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#1

Hello,
I have just installed libreoffice 3.5.5 on my lately upgraded Mint
system (Maya). When I now start LO the entry for base doesn't appear.
On the other hand, writer, impress, calc, etc. DOES appear. Any idea
what might be the cause?
Thanks
H. Stoellinger

#2

I have not loaded 3.5.5, but I have 3.5.4 on my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop with MATE as its desktop environment and it does show Base in the applications/office menu.

Also, I installed LibreOffice from the download site and not the repository.

I was planning on installing 3.5.5 on the laptops [Ubuntu, XP, and Vista] but I did not have the time.

Actually we had a tornado pass by yesterday about 1 mile north of me and almost hit one of our two hospitals. They are stopping people from entering our city, unless you live or work here - and can prove it.

I will install 3.5.5 on my laptop in a few minutes and see what happens with Base.

#3

hello

i'm looking for :

1 - how block an image/a graphic to background for OTT?
       -because i wanted to create new document template for my colleagues not modify to background OR cancel background..

2 - VERY IMPORTANT: i NEED to be disable "over mouse"!!!!...because when my mouse is over to background and click it so i cant write my words because background is selected..but background is already to send back (use send to back)
like as example impress has MASTER SLIDE so it can't modify background close of master, this is very GOOD for impress but i want same to my writer with template OTT...how?

i use libreoffice 3.5.4

#4

OK
I just installed the non-repository version of 3.5.5 as an "upgrade" to 3.5.4 on my Ubuntu 12.04/MATE laptop.

I still have Base listed, and working, in my Applications/Office menu listing.

It shows:

         LibreOffice 3.5
         LibreOffice 3.5 Base
         LibreOffice 3.5 Calc
         LibreOffice 3.5 Draw
         LibreOffice 3.5 Impress
         LibreOffice 3.5 Printer Administration
         LibreOffice 3.5 Writer

in that order.

SO
it could be the Repository version of LO and its "desktop-integration" package, of it could be Unity's menu system.

As I said, I use MATE for Ubuntu 12.04 and I see Base in the menu.

I use MATE so I have the "best" looking GNOME desktop that looks and acts like the GNOME desktop that I use for my desktop's 10.04/GNOME system. I use the 10.04 system as my default system and wanted any of my other Ubuntu systems run either 10.04 or 12.04/MATE so it looks/works like I want it to do.

#5

Can you check Synaptic and verify that Base is installed. I think Ubuntu and clones do not always install Base by default.

#6

OK
I just installed the non-repository version of 3.5.5 as an "upgrade" to
3.5.4 on my Ubuntu 12.04/MATE laptop.

I still have Base listed, and working, in my Applications/Office menu
listing.

Hi,

Right - if you already had Base installed then an update will include
it.

//drew

#7

Hi,

As I understand it, Mint uses the Ubuntu software center. The default LO install in Ubuntu does not include base. If the user wishes to have base installed, you would add that to the Ubuntu installation from the software center. If I install from a direct LO download from LO, I have all of the programs listed below in webmaster-Kracked_P_P's post. In Unity, there is a launcher bar on the left side of the screen. The top button on the launcher bar is called dash, which has multiple uses. One use is to show the installed applications. When I do an upgrade, I completely remove the old install using the terminal, and then do the new install in the terminal. I use the following commands (This is for the 64 bit 3.5.5.3 from LO):

Download LibO_3.5.5_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz to the desktop.
Right click on it and extract it to the desktop. This will give you the folder LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US
Run the following terminal commands to install it:
1. sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
2. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/*.deb
3. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.5-debian-menus_3.5.5-3_all.deb

After this install, all of the applications below will show up in Dash. To add them to the Launcher bar, simply drag the icons for the ones you want to the launcher bar and place them where you wish to have them. I've never had any issue with opening any of the applications.

I read several days ago that Unity is now available for Fedora and for Mint for those who would like to have it.

Don

#8

Mint is where I originally found MATE.

