[ale] just installed LibreOffice in Linux, should have been easier

Tue Mar 15 22:06:12 EDT 2011

Hi Mike,

I'm sure I'll learn more over time.  I can't put a lot of direct study 
into that at the moment.  However, you guys are always showing me new 
things, and I pick up a lot from the podcasts I listen to.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 03/15/2011 09:09 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
>
> It would likely serve you better to study the way of the UNIX shell... 
> the UNIX shell has a lot more power than the Windows commandline shell 
> does, even if you include the so-called "power shell".
>
> --
> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
>
> On Mar 15, 2011 6:35 PM, "Ron Frazier" <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com 
> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>> wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > Thanks for the info. That's good to know. Putting that in my saved
> > posts folder. Thanks also to others who suggested command ganging
> > techniques.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On 03/15/2011 02:49 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
> >>
> >> cmd1 && cmd2
> >>
> >> The && says run cmd2 only if the exit status of cmd1 indicates success
> >> (that is, is 0). The opposite of that is:
> >>
> >> cmd1 || cmd2
> >>
> >> Which says to run cmd2 if the exit status of cmd1 is something other
> >> than 0.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
> >>
> >> On Mar 15, 2011 1:57 PM, "Ron Frazier" 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>
> >> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com 
> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>>> wrote:
> >> > Could you explain what that does? Are you saying enter both 
> commands on
> >> > the same line like you typed it?
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > Ron
> >> >
> >> > On 03/15/2011 01:22 PM, JD wrote:
> >> >> Perhaps I'm crazy, but I always do
> >> >>
> >> >> sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> together before installing any new packages. This keeps all the
> >> >> underlying packages current - that could be the issue you are seeing
> >> >> between the different systems. In real-time programming, this is 
> known
> >> >> as data homogeneity. All the data on a specific thread/priority 
> cannot
> >> >> be changed by outside priorities until the thread/priority finishes.
> >> >> Basically, you get consistent data before you begin processing.
> >> >>
> >> >> I do agree that not doing the "upgrade" should work provided you 
> aren't
> >> >> too out of date with patches. I've just never wanted to test that.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On 03/15/2011 12:42 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Preston,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I can't say what happened. The commands below worked on the 
> other PC's
> >> >>> with no problem. PC #3 is running the same version of Ubuntu, 
> but the
> >> >>> process failed and threw the errors I posted. I tried it
> >> yesterday, but
> >> >>> I have no explanation. Once I installed that one package 
> manually, the
> >> >>> rest worked. I actually did the last two commands from synaptic,
> >> but the
> >> >>> result should be the same either way.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
> >> >>> sudo apt-get update
> >> >>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice
> >> >>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sincerely,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Ron
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On 03/15/2011 11:17 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> Ron Frazier wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> I was trying to install Libre Office on my 3rd PC using the 
> PPA as
> >> >>>>> described in prior posts. It threw up a bunch of dependency 
> errors:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> <SNIPPED>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> I tried the same thing from synaptic and got the same result. 
> From
> >> >>>>> synaptic, I installed libreoffice-common manually, then was 
> able to
> >> >>>>> install libreoffice and libreoffice-gnome with no problem. I
> >> don't know
> >> >>>>> what was different on this PC, but it seems to be working now.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> just curious, but has the PPA been updated or is your Ubuntu 
> system
> >> >>>> using slightly different sources?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > Ron Frazier
> >> >
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