[ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

[gazz]

Yes, I removed OOo first and installed from the LO ppa. This is what I
did to remove openoffice and install LibreOffice:

sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*.*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice 
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome 

There's instructions for different methods and discussion on OMG Ubuntu!
http://tinyurl.com/5r7hfej

I was using the full OOo suite before, I haven't tried using ODBC with
LO yet though but I will at some point as I use it for merging now and
again. 

Paula

On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 15:46 +0000, Sarah Chard wrote:

> O
> n Tue, 2011-02-08 at 15:17 +0000, gazz wrote:
> > Latest LO is stable, no reason not to use it for production? I
> > do . . . 
> > 
> 
> Just a query - do you have to uninstall Open Office completely if you
> are going to try out Libre Office as I have spoken to a couple of people
> who have said they have had issues and have had to completely remove
> Open Office.
> I mainly use Base and have had some java issues in the past with Open
> Office - I am quite keen to move over to Libre but as I use it for
> business I was waiting until I had a moment to test it on a spare laptop
> to check my database ran smoothly.
> 
> HLUG have chosen to put Libre onto our custom Open Disc which we will be
> giving out to the public on March 26th at our Open Source Day in
> Hereford - http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk/node/63
> 
> Sarah
> 
>   
> 
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