Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing LibreOffice under Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic

On 02/16/2011 08:49 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:32 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press
> Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
> > I tired a PPA several times with Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04.  It failed have the
> > time
> > I tried to install anything via PPA.  So I do not use it.
> Gary already explained that - it isn't there.
>
> > I think we need to make sure that the people who are Linux users have
> > clear options fir installing via PPA and through the standard web site
> > download and terminal install.  It is only a few lines to install via the
> > terminal, so for me it is easier than setting up a PPA install.
> A shell script would be better, like the update script that comes with it....
>
> > I still use a PDF file to remind me what the commands are, but it does
> > not change except the [file] name of the version to be installed.
> As I said, a shell script would be better, and really simple:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
>      echo "Usage: `basename $0`<install-tarball>"
>      exit 1
> fi
>
> tgz=$1
> if [[ ! -f $tgz ]]; then    # try adding the .tar.gz suffices...
>      tgz="${tgz}.tar.gz
>      if [[ ! -f $tgz ]]; then
>          echo "$tgz does not appear to be a gzipped tarball - please
> check the file and try again."
>          exit 1
>      fi
> fi
> tar -xzf $tgz
> dir=`basename $tgz .tar.gz`
> if [[ ! -d $dir/DEBS ]]; then
>      echo "I can't see a DEBS subdirectory - check your tarball again."
>      exit 1
> fi
> cd $dir/DEBS
> sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> if [[ -d desktop-integration ]]; then
>      cd desktop-integration
>      sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> fi
> echo "Done!"
> echo ""
>
> You can even use this to install the lang packs and help pack since it
> doesn't care what the name of the file is.
I tend to avoid shell scripts.
But the German DVD [snapshot and site] being made links to
the .bin scripts for installing Java's JRE for RPM [but DEB not shown 
there].

If I had to do the install on several computers, I most likely would use
a script somewhere in the process, but I never really got into scripts.

--
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+help@libreoffice.org
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/
*** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***