GUI to download LibreOffice - beta quality

[L18L]

Hi 01micko,

Just tried with wary513 frugal.
excellent and fast enough on my 1.5GHz box.

Just 1 comment:
I know that JRE is required
I had none at installing
LO could not exit always the message: Install JRE....
OK and endless loop.

No problem for me, but maybe a check on existing JRE at beginning could be helpful for others

Thank you
L

[01micko]

Hi 01micko,

Just tried with wary513 frugal.
excellent and fast enough on my 1.5GHz box.

Just 1 comment:
I know that JRE is required
I had none at installing
LO could not exit always the message: Install JRE....
OK and endless loop.

No problem for me, but maybe a check on existing JRE at beginning could be helpful for others

Thank you
L

I did test in Wary awhile back, can't recall any issues. In Slacko I get the java warning 5 times and dismiss it then start LO again and it's ok. Maybe just a warning that Java is "desired" and if LO fails then is "required", what do you think? I guess LO devs know about this and I'm a bit surprised that with the split from Oracle that they don't eliminate Java dependency.

Cheers

[Jim1911]

Hi 01micko,

Just tried with wary513 frugal.
excellent and fast enough on my 1.5GHz box.

Just 1 comment:
I know that JRE is required
I had none at installing
LO could not exit always the message: Install JRE....
OK and endless loop.

No problem for me, but maybe a check on existing JRE at beginning could be helpful for others

Thank you
L

I did test in Wary awhile back, can't recall any issues. In Slacko I get the java warning 5 times and dismiss it then start LO again and it's ok. Maybe just a warning that Java is "desired" and if LO fails then is "required", what do you think? I guess LO devs know about this and I'm a bit surprised that with the split from Oracle that they don't eliminate Java dependency.

Cheers

Java is apparantly needed only for the Impress and Database functions. All other features appear to work well without Java.

[roadkill13]

Encountered odd behavior with this program today. I am running 5.25 retro and 5.28 on a desktop. I am also running 5.28 on a netbook. I tried this program without success in each os on each computer. It will only download the help file. It will not download the english language pack or the main program. I ran the program several times throughout the day thinking that it might be a temporary issue on their server but no success even after coming back to it several hours later.

[01micko]

I ran the program several times throughout the day thinking that it might be a temporary issue on their server but no success even after coming back to it several hours later.

Working ok for me as I type.. . It certainly is possible that it is(was) a server issue, I have encountered it on numerous occasions. Maybe try another day?

I'd also be interested to know what feedback the program gave you, any error messages? There is error control in place but it could be improved upon.

[roadkill13]

@01micko

Still not working here. Just tried it again. It downloaded the help files just as it has before. Once downloaded a new window pops up as though the next file would be downloaded. It closes almost as soon as it opens. No chance to see the dialogue. A pinkish colored gtk dialogue is then presented with the message "failed to download please try again later".

I assume that the error message that you were asking for would have been in the download console window for the failed download but it opens and closes so quickly that it is not possible to observe.

[01micko]

can you post the contents of /tmp/getlibre_lang please?

I may have to do some better logging to debug failure. The splash screen announcing failure indicates that wget failed to get a connection to the server, throwing an exit code other than 0.

[roadkill13]

can you post the contents of /tmp/getlibre_lang please?

No such file in /tmp

There is a file /tmp/libre_check but it appears to be an empty document.

[01micko]

Ok, I'll see where the breakdown happens.. has the prog ever worked for you before?

Also, which version of LO were you attempting to retrieve?

[roadkill13]

I have been using version 0.8 and I attempted to retrieve both packages at various times. To be sure that I did not cause any issues I deleted the download folder after each aborted attempt so that the installer would start from square one on the next download.

[01micko]

I have found the bug. You are attempting to get extra lang pack(s) correct? This fails. I'll fix it soon, but not right now, probably by tomorrow.

Thanks for reporting.

[roadkill13]

You are attempting to get extra lang pack(s) correct?

Yes. The dialogue offers the help files and the en_us language pack.

[01micko]

roadkill13 and those interested,

Posted a bugfixed and enhanced version, I completely changed the routine for getting the extra packages, there was a fundamental mistake.

see main post

Cheers

[L18L]

Hi 01micko,

Just tried with wary513 frugal.
excellent and fast enough on my 1.5GHz box.

Just 1 comment:
I know that JRE is required
I had none at installing
LO could not exit always the message: Install JRE....
OK and endless loop.

No problem for me, but maybe a check on existing JRE at beginning could be helpful for others

Thank you
L

I did test in Wary awhile back, can't recall any issues. In Slacko I get the java warning 5 times and dismiss it then start LO again and it's ok. Maybe just a warning that Java is "desired" and if LO fails then is "required", what do you think? I guess LO devs know about this and I'm a bit surprised that with the split from Oracle that they don't eliminate Java dependency.

Cheers

I can't recall whether the3 loop was endless or just 5 times but I should have mentioned that I have3 installed sfs_load and started LO directly there from (and started get_LibreOffice from command line).

I have understood the message that java IS required.

But it is not.
First thing I have done today, with puppy, was launching from menu
LO writer no msg
then impress and database ; thank you jim

now i know that java is not required

note i had installed lo as sixth sfs and removed one afterwards

sorry for all lower case
that can happen if keyboard is wet :::::::

[roadkill13]

@01micko

Thank you for updating this application. I tried the 0.9 version moments ago. Regrettably I must report identical results with 0.9 as with 0.8.

If I deselect the help file and the en_us language pack (these are selected by default) the application downloads and successfully installs Libre Office.

Doing this required that I proceed to the Libre Office website and manually download the help file which I installed using petget.

I noticed that when the application made the Libre Office sfs it included en_us in the name of the sfs. A check of the Libre Office website revealed that en_us language pack is not available for download.

Assuming that gui installer failed because there is no en_us language pack available for download the next step was to clean up the current installation and start all over.

This time I "deselected" the en_us language pack but left the default selection for the help files as is. The installer downloaded Libre Office and successfully completed the process. However it ignored the help file package entirely. I still needed to download that manually and install it after the fact.

Question:

Who deleted my original edit

[01micko]

Hi roadkill13

firstly, the lang pack for en_US checkbox should be disabled, I know why it wasn't, there was a bug where libre lang codes are actually using hyphens instead of underscores, fixed. now to get the help file to download automatically.. new version soon.

[roadkill13]

Well that worked out well then. Thank you for the application.

[01micko]

Version 0.10 is uploaded in the main post

____________________________________________

I did some thorough testing

I changed my locale to en_US.
*I downloaded the default, which is the main Libreoffice package and the US help pack. Built the sfs successfully.
*with locale still set as en_US I unchecked the help pack checkbox and downloaded just the main package, worked as expected.
*with locale still set as en_US I left the defaults and added 2 extras packs, everything downloaded and built as expected.
*changed locale back to en_AU and downloaded the default, (en_GB help and lang packs), works as expected.
*with locale still set at en_AU, unchecked all boxes and just the main package downloads as expected. (cut the download short, build fails as expected)
*with locale still set at en_AU, added extras, downloads and builds as expected.
Whew!

Thanks roadkill13 for valuable feedback.

[Jim1911]

I've had success with your latest 0.10 in both Slacko 4.99.5 and LHP 64-512. For both, I downloaded and installed testing version Libreoffice-3.4.3rc2 and they are working fine except for printing. The stable version 3.3.4 is a better choice.

Thanks for keeping this updated and sharing it,
Jim

[L18L]

Thanks for updating this.

Attached is German po file.

I will continue on enabling translations

Note, German lang_pack not installed, so not everything on the screeny is in German yet