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Hi 
Hmmm, i don't think so. There might be one somewhere but not an official one.
I think if you want the 3.4.x branch then the best choice is to download from a
web-site. If that's going to be around 73Kb/s then i might wait a day or 2.
Regards from
Tom
Hi
I don't know if LO likes jre7. Given that it seems to be going downhill i would
avoid it but it's probably worth testing as you can always change quite easily.
Just be careful what files you open using the version you are testingAlso
please let us know how it goes if you do test it.Regards from
Tom
It still doesn't recognize JRE 7 but JRE v6 update 27 is installed and it works with that.
I would think that if an update was to be given subsequent to the relaese of JRE v7 that
the update would include its recognition.
Maybe in a major release like v3.5 ?
Hi
For a 73Kb download i would try
1. Torrenting? Sometimes that seems a bit faster if it's available
2. Give up. Perhaps try again in a few hours/days.
Regards from
Tom
Torrents ? No.
Fed the URL to WGET so it could be downloaded in the background. Took almost an hour but,
I got it.
Thank you.
Hi
Thanks for risking that! Also thanks for getting back to the list about it!
Good work chap
The problem is at the java end rather than the LibreOffice end. I don't think
there is much we can do at this end and we have no control over what an external
organisation does if they have decided they are a competitor. Does the _27 seem
as fast as the _21?
Regards from
Tom
Power and functionality without spell checker?
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/spell-checking-not-working-in-LBO-3-4-3-tp3299202p3299202.html
Hi
Thanks for risking that! Also thanks for getting back to the list about it!
Good work chapThe problem is at the java end rather than the LibreOffice end. I don't think
there is much we can do at this end and we have no control over what an external
organisation does if they have decided they are a competitor. Does the _27 seem
as fast as the _21?
Regards from
Tom
No difference between update 21 and update 26 of JRE v6.
No, this is a LO problem as other software dependent upon JRE works with JRE v7.
My guess is that something about JRE 6 is hardcoded into LO.
Hi Soumalya Ray and all,
I've been using Ubuntu for about 2 1/2 years, and have been through versions 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10, and now 11.04. In my early days with Ubuntu, the only way to get major upgrades to Open Office, Firefox, etc., between versions, was to download them and install them directly. Yes, I know everything is supposed to come from the Ubuntu repository, and for the most part I do that. But not with previously Open Office upgrades, and now with LibreOffice. I've seen posts here saying that the repository versions are better. They are fancier, and tailored to the distribution. But from time to time I've had functionality issues. I've never had any issues with the downloads from Open Office and now LibreOffice. Therefore I follow instructions I found several years ago on the Internet to upgrade Open Office, and that I've modified for LibreOffice. You need to tweak these instructions for each new release of LibreOffice with respect to the the version number and also the menu information. These instructions have worked perfectly for me many times on many computers, all running some version of Ubuntu. But you will be leaving the Ubuntu versions.
Here are the directions for LibreOffice 3.4.3 32 bit for Ubuntu, and I would assume other Debian varities:
Download the Debian version from The Document Foundation (LibO_3.4.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz)
If it was not downloaded to the desktop, move it from the download location to the desktop.
Right click on the file and extract this file to the desktop. This will give you a file called LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/
Open a terminal, and enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/*.deb
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.4-Debian-menus_3.4-302_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.4.3rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.4-Debian-menus_3.4-302_all.deb
CAUTION: I have never run multiple versions on the same computer. These instructions will remove any and all versions presently installed and install 3.4.3 only. In all instances, all of my default settings, such as Java version, have remained in tact.
If you are using Unity, you will need to drag the new icons for the new version to the launcher bar.
Don
It does not work! While it is loading, it crashes.
Marius,
It does not work! While it is loading, it crashes.
What OS are you using? You might need to uninstall an earlier version,
depending on the OS. Some Linux use 3.3.x and others 3.4.x.
I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
Hi
It is better to start a new thread about specific problems such as spell-checker
not working. Just start writing a new email and copy&paste the list's email
address into the "To" field
users@global.libreoffice.org
To install multiple versions of LibreOffice and/or OpenOffice.org alongside each
other you need to use this guide
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
They tend to clash with each other if you don't follow the guide.
Regards from
Tom
Have you installed Java before, on your Windows computer? I know that if you do not have Java installed, the previous Windows LO installer [3.4.2, or was it 3.3.4] keeps going in a loop until it sees that there is Java on the machine. Most people would say that the installer was crashing during the in install process, if they got into that install loop.
Java version 6 update 23 works, but have been having issues with the later Sun/Oracle Java runtime engines. Since Oracle's site has update 27, here is a copy of that version.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u23-windows-i586-s.exe
If you have had LibreOffice installed before, and the JRE installed as well, I do not have a clue. I use Ubuntu by default, and only know about the loop while installing LO on a XP system that never had LO or OOo installed.
