Hi Joel And Andreas and all:
Thank you for this guide to install LibreOffice on Ubuntu from PPA and
without conflict.
Regards,
Jorge Rodríguez
El mié, 11-11-2015 a las 15:59 +0100, Andreas Säger escribió:
> Am 10.11.2015 um 22:17 schrieb Joel Madero:
> > Terminal -
> >
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0;
> > sudo apt-get update;
> > sudo apt-get install libreoffice
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Joel
> >
>
> I know that the following is not 100% accurate but typing commands into
> terminals explains nothing.
>
> 1) Open a terminal (shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T)
>
> 2) Select the first line starting with sudo
> > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0;
>
> 3) Middle-click anywhere in the terminal. If your selection included the
> new-line character, the command will start running. If not, hit enter to
> start the command.
>
> 4) Enter the admin password to confirm that you are a sys admin.
> add-apt-repository adds a new subscription to your subscribed software
> newsletters in the name of the sys admin. This implies that you trust
> the maintainers of ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0
>
> Without the preceeding sudo command, just running
> add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-5-0, you would get an
> error message about missing privileges because you as a naked user are
> not allowed to write any files outside your home directory or the /tmp
> directory.
>
> Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the second and third line.
> Select and middle-click
> > sudo apt-get update;
> to update all your subscribed software newsletters in the name of the
> sys admin.
>
> > sudo apt-get install libreoffice
> installs libreoffice from the new subscription in the name of the sys admin.
>
> Finally,
> >> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade;
>
> Compares the latest newletters with the your currently installed
> software and updates all software to the announced latest version. If
> there is something to upgrade, it will prompt you for confirmation. Just
> hit Enter to confirm.
> You may notice that the same terminal remembers your given admin
> password for some minutes so you don't need to re-enter the admin password.
>
> Your system maintains a software database about all the files on your
> system that arrived through debian packages (*.deb). It keeps detailed
> records about which file belongs to which software package, which
> software packages are installed, originating from which source.
> Any graphical software management tools for Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/whatever
> do exactly the same things in the background. I recommend to install
> synaptic ( sudo apt-get install synaptic ) for a better overview over
> the subscribed software, installed, not yet installed, updatable and
> removable software.
>
> There is another way to install software from manually downloaded
> packages, from CDs etc. This method involves the dpkg command:
>
> > sudo dpkg --install *.deb
> or shorter but less mnemonic:
> > sudo dpkg -i *.deb
>
> installs all *.deb files of the current directory updating your system's
> software database (which file has been placed where belonging to which
> package). The difference is that the Debian packages were already stored
> your system rather than downloaded from an external source. With this
> method you install unmaintained software at your own risk. The automatic
> update/upgrade mechanisms do not apply to this software, nevertheless it
> will be registered at your local software database so it will not be
> overidden, compromised or harmed in any way by any other software.
> The typical install directory for this software is /opt. The latest
> debian packages downloaded from libreoffice.org or Openoffice will be
> installed in /opt.
>
> Finally you can download and install some software freely, bypassing the
> software database like you use to do on a Windows system. Sometimes they
> come as executable binaries (analog to Widows setup.exe), sometimes they
> come as source code which means that you need developer tools to compile
> the program from the downloaded source code before installing it (or
> before building your own .deb package and adding it to your sofware
> database).
> I use a Java program which is distributed as a zip archive. From time to
> time I download the latest version and extract it to a freely chosen
> subdirectory in my /opt directory.
>
>
> There is no need to remove any existing ODF suite before installing
> another ODF suite. There is just one conflict you need to know.
> The file /usr/bin/soffice is registered to some already installed office
> suite. The system will not allow you to install any software claiming
> the same file /usr/bin/soffice. This is a very important feature of your
> Debian/Ubuntu system. If your installation fails because of a conflict
> about /usr/bin/soffice you have 3 choices:
> 1) Remove the old suite.
> 2) Move the package with "debian-menu" in the name to another directory.
> This is the single package which tries to install another
> /usr/bin/soffice. Without this "debian-menu-x-y.deb" your old suite
> remains the default program and you can add menues and links to your
> newly installed secondary suite.
> 3) Do the same as in 2), then switch to the other directory and install
> the "debian-menu-x-y.deb" separately like this:
> > sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite libreoffice-debian-menu-x.y.z.deb
>
> This way you tell the system that it is perfectly OK to resolve file
> conflicts for this particular package by overwriting files and their
> registration in the software database. In the software database
> /usr/bin/soffice will belong to the new suite and the new suite will be
> the default suite with menu entries, file associations etc.
> > dpkg-query --search /usr/bin/soffice
> informs you to which package the file belongs currently.
>
> Using a terminal, I can install any ODF suite faster than with Setup.exe
> on Windows, including any /usr/bin/soffice conflict I can choose to
> resolve one way or the other.
>
> sudo apt-get install --> download from repository, add to local software
> database, upgrade automatically from repository.
> sudo dpkg --install --> install locally stored packages, add to local
> software database, no automatic updates.
>
>
--
Atentamente,
Jorge Rodríguez
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