Re: [libreoffice-users] Downloading Latest Windows Release

At 01:23 06/10/2013 +0100, Brian Grainger wrote:
> Trying to download and install the latest Windows version of 
> LibreOffice from a machine in the UK running Windows 7 and Internet 
> Explorer. Using the standard process for downloading from the 
> download page the LibreOffice install file came as a *.MAN file. 
> Clearly this would not install. When I changed the filename to *.msi 
> it would install.

I can confirm this - also from the UK but using Windows XP (and 
IE8).  Note that LibreOffice installation files are provided from 
mirrors and since the problem is at the mirror site it will be the 
case that other users may well be redirected to other mirrors and may 
not experience the same problem.  The mirror site offered to me is 
mirror.catn.com, which appears to be located in the UK; its contact 
address is in Aldershot.  Perhaps you were offered the 
same. 
http://mirror.catn.com/pub/tdf/libreoffice/stable/4.1.2/win/x86/ 
offers LibreOffice_4.1.2_Win_x86.msi - but the download process 
renames the file with a .man extension and describes it as "Unknown File Type".

This is presumably the same problem as 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53241 , which suggests 
that catn.com needs to add
AddType application/octet-stream .msi
to its .htaccess file.

> Thinking this was a problem with Internet Explorer I tried again 
> with the Opera browser on my own system. Exactly the same thing 
> happened. Even though the link looked like an .msi file it actually 
> came as a .MAN file!

Yes: it's a server problem, not a browser one.

> I am letting you know so you can address what I consider is a 
> serious fault and obstruction to getting users to switch to 
> LibreOffice from other Office software.

Could some helpful person with the right sort of account please 
report this as a bug at the LibreOffice site?  Meanwhile I may 
contact catn.com directly.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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