LibreOffice under Lubuntu

[Peter Hillier-Brook]

On 25/09/14 07:43, Rafael Laguna wrote:
> Peter, as a designer I must answer. Trust me when I say the last thing
> the packagers think about is the application design. In fact, to
> integrate better LibreOffice to any GTK desktop you must install a few
> packages made separatedly from LibreOffice, like a couple GTK engines
> and the theme Sifr.
> 
> (L)Ubuntu is stable and compatible enough to ensure any standard Linux
> app will work once unpacked from the Internet, but that doesn't mean
> packaged versions for our repositories are "touched" in some way.
> They're just recompiled for easy install.
> 
> --
> Rafael Laguna
> Lubuntu Artwork Team


Rafael, no offence was intended, it's just that I have had bugs
(problems) in the past (pre-unity) that only appeared in the Ubuntu
repositories and not in the LibreOffice official packages. From that I
have assumed that the (?)ubuntu re-packaging involved some
'enhancements'. Please forgive the error.

Peter HB
> 
> On 25 September 2014 02:56, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09/24/2014 04:38 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>>
>> On 24/09/14 21:56, Israel wrote:
>>
>> On 09/24/2014 03:18 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>
>> On 9/24/2014 3:57 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I've encountered a problem with running LibreOffice (4.4.0.x) on a fresh
>> installation of Lubuntu 14.04, in that text only paints as the mouse
>> moves over it and mainly, but not always disappears as the mouse moves
>> away. My machine is only an old toy (Pentium III) so this is not a
>> serious problem, but I would like to understand it.
>>
>> Any thoughts, anyone.
>>
>> Peter HB
>>
>> A shot in the dark, but I encountered some odd effects vaguely like
>> that on a machine with a video card that was not fully supported
>> anymore.  In short, this could be a video driver issue.  But if so I
>> think it likely that you would see some other effects outside of
>> LibreOffice as well.  If such things *only* occur in LibreOffice, then
>> the cause is probably elsewhere.
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>> I agree with John, it sounds like a graphics card issue.  Did you
>> install LibreOffice through the normal channels?
>> I too am running 14.04.
>> When I run:
>> apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
>> I get:
>> libreoffice-writer:
>>   Installed: 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1
>>   Candidate: 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1
>> So I have 4.2 rather than 4.4  so You may have a strange version installed.
>> I suggest installing Libreoffice from the repos.
>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice
>> or find it in your graphics package manager of choice.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I always install the "real thing" from
>> libreoffice.org as I lack confidence in the repos' modifications to the
>> designers' intentions. However I must apologise for the typo; the
>> current version is 4.3.1, not 4.4.
>>
>> As suggested above, it could be a graphics card issue, but all other
>> programs display just fine.
>>
>> Peter HB
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>> if all other applications work just fine, then I would think that the issue
>> is that the website's package is missing some essential modifications that
>> the Ubuntu packagers make so it 'just  works' in the Ubuntu derivatives.
>> I'd suggest you try the repo version and see if the issue is still present.
>> Otherwise, you might look for a PPA for the program, as there are most
>> likely specific modifications that need to be made to the packaging for
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lubuntu-users mailing list
>> Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
>>
> 


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 473 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20140925/2acaac3b/attachment.pgp>