Then I looked into installing it with Ubuntu 12.04.

If you want your desktop to look and act the most like GNOME in 10.04, MATE was what I found to work the best.

#9

Hi,

As I understand it, Mint uses the Ubuntu software center. The default LO install in Ubuntu does not include base. If the user wishes to have base installed, you would add that to the Ubuntu installation from the software center. If I install from a direct LO download from LO, I have all of the programs listed below in webmaster-Kracked_P_P's post. In Unity, there is a launcher bar on the left side of the screen. The top button on the launcher bar is called dash, which has multiple uses. One use is to show the installed applications. When I do an upgrade, I completely remove the old install using the terminal, and then do the new install in the terminal. I use the following commands (This is for the 64 bit 3.5.5.3 from LO):

Download LibO_3.5.5_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz to the desktop.
Right click on it and extract it to the desktop. This will give you the folder LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US
Run the following terminal commands to install it:
1. sudo apt-get remove libreoffice*.*
2. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/*.deb
3. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.5.5rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/libreoffice3.5-debian-menus_3.5.5-3_all.deb

After this install, all of the applications below will show up in Dash. To add them to the Launcher bar, simply drag the icons for the ones you want to the launcher bar and place them where you wish to have them. I've never had any issue with opening any of the applications.

I read several days ago that Unity is now available for Fedora and for Mint for those who would like to have it.

Don

An alternative is to install the ppa libreoffice/ppa using:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

This ppa is updated within a couple of days of a release of a new version of LO. Thus your update manager will keep track of LO for you.

#10

Hi Jay,

Thanks for that information. I was aware of that. I have two concerns with using it. First, it may update me when I don't want to be updated, like from 3.5.x to an early 3.6.x. I generally don't go to a new LibreOffice series until the second beta has been finished, so for the 3.6 series, it would be 3.6.2. The other concern is in the past I had issues with OpenOffice releases in the Ubuntu repositories, and just seemed to have better luck with the ones directly from OpenOffice/LibreOffice.

Any thoughts or comments about my thoughts would be appreciated. I'm assuming the ppa you are speaking of is in the Ubuntu repositories and it is the Ubuntu version.

Don

#11

Hi :slight_smile:
Ubuntu doesn't seem to manage to get early versions of branches in the repos quickly.  often people have complained about that but it works out quite nicely for me :slight_smile:
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#12

Thanks, Don,
There WAS a problem with the installation of the desktop-integration debs.
I use Maya-KDE, by the way. I have removed libreoffice completely - as you
suggest in your post and after installing the downloaded packages using
dpkg - *deb everything works beautifully.
Thanks again
H.S.
P.S.: As usual - it's not necessary to know everything (!?) but it's good
to know somebody who knows or knows somebody who ...

#13

Please don't corrupt a thread with a new subject that has nothing to do with the thread. Start a new one (i.e. send a message to users@global.libreoffice.org with the appropriate subject).
Joep

#14

Hi Heinrich,

Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad I was able to help, and that things are working for you now. I'm far from an expert in Ubuntu and LibreOffice, but I would rate myself as above average in proficiency in certain aspects of both. When issues show up where I think I can help, I jump in and try to do the best I can.

Good luck!!!!!!!

Don

#15

Hi Jay,

Thanks for that information. I was aware of that. I have two concerns with using it. First, it may update me when I don't want to be updated, like from 3.5.x to an early 3.6.x. I generally don't go to a new LibreOffice series until the second beta has been finished, so for the 3.6 series, it would be 3.6.2. The other concern is in the past I had issues with OpenOffice releases in the Ubuntu repositories, and just seemed to have better luck with the ones directly from OpenOffice/LibreOffice.

The launchpad page for the ppa indicates that it is an "unofficial" repository.

To turn off automatic updating in Synaptic go to Settings>Repositories and select "Other Software" tab. Then scroll until you find the ppa and unselect it. The Update Manager will ignore the ppa until it is reactivated.

#16

Hi Jay,

Thank you.

Don