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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks eschwartz. Well, if I can get the same version I'll be happier. 
So if I just get the latest from the USC on the new machine and I have Xubuntu on all three machines I'll be okay? Even if the laptop has a really old version? (I think it has 12.04.) |
Alas, not if the computer has an old version of Xubuntu -- it will have an old version of LO.
You *might* want to upgrade Xubuntu itself -- but you might not care
-- it doesn't really matter if you are using a slightly old version of LO. You can open a MS Office 2010 DOCX on a computer that has MS Office 2007 installed, right? Same goes with LO.
Besides, any version of Xubuntu will have an old version of LO, it is the sacrifice you pay for stability. Otherwise known as
FeatureFreeze, it means things that work, get left that way.
The latest shiny toys get saved for newer versions of Xubuntu which are receiving developer testing anyway.
Again -- it doesn't really matter which version of LO you have -- they are all relatively new, and the differences aren't that great
your documents will open on either version, and the new features are likely not things you are actually using.
If you truly desire the latest and greatest, you can of course install it manually as you tried. Just a couple things:
There is a README file (in the READMES folder) with helpful information. It has a section on installing to Debian- and Ubuntu- based linux systems. The relevant info is as follows:
(disclaimer: I am looking at the main, LO 4.4.2.2 download)
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When you unpack the downloaded archive, you will see that the contents have been decompressed into a sub-directory. Open a file manager window, and change directory to the one starting with "LibreOffice_", followed by the version number and some platform information.
This directory contains a subdirectory called "DEBS". Change directory to the "DEBS" directory.
Right-click within the directory and choose "Open in Terminal". A terminal window will open. From the command line of the terminal window, enter the following command (you will be prompted to enter your root user's password before the command will execute):
The following commands will install LibreOffice and the desktop integration packages (you may just copy and paste them into the terminal screen rather than trying to type them):
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
The installation process is now completed, and you should have icons for all the LibreOffice applications in your desktop's Applications/Office menu.
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If you
really want, you can do it all using the terminal:
You already extracted the files, so we can skip that.
The only thing there appears to be a folder, so type "cd LibreOffice_4.2.3.3_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS/"
Don't use apt-get install, that is for the software center. Instead, use "sudo dpkg -i *.deb".
dpkg is for installing .deb files, apt-get is for installing program names ffrom the software center repositories.