Acer one ZGS with peppermint 2 (?) cant reinstall libre office

[16fairfield]

Hi   wanted to read ppt on my netbook  so tried with software manager to install the appropriate package but it did not install so tried to install libreoffice 4. The remove old version worked but the new install although it ran did not install. I am now without any libreoffice products.

All help gratefully received.

Nigel

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

How did you try to install LO4 ? .. from the PPA ? .. that won't work, as Peppermint 2 is now end of life.

You have 3 options -

1) Remove the PPA and reinstall LO3.

2) Download the LO4 .deb files and install them:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download

3) Install Peppermint 3 which still has 4 years support to go.

First I'd try option 2 .. if you want instructions, just ask

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[16fairfield]

Hi

can you provide an  idiot guide to the install as tried to follow the libreoffice instructions and it didnt seem to work    from memory it seemed to ask for aptitude which i dont appear to have

thanks

[SeZo]

Hi   wanted to read ppt on my netbook  so tried with software manager to install the appropriate package

What application were you trying to install?
My understanding is that LO 3.x can open ppt files in impress

If you just want to re-install Libreoffice then try:

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sudo apt-get update

then

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sudo apt-get install libreoffice-calc libreoffice-writer libreoffice-draw libreoffice-impress

See if that will install all the bits needed

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

[FIXED Instructions]

To install LO4 .. open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run these commands in sequence:

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sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*

then

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mkdir -p ~/Desktop/delete-me/main ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/main

then

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wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.1/deb/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz

then

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tar -xvf LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack

then

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wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.1/deb/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB.tar.gz

then

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tar -xvf LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB.tar.gz

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack

then

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wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.1/deb/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB.tar.gz

then

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tar -xvf LibreOffice_4.0.1_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB.tar.gz

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

[16fairfield]

Mark

all the steps work with the exception of the  *.deb ones  see example below

nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: error processing *.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 *.deb


nothing seems to be in menu for libre office

[16fairfield]

Sezo

tried your suggestion before Mark's but nothing was installed 

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, my miistake .. I'll fix the above instructions, but you just need to run:

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

[EDIT]

Fixed in original posting too

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[16fairfield]

hi   this is what happened - nothing appears in menu


nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
[sudo] password for nigel:
dpkg: error processing *.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 *.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb $ cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: error processing *.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 *.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB $ cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
dpkg: error processing *.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 *.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB $

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Third times a charm ..

OK, my mistake AGAIN  .. I'll fix the above instructions, but you just need to run:

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

then

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cd ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB/DEBS

then

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

[EDIT]

Fixed AGAIN in original posting too

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[16fairfield]

Hi

all ran with no issues    still have a delete -me folder on desktop   and no libre office applications appear installed   

all help appreciated

Nigel

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

What happens if you run:

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libreoffice

or

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libreoffice --writer

or

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libreoffice --calc

or

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libreoffice --draw

or

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libreoffice --impress

or

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libreoffice --base

or

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libreoffice --math

in  a terminal ?

If those all work, we can easily create or edit the .desktop files so they appear in the menus
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[16fairfield]

hi

see below    unsure if should have gone yes


nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ libreoffice
The program 'libreoffice' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-common
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ sudo apt-get install libreoffice-common
[sudo] password for nigel:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  sane-utils libcolamd2.7.1 lp-solve libfile-copy-recursive-perl
  libaccess-bridge-java-jni libaccess-bridge-java update-inetd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libreoffice-core libreoffice-style-human
Suggested packages:
  libreoffice-style-hicontrast libreoffice-style-tango
  libreoffice-style-crystal libreoffice-style-oxygen kde-icons-crystal
  crystalcursors
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-style-human
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 47.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 167 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty-security/main libreoffice-core i386 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4
  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
Err http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty-security/main libreoffice-style-human all 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4
  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
Err http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty-security/main libreoffice-common all 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4
  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-core_3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4_i386.deb  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-style-human_3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4_all.deb  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-common_3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4_all.deb  Unable to connect to mirror01.th.ifl.net:http:
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $

also tried 

nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ run libreoffice --writer
No command 'run' found, did you mean:
 Command 'crun' from package 'ceph' (universe)
 Command 'zrun' from package 'moreutils' (universe)
 Command 'runq' from package 'exim4-daemon-heavy' (main)
 Command 'runq' from package 'sendmail-bin' (universe)
 Command 'runq' from package 'exim4-daemon-light' (main)
 Command 'grun' from package 'grun' (universe)
 Command 'qrun' from package 'torque-client' (universe)
 Command 'qrun' from package 'torque-client-x11' (universe)
 Command 'lrun' from package 'lustre-utils' (universe)
 Command 'rn' from package 'trn' (multiverse)
 Command 'rn' from package 'trn4' (multiverse)
 Command 'rup' from package 'rstat-client' (universe)
 Command 'srun' from package 'slurm-llnl' (universe)
run: command not found
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

What is the output from:

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ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS

and

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ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB/DEBS

and

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ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB/DEBS

and

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list; for X in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*; do echo; echo; echo "** $X:"; echo; cat $X; done

?

[16fairfield]

Here

nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/main/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb/DEBS
.
..
desktop-integration
libobasis4.0-base_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-calc_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core01_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core02_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core03_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core04_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core05_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core06_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-core07_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-draw_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us-base_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us-calc_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us-math_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us-res_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-us-writer_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-beanshell-script-provider_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-javascript-script-provider_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-mediawiki-publisher_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-nlpsolver_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-presentation-minimizer_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-python-script-provider_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-extension-report-builder_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-gnome-integration_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-graphicfilter_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-images_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-impress_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-javafilter_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-kde-integration_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-librelogo_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-math_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-ogltrans_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-onlineupdate_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-ooofonts_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-ooolinguistic_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-postgresql-sdbc_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-pyuno_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-writer_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-xsltfilter_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-base_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-calc_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-dict-en_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-dict-es_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-dict-fr_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-draw_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-en-us_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-impress_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-math_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-ure_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-writer_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/langpack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_langpack_en-GB/DEBS
.
..
libobasis4.0-en-gb_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-gb-base_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-gb-calc_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-gb-math_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-gb-res_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libobasis4.0-en-gb-writer_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-dict-en_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
libreoffice4.0-en-gb_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ ls -a ~/Desktop/delete-me/helppack/LibreOffice_4.0.1.2_Linux_x86_deb_helppack_en-GB/DEBS
.  ..  libobasis4.0-en-gb-help_4.0.1.2-2_i386.deb
nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list; for X in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*; do echo; echo; echo "** $X:"; echo; cat $X; done
# deb cdrom:[Peppermint 2 - i386 (20110427)]/ natty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
deb-src http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
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** /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main


** /etc/apt/sources.list.d/peppermint.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kendalltweaver/peppermint/ubuntu natty main
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** /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-jupiter-natty.list:

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nigel@nigel-AOA150 ~ $