LOo 3.5.1.2 upgrade in Ubuntu Natty does not 'see' old templates

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> Le 12-04-10 02:41 AM, John D. Herron a écrit :
>> My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under
> Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version.
>> The suite works well overall, but I do miss my old (custom) templates
> which the new version's template manager does not see.
>> (I also miss the Recent Documents list, but that's another story). [...]
> The bug was filed some time ago in Ubuntu, it's now considered "opinion"
> :(. See:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/950794
>
> - From the upstream bug report:
> "IMHO this package [fix] will never provided. We have too few developers
> to do all necessary work. Sorry for such situation. Please, move this
> file (but not delete meanwhile) and configure LibreOffice from scratch
> (anew)."
>
> Here is some more information about the profile directory:
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fabian Rodriguez
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab
>
>
>
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> Hi Don
>
> I imagine that your instructions for instalation via libreoffice.org 64
> bits can be used for 32 bits only changing the name of archive. Is it
> correct?
>
> thanks
>
> eduardo mundin
>
> 2012/4/11 Don C. Myers<[hidden email]>
>
>> Hi Fabian,
>>
>> I've been using Ubuntu for 3+ years. A few years ago I had some issues
>> with the Ubuntu OpenOffice packages. It might not have been their fault
>> since I had non-repo versions installed when I did an upgrade. To fix that
>> problem, I did a complete uninstall of the Ubuntu version and installed the
>> official OpenOffice version. Ever since then I've used only the official
>> OpenOffice version before LibreOffice came along, and the official
>> LibreOffice version from http://www.libreoffice.org/. they aren't as
>> pretty, but functionality has been very good. I've been running 3.5.2 on
>> Ubuntu 11.10 and also 12.04 Beta 2 without any issues. And the recent
>> documents function works perfectly fine in the LibreOffice version in
>> Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 Beta 2. Here is how I do my install: (This is for
>> the 64 bit version.)
>>
>> Download LibO_3.5.2_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_3.5.2rc2_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_3.5.2rc2_Linux_**
>> x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/***.deb
>> 3. sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/LibO_3.5.2rc2_Linux_**
>> x86-64_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/**desktop-integration/**
>> libreoffice3.5-debian-menus_3.**5-202_all.deb
>>
>> If you need help for the 32 bit version, please let me know.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On 04/11/2012 02:23 PM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
>>
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>>> Le 12-04-10 02:41 AM, John D. Herron a écrit :
>>>
>>>> My new LOo 3.5.1.2 (Build ID: 350m1(Build:102) auto-upgraded under
>>>>
>>> Ubuntu Natty (via Update Manager) from the earlier 3.4.5 version.
>>>
>>>> The suite works well overall, but I do miss my old (custom) templates
>>>>
>>> which the new version's template manager does not see.
>>>
>>>> (I also miss the Recent Documents list, but that's another story). [...]
>>>>
>>> The bug was filed some time ago in Ubuntu, it's now considered "opinion"
>>> :(. See:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/**ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+**bug/950794<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/950794>
>>>
>>> - From the upstream bug report:
>>> "IMHO this package [fix] will never provided. We have too few developers
>>> to do all necessary work. Sorry for such situation. Please, move this
>>> file (but not delete meanwhile) and configure LibreOffice from scratch
>>> (anew)."
>>>
>>> Here is some more information about the profile directory:
>>> http://user.services.**openoffice.org/en/forum/**viewtopic.php?t=12426<http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Fabian Rodriguez
>>> http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/User:**MagicFab<http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:MagicFab>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>

> Hi Fabian,
>
> I've been using Ubuntu for 3+ years. A few years ago I had some
> issues with the Ubuntu OpenOffice packages. It might not have been
> their fault since I had non-repo versions installed when I did an
> upgrade. To fix that problem, I did a complete uninstall of the
> Ubuntu version and installed the official OpenOffice version. Ever
> since then I've used only the official OpenOffice version before
> LibreOffice came along, and the official LibreOffice version from
> http://www.libreoffice.org/. they aren't as pretty, but
> functionality has been very good. I've been running 3.5.2 on Ubuntu
> 11.10 and also 12.04 Beta 2 without any issues. And the recent
> documents function works perfectly fine in the LibreOffice version
> in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 Beta 2. Here is how I do my install:
> (This is for the 64 bit version.)
>
> Download LibO_3.5.2_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_3.5.2rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US
> Run the following terminal commands to install it: 1. sudo apt-get
> remove libreoffice*.*

