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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Tue 07 Jun 2011, 23:07 Post subject:
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Hi rhadon, wuwei, Henry
I just booted into Wary 512 and am testing out libreoffice3.4 I built from the script in spup and it seems sane to me.
Rolf, trying to run the DOTdesktop files doesn't work.
The exec line in most of them should read:
Exec=libreoffice3.4 --draw (or --writer or --base or whatever)
You can run that command in a terminal
libreoffice3.4 --draw and draw should start, working for me in Wary.
This is the big change from previous versions where they were using the Openoffice method of calling the scripts in the program directory
Some thing like:
/opt/libreoffice3.4/program/sdraw
I wouldn't be surprised if those scripts disappear in future versions.
So just check the .desktop files and make sure they have that exec line. The only mod the script does to that line is remove the %U argument that was in the original. (apart from adjusting the icon path to fit with puppy's menu system).
By the way.. there should be a file in /usr/bin called libreoffice3.4 which is a symlink to /opt/libreoffice3.4/program/soffice.
HTH
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wuwei

Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 795 Location: formerly de; now in tranquility
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 02:58 Post subject:
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Fortunately Libre Office 3.4 is not the only available Office Suite.
None of these problems were present in LO3.3 or in Open Office 3.3.
To reiterate:
LO3.4 runs fine, prints and is entirely without any unusual behaviour in these Puppies:
525
spup
432
It does not even start in
ICE012
It does start but won't accept Java and won't print in
Wary 512
All of these are the exact same /mnt/home "installation" with starters dragged to the respective desktop.
Thank you Micko for the hint with the content of the .desktop files. Those are present after an SFS has been installed. I might try this route some time later, but for the time being this is just a caveat against LO3.4. With several alternatives available, there is not exactly a pressing need to get this small problem resolved.
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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 05:51 Post subject:
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Thanks for clarification wuwei.
I just installed Java update 24 (tho it's actually up to 26) to Wary and it's ok.. however with all the problems surfacing I think maybe the libre guys made the "stable" call too early.
I am of the opinion that the app is still a bit immature, still finding it's feet after a major fork from OpenOffice. As you say, alternatives are there.
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Henry
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 865 Location: Oregon USA
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 10:50 Post subject:
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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 17:24 Post subject:
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Henry wrote: | To clarify about the non-printing problem I have with 3.4: This is in the same perfectly stable version of QNop12 that I always use.
Lo3.4 will not even start to print from, e. g. Writer. Other apps, like Gimp, print as usual to my Laserjet 2100 and PhotoSmart 4480. I now have both 3.4 and 3.3 installed. 3.3 prints. 3.4 does not but seems to work otherwise.
I noticed Tronkel's posts to a forum here:
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-3-4-0-td3026425.html He starts:
"Has anyone had a printing problem with 3.4.0?
3.2.2 was fine in this regard.
3.4.0 shows a correctly installed CUPS printer but refuses to actually print the job.
What has changed between the two versions?" |
Space in the url.. it's a known forum issue
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Jim1911
Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2460 Location: Texas, USA
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 17:44 Post subject:
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Hi 01micko,
Your "GUI to download LibreOffice" program worked perfectly in your latest spup to prepare and install stable version 3.4. It is working great, printing is also fine, I haven't observed the problems with this one as reported previously.
Thanks for keeping this up-to-date, I know that you are shooting at a moving target since they keep updating it. Incidentally, the unstable versions listed as available don't appear to be the latest.
Above also posted on spup thread.
Cheers,
Jim
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Henry
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 865 Location: Oregon USA
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Posted: Wed 08 Jun 2011, 18:58 Post subject:
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01micko wrote: | Henry wrote: | To clarify about the non-printing problem I have with 3.4: This is in the same perfectly stable version of QNop12 that I always use.
Lo3.4 will not even start to print from, e. g. Writer. Other apps, like Gimp, print as usual to my Laserjet 2100 and PhotoSmart 4480. I now have both 3.4 and 3.3 installed. 3.3 prints. 3.4 does not but seems to work otherwise.
I noticed Tronkel's posts to a forum here:
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-3-4-0-td3026425.html He starts:
"Has anyone had a printing problem with 3.4.0?
3.2.2 was fine in this regard.
3.4.0 shows a correctly installed CUPS printer but refuses to actually print the job.
What has changed between the two versions?" |
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Thanks, it's a known issue with me now!
As far as printing is concerned - OK, I'm happy with Lo3.4 now for my purposes. I can't print out an .odt but I can save it as a .pdf and print it from the .pdf reader.
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DC

Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 361 Location: Maidenhead, England
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Posted: Tue 23 Aug 2011, 17:14 Post subject:
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Hi 01micko,
Thanks for the pet it makes keeping up with the LO releases very easy.
One little request
Would it be easy / hard to make a version for Fatdog 520? (i.e. x86-64)
DC
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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Wed 24 Aug 2011, 01:34 Post subject:
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Hi DC
Actually, I did intend to support FD and LHP 64.. there is commented code already in the script. I think the paths were different or something and it required extra coding. I'll look at that for the next version.
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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Sun 11 Sep 2011, 01:53 Post subject:
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DC wrote: | Hi 01micko,
Thanks for the pet it makes keeping up with the LO releases very easy.
One little request
Would it be easy / hard to make a version for Fatdog 520? (i.e. x86-64)
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Support for 64bit Pups is now added
See main post
So far the main code has survived since LibreOffice-3.4.0 was released, now up to 3.4.3. This will likely change when they get to 3.5x, as some stuff is hard coded to 3.4. Let me know as soon as this app fails and I'll fix it, or if you are adventurous fix it yourself and post fix here.
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DC

Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 361 Location: Maidenhead, England
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Posted: Sun 11 Sep 2011, 12:42 Post subject:
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Hi 01micko,
Just tried with fatdog frugal 520
got this error message
fatal:Required squashfs version 3, but 'LibreOffice-3.4.3_64_en-
GB.sfs' seems squashfs version 4
not sure where the problem is as I'm also getting this message with other SFS's
DC
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01micko

Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld
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Posted: Sun 11 Sep 2011, 15:26 Post subject:
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DC
Thanks for testing
I actually tested in FD-520-rc1 as I didn't have time to download FD-520-final and it loaded fine with sfs_load in the fly. It worked too with limited testing.
It seems the sfs must have built ok?
If it's happening with other sfs designed for FD then you may have to take it up with kirk, there is probably a very simple fix.
Cheers
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Sun 11 Sep 2011, 15:42 Post subject:
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DC wrote: | Hi 01micko,
Just tried with fatdog frugal 520
got this error message
fatal:Required squashfs version 3, but 'LibreOffice-3.4.3_64_en-
GB.sfs' seems squashfs version 4
not sure where the problem is as I'm also getting this message with other SFS's
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There is a patch for this here.
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DC

Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 361 Location: Maidenhead, England
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Posted: Sun 11 Sep 2011, 16:37 Post subject:
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Thanks rcrsn51,
I'd forgot already about that patch
And thanks 01micko,
Everything working fine now with fatdog 520 (frugal)
DC
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Delph
Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 31
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Posted: Fri 16 Sep 2011, 10:56 Post subject:
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works perfectly in french
puppy 528 frugal hdd
thank's a lot
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