Is LibreOffice *THAT* bad? :(
Kevin Fries
kevin at fries-biro.com
Sat Sep 28 16:15:38 MST 2013
LO often add version onto the package. So try this:
apt-cache search libreoffice | grep 4
See if this finds your missing package. I suspect you will need to:
apt-get install libreoffice41
In order to upgrade, but the first command will tell you if any of the
files are scoped for version 4 in the name.
Kevin
On Sep 28, 2013 11:35 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just added the repository (sudo add-apt-repository
> ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1) (4.1.1 is the most current ppa) and tried
> to install it (sudo apt-get install libreoffice) and the response is that
> libreoffice is already the newest version. (libreoffice 3.6.2.2)
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are many articles about how to get more up to date versions of
>> almost any software than you distribution carries in its official
>> repositories. LibreOffice is no different. One can download it directly
>> from the LibreOffice site or you can add a PPA to your software sources.
>> There are a few low risk drawbacks to doing so but they are minimal for a
>> major piece of software. Just look at the LibreOffice.org site to see what
>> the latest version is or Google the question.
>>
>> But you could first check what the Software center is offering because
>> you 3.6? version is definitely old.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to get synaptic or apt to install a more recent version?
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade. That is some
>>>> basic functionality that is not working for you. I've never seen such a
>>>> basic bug before.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 3.6.2.2
>>>>> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>>>>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>>>>> that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>>>>> functions are
>>>>> performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated
>>>>> (cell3
>>>>> isn't right).
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <
>>>>> paul at opscode.com
>>>>> <mailto:paul at opscode.com>
>>>>> <mailto:paul at opscode.com <mailto:paul at opscode.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>>>>> experience and
>>>>> the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>>>>> compared to MS
>>>>> Office. I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use cases
>>>>> and is
>>>>> more than capable of handling what most users need,
>>>>> however
>>>>> it's
>>>>> interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>>>>> macros the
>>>>> rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look as
>>>>> nice and
>>>>> formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>>>>> when you
>>>>> open an xlsx). Microsoft has invested a lot of time,
>>>>> money and
>>>>> energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>>>>> great (if
>>>>> not their best) product. The heavy excel users I know
>>>>> that
>>>>> don't
>>>>> run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>>>>> community is
>>>>> very bad at is learning from what others get right. You
>>>>> might not
>>>>> like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no way
>>>>> due to
>>>>> making some good products is disingenuous at best. If
>>>>> people
>>>>> genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage (which
>>>>> is not of
>>>>> any particular interest to me personally) the right
>>>>> questions to ask
>>>>> are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what
>>>>> they
>>>>> get wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <
>>>>> kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>
>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.__**com
>>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>>>>> moving to Linux.
>>>>> Baaaad idea...
>>>>> The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>>>>> could not
>>>>> keep up.
>>>>> But it was not lack of features or limitations, it was
>>>>> *STUPID*
>>>>> (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the real
>>>>> value
>>>>> and/or recalculating wrong.
>>>>> I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>>>>> (unbelievable)
>>>>> problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>>>>> The guy is back to Excel...
>>>>> What am I missing?
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