LO4 in repos?

[Ric Moore]

On 02/11/2013 08:13 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 12/02/13 00:02, Avi Greenbury wrote:
>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 11/02/13 20:38, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On 02/11/2013 04:31 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>> On 11 February 2013 08:42, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/02/13 15:08, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>>>> On 02/08/2013 03:47 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
>>>>>>>> Does anyone know if/when LibreOffice 4 will be in the
>>>>>>>> software centre?
>>>>>>> Yeah, inquiring minds would like to know. Ric
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Go to the LibreOffice site - http://www.libreoffice.org/download
>>>>>> - and
>>>>>> download LO 4.0.0.3. Follow the instructions on how to install
>>>>>> it. All done
>>>>>> in a fraction of the time taken to write to this list and
>>>>>> waiting for an
>>>>>> answer to your question.
>>>>> But a waste of time if is to appear in the repo in a week or so (as it
>>>>> apparently is for 13.04) and one would prefer to wait for that.
>>>> I would much rather install it per the Ubuntu way, if possible. Ric
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Doesn't *buntu use deb packages?
>> I'm not sure what your 'why' was for,
>
> Don't understand why you are so unsure why I asked the question.
>
> Is there some convoluted way which is used in Ubuntu to install an
> application like LibreOffice directly available from the LibreOffice site?
>
> Or as me ol' mate Ric would say, "One has to wave a chicken foot while
> hopping around the room on one leg" before one is able to do what is
> normally a very simple install of the files downloaded from LO?
>
> I just wanted Ric to tell me that.


Kinda like my Fedora days ...if you install something from the third 
party repos, and it breaks, you get to keep both pieces. For me, just 
enabling a PPA is a walk on the wild side. So, on the LO site, they have 
a .deb package but it doesn't state explicitly that it is an Ubuntu 
12.10 .deb file. Or, Debian Squeeze.

There is always room for Jello, but there could be wide disparity 
amongst all the possible variations a .deb file can be applied to. I 
have hit the wrong Red Button before, so I am healthily skittish. Same 
reason I keep cab-fare in my shoe ...I've been screwed over before. :) Ric



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