Libre Office

[jimmac49]

The only obstacle stopping me binning ubuntu for fedora is that I can not find a decent way to install Libre Office, with Ubuntu it just works, why with fedora is it so chuffin hard to do anything,

With Ubuntu you get deb files to install LibreOffice, with Fedora you get tar.gz files, ( even Windows wasn't this complicated).

With Ubuntu double click and the program is installed.

Could it be that it is why Ubuntu is called the most popular distro in the world, just because it just works.

This is not a rant or a rave, I am just fed up after 8 hrs, trying to install Libre Office in Fedora 14, I think I will just stay with Ubuntu for the time being



regards


Jim

[DBelton]

You can install Libre Office from the Fedora repo's using yum if you have Fedora 15.

(I think F14 has Open Office instead of Libre Office, though) It would be crazy to think that F14 would have Libre Office since Libre Office was released AFTER F14 was. (Initial release was Jan 2011)

Edit:

Just a quick google search showed me several places where they have packaged Libre Office into rpm's for Fedora 14.

Here is one, but there were a whole list of others, too...

http://edigitales.org/installation-l...nux-fedora-14/

[PatMcLJr]

errr?
I just used the rpms on the downloads, I think mine works OK, I've been using for a few months now with only a very few hiccups.

http://download.documentfoundation.o...m_en-US.tar.gz

I'm using fedora 14 64 bit and fedora 15 has Libre already to go, I do belive it to be part of the default install.

Pat Jr.

[nonamedotc]

I just followed the instructions on Libreoffice's website and it worked fine. Make sure you remove the icons from any old openoffice installations ...

[bob]

Perhaps the OP is confused about tar.gz files? Similar to zip files, it's a means of compression that allows larger downloads and of course Office files are LARGE.

So, once downloaded, you can right-click and "extract here" (wherever that is. Then simply 'cd' to the extracted .rpm and "yum install *.rpm" which should then handle the dependencies and install it normally.

In fact, here's the instructions directly from Libre Office for Fedora http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/

Installation of LibreOffice on Fedora, Suse, Mandriva and other Linux systems using RPM packages

The instructions here are for installing LibreOffice in US English, on a 32-bit system; there will be slight differences in some directory names if you are installing LibreOffice on a 64-bit system, but the process is basically the same and – hopefully – you will not find these instructions difficult to follow.
For instructions on how to install a language pack (after having installed the US English version of LibreOffice), please read the “Installing a Language Pack” section.
After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents have been unpacked into a directory called LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US. Open a Nautilus file manager window, and change directory to that directory.
2) The directory contains a subdirectory called RPMS. Change directory to the RPMS directory.
3) 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):
For Fedora-based systems:
su -c 'yum install *.rpm'

[jimmac49]

Thanks Bob,
for you're reply, but the link just don't work.

I agree beer works


jim

[DBelton]

looks like it took his smiley as a part of the link.. remove the ): from the end of the link

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/

[cymbaline42]

Originally Posted by jimmac49

Thanks Bob,
for you're reply, but the link just don't work.

I agree beer works


jim

The link had a few extra characters at the end, try this: http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/

[johnlvs2run]

Originally Posted by bob

the instructions directly from Libre Office for Fedora http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/

After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents have been unpacked into a directory called LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US. Open a Nautilus file manager window, and change directory to that directory.
2) The directory contains a subdirectory called RPMS. Change directory to the RPMS directory.
3) 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):
For Fedora-based systems:
su -c 'yum install *.rpm'

I did these things, 24M installed in the terminal, but libreoffice is not showing up.

[PatMcLJr]

maybe you need the de integration

/PATH_to_INSTALL/LibO_3.4.0rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US/RPMS/desktop-integration/

[PiElle]

yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity"

[johnlvs2run]

Originally Posted by PatMcLJr

maybe you need the de integration

/PATH_to_INSTALL/LibO_3.4.0rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US/RPMS/desktop-integration/

Thanks but that didn't work.

# /PATH_to_INSTALL/LibO_3.4.0rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US/RPMS/desktop-integration/
bash: /PATH_to_INSTALL/LibO_3.4.0rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US/RPMS/desktop-integration/:
No such file or directory
#

Originally Posted by PiElle

yum groupinstall "Office/Productivity"

I want libreoffice, not openoffice.

[PiElle]

I want libreoffice, not openoffice.[/QUOTE]


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Originally Posted by PiElle

I want libreoffice, not openoffice.

It will install Libre Office ...



in Fedora 15, obviusly ...

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by jimmac49

Could it be that it is why Ubuntu is called the most popular distro in the world

Except that it isn't. Fedora is far more popular than Ubuntu (about 30 million users for Fedora and 15 million for Ubuntu), and the gap keeps growing.

I don't understand what's so "complicated" about tar.gz files. Just do "tar xzvf somefile.tar.gz" and you're done. Or you could upgrade to Fedora 15 and install LibreOffice with one command via yum.

Originally Posted by jimmac49

I think I will just stay with Ubuntu for the time being

Good luck.

[johnlvs2run]

Can I install 15 over 14 without losing my files?