I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
Marius,
It does not work! While it is loading, it crashes.
What OS are you using? You might need to uninstall an earlier version,
depending on the OS. Some Linux use 3.3.x and others 3.4.x.Hi
Hmmm, i don't think so. There might be one somewhere but not anofficial
one.
I think if you want the 3.4.x branch then the best choice is todownload
from a
web-site. If that's going to be around 73Kb/s then i might wait a dayor
2.
Regards from
Tom
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Hi
The java version _23, as in
jre-6u23-windows-i586-s.exe
seems to be quite slow but i don't know where to get the fastest java from,
their
jre-6u21-windows-i586-s.exe
seems to be the fastest and most reliable. Java is being developed by Oracle
which might be worth thinking about. Any java from _24 onwards seems to cause
considerable problems, hence the disclaimer in the Release notes for 3.4.3.
Regards from
Tom
OK found the link to Oracle's archive site. The downside is that you have to create/use an Oracle user account and receive their emails. There is a very tiny text about "opt-out" information.
I will be uploading Windows i586 version 6 updates 20, 21, and 22 to my web site. Later I will look into doing the same for the others, but most version of Linux should have a working version in their repository ans install it automatically.
Hi
Nicely done! I still haven't got it yet but i am sure it's going to be the best
release so far and one i will stick with once i do get it!
Congrats and regards from
Tom
Hi
Thanks Tim, for uploading the java _21 version to somewhere it can be
reached easily.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u21-windows-i586.exe
That's the Windows-only version but i think the rest of us can find one of
the 3 good versions of java through our package managers fairly easily.
Windows was the tricky one and Tim has sorted that for us
Steven Shelton, the instructions for installing multiple versions of
LibreOffice are here
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
I think it can be used as inspiration for keeping an OpenOffice to also be
alongside LibreOffice.
I keep saying 73Kb but i mean slowness/speed of download rather than
file-size. The file-size is probably around 146Mb. At dial-up speeds, or
even just double that, it's going to take quite a while to download.
Obviously not all bugs and problems have been fixed! Hopefully it is all
getting a lot better and will continue to do so.
Thanks all.
Regards from
Tom
Do you mean 73kbits/sec or 73kBytes/sec? On my 8Mb/s connection I
downloaded the windows version (188Mb) in 4 minutes at 800kBytes/sec.
On that basis at 73kbits/sec it would take 400 minutes, or at
73kBytes/sec 40 minutes. If you started yesterday you should have
finished by now! Dialup speeds are around 36kbits/sec or 3.7kBytes/sec,
rather slower.
Dave
Hi
Wow! I thought the dial-up speeds were around 40 kBytes per second i didn't
realise it was only bits! Although bytes were smaller back then when dial-up
was the main way that people used to connect. There is a great sound-file about
halfway down this page btw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access
Fairly reminiscent of the sound of a ZX Spectrum loading something from tape.
Regards from
Tom
Hi
Thanks Tim, for uploading the java _21 version to somewhere it can be
reached easily.
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u21-windows-i586.exe
That's the Windows-only version but i think the rest of us can find one of
the 3 good versions of java through our package managers fairly easily.
Windows was the tricky one and Tim has sorted that for usSteven Shelton, the instructions for installing multiple versions of
LibreOffice are here
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
I think it can be used as inspiration for keeping an OpenOffice to also be
alongside LibreOffice.I keep saying 73Kb but i mean slowness/speed of download rather than
file-size. The file-size is probably around 146Mb. At dial-up speeds, or
even just double that, it's going to take quite a while to download.Obviously not all bugs and problems have been fixed! Hopefully it is all
getting a lot better and will continue to do so.
Thanks all.
Regards from
Tom
Yes you are confusing nomeclature which is VERY specific.
Speed is measure in passage of data in a time period. Thus it is 73Kb/s or 73KB/s.
73Kb/s or 73KB/s are NOT the same.
73Kb/s = 73 kilobit per second.
73KB/s = 73 kilobyte per second. Since there are 8 bits to a byte, 73KB/s is faster than
73Kb/s.
Same nomenclaure problem with "The file-size is probably around 146Mb"
The file isn't in megabits it is measured in megabytes. Thus it is 146MB in size.
{ In all actuality it is more like 188MB large }
I placed the direct link to the others in a different thread.
The are about 15 MB in size.
"The file-size is probably around 146Mb" -- That info is not correct, by a bit, for Windows.
I downloaded the Windows files to my Ubuntu drive.
Here are what current version file sizes are.
LibO_3.4.3_Win_x86_install_multi.exe --> 188.7 MB
LibO_3.3.4_Win_x86_install_multi.exe --> 216.6 MB