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Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

Thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.

The existing LibreOffice-3.3.0b3_sfs4.sfs works fine in Lupu52 of course and also in QirkyNop12, but I'm anxious to use the new features just added, for example wpg import.

wuwei · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: de

Check this link

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/LibreOffice

This describes a method to install Libre Office 3.3.0 to /mnt/home in a frugal install. Much more convenient than an sfs.

Most of the listed dependencies are already in 5.2. Just add xz and then copy the long command line to your terminal and execute. That's all.

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

Thanks, Wuwei,

Yes, I am familiar with that and it does install a /mnt/home/libreoffice-3.3.0.4 folder, but it doesn't run for me, perhaps because my /mnt/home/ is fat32, not linux?

Actually my frugal install is currently based on QirkyNop 1.2 but I have developed it quite a lot so it is "different." Anyway it works beautifully with /mnt/home/LibreOffice-3.3.0b3_sfs4.sfs, (I can't easily explain that here.) which is why I'm hoping there will be a similar sfs based on the latestLibreOffice.

I didn't mean to start a whole new topic for this - it probably should have gone into the lupu52 string. Maybe I'll ask there.

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

As a test, I simply moved /mnt/home/libreoffice-3.3.0.4 into root, and it works.

That will do for now.

Thanks, Wuwei, coolpup

wuwei · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: de

Glad you are happy Henry.

Just a couple additional remarks:

1. SFS's are a convenient way of adding large programs to frugally installed Puppy. They have two disadvantages, though. One is that they need to be added to the startup procedure. Two, any change in a SFS messes up the desktop icon settings.
The LibreOffice installation as described in the link is an excellent way of installing LO to a non-FAT partition.
2. If you have more than one Puppy frugal install, it is VERY helpful to create a linux partition for it. And be it only for the grub folder, or for shielding this partition off of any unintentional changes or deletions from Windows.

On the other hand, everyone has his own order of things.

Have fun

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

wuwei wrote:

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

Here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64376

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

That's great news, SHS, about the .sfs. I'm anxious to try it.

I hope it will be in the _sfs4.sfs format (I think). I'm not too handy about converting these things Smile

Sorry I don't have hosting space, though.

Actually I do have some other reasons for wanting an sfs, but it's too much to go into here and now.

About the menu categories, it doesn't matter to me as I set these up as I like in the .desktop files in xfce. I would put them all in the office category and simply not display javafilter, printeradmin, and startcenter, which I don't normally use.

drblock2 · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 137

wuwei,
Thanks so much for this wonderful self-contained LibreOffice. Since I run several Puppies on several machines, this is exactly what I have been looking for. Now I can set it up once, and run it from any linux installation and even copy the directory over to another machine.

Your command line installer is neat, but it only installs to /mnt/home. If this happens to be a vfat partition, you are out of luck.

Fortunately, it is easy to overcome this difficulty by copying the txz-file to an ntfs partition, unpacking it there with xarchive.. The same thing would, of course, work with a linux partition that doesn't happen to be /mnt/home. Perhaps you should consider including this work-around in the wikka along with code for a simple download of the txz-file.

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2445 Location: Texas, USA

A new sfs of Libreoffice 3.3.0.4, prepared by 01micko for Lucid 5.2, should be available with Quickpet soon.

wuwei · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: de

drblock2 wrote...

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 829 Location: Oregon USA

Yes, thanks, I did see it. I was much more interested in it as a replacement for the OpenOffice sfs before I got the Opera problem identified and fixed.

When everything starting working I had no reason to abandon the portable LibreOffice - until I realized the help files had been omitted.

I guess someone like coolpup will eventually add the help to the portable, so I'm waiting to see, the help files not being immediately crucial. In either case the files are outside the save file so size is not so important. What I do like about the portable is it puts practically nothing in the save file. One only has to make sure shortcuts and exes point to the right place outside.

Your help and these packages are appreciated!

Sit Heel Speak · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind

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