LibreOffice Manager (lomanager)

[azziam]

Update - maybe my situation was odd so no real help for anyone to learn from but it seems maybe the fast Cricket wireless connection did make for some kind of prob.  I just got home and tried the free wi-fi again and it was back up to speed and got the whole job done and installed.  Except for the icons.  Oh never mind, now they're here.  They must have taken a different route!

[uncleV]

Be at ease, my friend. Take a rest. Or just have a nap. Have a good meal. Find a beautiful woman and kiss her. You will feel better.

Will try all of this, thank you.

But if you wouldn't see me here for a long time then you be sure that some woman (or her husband) didn't like a part of your recipe.
 

[Neal ManBear]

Be at ease, my friend. Take a rest. Or just have a nap. Have a good meal. Find a beautiful woman and kiss her. You will feel better.

Will try all of this, thank you.

But if you wouldn't see me here for a long time then you be sure that some woman (or her husband) didn't like a part of your recipe.
 

Oops! I should qualify that! The woman should be unattached and a willing participant in the kiss.

[pinoc]

lomanager3.3.1-6 update out soon with these changes:
- updated download verification
- fixed installation of some LO-locales

-p.

[pinoc]

lomanager 3.3.2 out later today with these changes:
- updated to work with LO 3.3.2
- added autoclose to LO-installation window

regards,
-p.

[kjpetrie]

I ran it, but when I went to ~/tmp/LO-rpms/ to copy the packages to my other machines they were still the 3.3.1 ones. Where does it put the 3.3.2 ones? rpm -q shows 3.3.2 installed.

[asok]

Hi pinoc,

I need to install LO on multiple machines.  I installed the latest LO in a machine connected to the internet using LO manager and backed up the rpms.
My doubt is, if I install on other machines from the backed up rpms using apt-get install-as given at the beginning of this thread-will it also uninstall the open office packages already installed in these machines?
Or should I manually uninstall OO first and then proceed with the apt-get command ?

thanks in advance

Asok

[pinoc]

I ran it, but when I went to ~/tmp/LO-rpms/ to copy the packages to my other machines they were still the 3.3.1 ones. Where does it put the 3.3.2 ones? rpm -q shows 3.3.2 installed.

Hi kjpetrie,

by default lomanager will not save the LO-packages to /tmp/LO-rpms but they are deleted from their temporary installation folder /root/LO-tmp. However, at the end of running lomanager you will get a window asking you if the downloaded packages should be deleted (default option: Yes) or have them saved to /tmp/LO-rpms (option: No). If you do not specifically select No within 15 secs then the default option will be applied. Else the downloaded packages will be moved to /tmp/LO-rpms.
regards,
-p.

[pinoc]

Hi pinoc,

I need to install LO on multiple machines.  I installed the latest LO in a machine connected to the internet using LO manager and backed up the rpms.
My doubt is, if I install on other machines from the backed up rpms using apt-get install-as given at the beginning of this thread-will it also uninstall the open office packages already installed in these machines?
Or should I manually uninstall OO first and then proceed with the apt-get command ?

thanks in advance

Asok

Hi Asok,
as mentioned before, lomanager provides the option, if you select it, to save the downloaded packages to /tmp/LO-rpms. Any new LO-packages will be copied into this directory and any existing packages in there will not be deleted because maybe you installed the en_US version first and added another language later on so you may need all those packages.

Now, if you want to install the recent LO on a different machine then you obviously must keep only the packages of the recent LO-version in this directory. Should there be some old packages in there, say 3.3.1, then simply do a list-by-date and delete the old packages. If an old LO-version is installed on the different machione then run lomanager there and completely remove it first because apt-get will not do this. Next, copy the /tmp/LO-rpms directory to the new machine and proceed with the apt-get command as outlined in the original post.
regards,
-p.

[kjpetrie]

Thanks pinoc,

I let it install unattended, so I didn't see that box. My fault.

[asok]

Hi pinoc,

I need to install LO on multiple machines.  I installed the latest LO in a machine connected to the internet using LO manager and backed up the rpms.
My doubt is, if I install on other machines from the backed up rpms using apt-get install-as given at the beginning of this thread-will it also uninstall the open office packages already installed in these machines?
Or should I manually uninstall OO first and then proceed with the apt-get command ?

thanks in advance

Asok

Hi Asok,
as mentioned before, lomanager provides the option, if you select it, to save the downloaded packages to /tmp/LO-rpms. Any new LO-packages will be copied into this directory and any existing packages in there will not be deleted because maybe you installed the en_US version first and added another language later on so you may need all those packages.

Now, if you want to install the recent LO on a different machine then you obviously must keep only the packages of the recent LO-version in this directory. Should there be some old packages in there, say 3.3.1, then simply do a list-by-date and delete the old packages. If an old LO-version is installed on the different machione then run lomanager there and completely remove it first because apt-get will not do this. Next, copy the /tmp/LO-rpms directory to the new machine and proceed with the apt-get command as outlined in the original post.
regards,
-p.

Thanks Pinoc for your prompt reply.
One more doubt, please.
I have the backed up copy of the recent version of LO, saved using LO-manager.  But the other machines on which I want to install from this saved rpms don't have any version of LO installed, but only have OPEN OFFICE which were installed using OO-manager. These machines, however, have  LO-manager installed in them, (though not any LO packages).  My question is, can I first run LO-manger to remove the existing OPEN OFFICE and then install LO packages from the backed up rpms using apt-get install?

regards

Asok

[pinoc]

Hi Asok,
run lomanager and choose to Completely remove LibreOffice, it will test for and properly uninstall OpenOffice 2.x, 3.0, 3.1+, and any version of LibreOffice. Just run it again until you do not get this initial window but the omne with the language choices, then exit. At this point your install is free of OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Then copy over the directory with the latest LO-rpms and install then with the apt-get command.
good luck!
-p.

[asok]

Hi Asok,
run lomanager and choose to Completely remove LibreOffice, it will test for and properly uninstall OpenOffice 2.x, 3.0, 3.1+, and any version of LibreOffice. Just run it again until you do not get this initial window but the omne with the language choices, then exit. At this point your install is free of OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Then copy over the directory with the latest LO-rpms and install then with the apt-get command.
good luck!
-p.

I did as per your instructions and it all worked smoothly.
Thank you Pinoc for the lo manager and your patience with my questiens

Asok

[kjpetrie]

Actually, further to my comment, why do you have a timeout on the decision to keep the rpms? Is there a reason an unattended computer can't be left until the person is ready to decide?

[pinoc]

Actually, further to my comment, why do you have a timeout on the decision to keep the rpms? Is there a reason an unattended computer can't be left until the person is ready to decide?

the idea is that after the user has chosen the preferred language lomanager can finish the job unattended. And using the default to delete the downloaded packages because usually you do not need them anymore after the installation. If the user wants to keep them then he has 15 secs time to activate this option. In theory I could include something like a checkbox which the user could tick to keep the downloaded packages but that wouldn't do anything different as the current setup.