, > which complains that there is a package conflict with /usr/bin/soffice which > is also in the libreoffice package. > > I think that the entry on the wiki about resolving it is patronising and > smug, and highly annoying ("see your favourite reference for how to do > this"). If there is a known issue then please state the full workaround in > full detail. > > What I find most surprising, perhaps, is that I can't find any instructions > on how to run the components from the command line anywhere, or even details > on just where the executables get put. This leaves me with nowhere to go if > the desktop integration step fouls up, as it has. > > regards > > Simon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