> On 04/11/2012 12:39 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
>> Hi Fabian,
>>
>> I've been using Ubuntu for 3+ years. A few years ago I had some
>> issues with the Ubuntu OpenOffice packages. It might not have been
>> their fault since I had non-repo versions installed when I did an
>> upgrade. To fix that problem, I did a complete uninstall of the
>> Ubuntu version and installed the official OpenOffice version. Ever
>> since then I've used only the official OpenOffice version before
>> LibreOffice came along, and the official LibreOffice version from
>> http://www.libreoffice.org/. they aren't as pretty, but
>> functionality has been very good. I've been running 3.5.2 on Ubuntu
>> 11.10 and also 12.04 Beta 2 without any issues. And the recent
>> documents function works perfectly fine in the LibreOffice version
>> in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04 Beta 2. Here is how I do my install:
>> (This is for the 64 bit version.)
>>
>> Download LibO_3.5.2_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_3.5.2rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US
>> Run the following terminal commands to install it: 1. sudo apt-get
>> remove libreoffice*.*
> It is unnecessary to remove the Ubuntu/distro version of LO. That
> version *and* the standard LO version(s) reside nicely on the same
> machine, and can be run simultaneously. I currenly have open&
> working, at the same time: LO 3.3.4, LO 3.4.6, LO 3.5.1.2, (U)LO
> 3.3.4, OOo 3.4.0, and OOo-Dev3:
>
> $ locate bootstraprc
> /opt/libreoffice/program/bootstraprc
> /opt/libreoffice3.4/program/bootstraprc
> /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/bootstraprc
> /opt/ooo-dev3/program/bootstraprc
> /opt/openoffice.org3/program/bootstraprc
> /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/bootstraprc
>
> The only bits you need to watch out for is where the user
> configuration files are placed. In order to not have one write over
> the other, I simply modify the bootsraprc file *before first run* so
> that each have their own user config/profile files. Example:
>
> For LO 3.3:
> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice/program/bootstraprc
> and change
> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice/3
> to
> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.3/3
>
> For LO 3.4:
> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.4/program/bootstraprc
>
> to
> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.4/3
>
> For LO 3.5:
> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/bootstraprc
>
> to
> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice3.5/3
>
> Create menu items to each (example:
> '/opt/libreoffice3.5/program/soffice'), and that's it. The
> Ubuntu/distro version will keep it's profile at ~/.libreoffice/3/user
> (or ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user in the case of the 3.5 versions), the
> others will name&  put the profile as you've intsructed in the
> bootstraprc file.
>
>
>
>
> ...
>
>

>> The only bits you need to watch out for is where the user
>> configuration files are placed. In order to not have one write over
>> the other, I simply modify the bootsraprc file *before first run* so
>> that each have their own user config/profile files. Example:
>>
>> For LO 3.3:
>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice/program/bootstraprc
>> and change
>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice/3
>> to
>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.3/3
>>
>> For LO 3.4:
>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.4/program/bootstraprc
>>
>> to
>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.4/3
>>
>> For LO 3.5:
>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/bootstraprc
>>
>> to
>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice3.5/3
>>
>> Create menu items to each (example:
>> '/opt/libreoffice3.5/program/soffice'), and that's it. The
>> Ubuntu/distro version will keep it's profile at ~/.libreoffice/3/user
>> (or ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user in the case of the 3.5 versions), the
>> others will name&  put the profile as you've intsructed in the
>> bootstraprc file.

>>
>>
> Thank you NoOp. I appreciate the information. The bad experience I had
> was about 2 years ago with OpenOffice. I had updated that to a new
> version. Several months later Ubuntu had an upgrade, and they had the
> same version of Open Office I had upgraded to. I didn't think anything
> about it. When I went to use Calc, I had some of the strangest
> behaviors. For any formula, it always gave the wrong answers, even for
> very obvious ones, such as 2+2, or 2*25. The only way I got things
> working properly again was to uninstall OpenOffice completely, then I
> reinstalled the application directly from OpenOffice.
>
> Don

> On 04/13/2012 06:03 PM, Don Myers wrote:
>>
>> On 04/13/2012 08:37 PM, NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> The only bits you need to watch out for is where the user
>>> configuration files are placed. In order to not have one write over
>>> the other, I simply modify the bootsraprc file *before first run* so
>>> that each have their own user config/profile files. Example:
>>>
>>> For LO 3.3:
>>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice/program/bootstraprc
>>> and change
>>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice/3
>>> to
>>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.3/3
>>>
>>> For LO 3.4:
>>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.4/program/bootstraprc
>>>
>>> to
>>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.libreoffice3.4/3
>>>
>>> For LO 3.5:
>>> $ gksu gedit /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/bootstraprc
>>>
>>> to
>>> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/libreoffice3.5/3
>>>
>>> Create menu items to each (example:
>>> '/opt/libreoffice3.5/program/soffice'), and that's it. The
>>> Ubuntu/distro version will keep it's profile at ~/.libreoffice/3/user
>>> (or ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user in the case of the 3.5 versions), the
>>> others will name&   put the profile as you've intsructed in the
>>> bootstraprc file.
> ...
>>>
>> Thank you NoOp. I appreciate the information. The bad experience I had
>> was about 2 years ago with OpenOffice. I had updated that to a new
>> version. Several months later Ubuntu had an upgrade, and they had the
>> same version of Open Office I had upgraded to. I didn't think anything
>> about it. When I went to use Calc, I had some of the strangest
>> behaviors. For any formula, it always gave the wrong answers, even for
>> very obvious ones, such as 2+2, or 2*25. The only way I got things
>> working properly again was to uninstall OpenOffice completely, then I
>> reinstalled the application directly from OpenOffice.
>>
>> Don
> Ah. That is most likely of the two sharing the same profile
> (~/.openoffice.org/3/user). That is why I ensure that the standard
> install profiles are different from the distro version. For OOo 3.4
> (standard) my bootstraprc file is modified to:
> UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/.openoffice.org3.4/3
> That kept it completely separate from the distro ~/.openoffice.org/3/.
>
> Note: the advantage of keeping (U)OOo installed (at the time) was that
> (U)OOo used the go-oo version, so it used gstreamer for multimedia. The
> standard versions of OOo did not&  so you had to install the ancient
> Java Media Format (JMF)&  that was a royal PITA. The advantage of
> keeping all of these installed on my system is that I can easily compare
> differences between versions, including putting windows of each
> side-by-side.
>
>
>