I have made this into a separate thread, since my response is rather long, and 
I don't want to hijack it and steal somebody else's fire. 

On Saturday 30 June 2018 14:17:39 dep wrote:
> On June 30, 2018 4:33 PM, deloptes <deloptes@...> wrote:
> > I have been using KDE since 2003 and without any issue since 2005.
> > Probably
> >
> > I got smart enough between 2003 and 2005.
>
> . . .
>
> > I look forward when dep will get mature and stop bother us with issues
> > and
> >
> > problems :)
>
> I lack your vast experience, having used KDE only since a few weeks before
> the release of KDE-1.0 and having even once written a little something
> about it:
>
> http://www.linux-mag.com/id/560/
>
> And in those days and many since, I have endeavored to assist people, as do
> many here, but there also comes a time when one asks questions,
> occasionally seeking to push TDE into areas of computing that show promise
> -- such as high-pixel-density devices. But I would never criticize those
> who came relatively late to the game.<g>
>
> dep
>

Experience is relative; hard to measure, unless we have been in the same 
circumstances, with the same resources, etc.; so I will try to cut everybody 
slack, if they please remember to do the same for me. 

As a hedge against human and/or inhuman error, I use both methods. Yes, I do 
use the Open Office repository, so that I can upgrade when newer packages 
become available. However, even though I have a very fast Internet 
connection, the power here often goes out several times in a single day; 
once, about one-third of the city had the grid knocked out (which managed to 
destroy my old desktop). And even though the nearest wireless access point is 
right outside my door, and I have a good wifi antenna pointed directly at it, 
maybe fifteen feet away, I rarely get above 50% reading on wicd for that 
point - yet it is the strongest and nearest connection. 

So ... yes, I also keep all the deb packages that I have downloaded, and once 
I figured out the steps for purging all LibreOffice packages and dependencies 
that conflict with OpenOffice, using this command: 
sudo apt-get purge libreoffice libreoffice-*
Then I generally use the command 
sudo dpkg -i -E -G /media/~/openoffice/*.deb 
to install it, then just run 
sudo apt-get -f install to correct anything. 
(Assuming here that /media/~/openoffice points to your backup folder on 
another hard drive or flash drive, or wherever ... whatever you name it.)

If you do install from the repositories, then you may run into a problem with 
language packs, etc., and find everything in Brazilian Portuguese, and end up 
having to reinstall. This is why what deloptes says is right: once you have 
things set up as you want them, better to install with dpkg, and reduce the 
possibilities that can mess you up. If you want to upgrade your packages, 
save the new packages in a backup file; e.g., 
sudo mv -v -f /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb -t /media/~/openoffice/

My use of commands, by the way, is "obscure" only until you get used to them; 
and I don't actually bother to type them out most of the time, but rather 
keep a list of oft-used commands, then just copy and paste from my list. You 
should repeat the mantra, "Command-line is my friend!" until you learn this 
deep and wonderful truth of Linux. What I am saying is, I generally look up 
the commands for what I need, online or in manpages* (which live in your 
shell), then I adjust them to do what I want, and copy them to my list of 
commands. I use the commands, then I learn why they work later; I only try to 
avoid those commands that get serious warnings. 

[*If you don't know how to find your manpages, you just need to run, e.g., 
man apt
or
man kpdf
Also, 
apt --help
kpdf --help
will give a short list of common commands for most of your apps. Practically 
everything in your system can be controlled, adjusted or hacked from the 
command-line, and the manpages give the most complete list of commands.] 

There are a couple of dependencies that look almost identical in both 
LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and if you aren't careful, it will re-install 
LibreOffice, but without getting rid of OpenOffice; or you may find that you 
have installed OpenOffice without getting rid of everything in LibreOffice. 
And therein is the problem. 

The same with whenever you run 
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
If you do this before you have purged LibreOffice, added OpenOffice 
repositories, and installed OpenOffice (whether using apt, aptitude, 
synaptic, gdebi, or dpkg, or whatever trips your trigger), then when you 
upgrade you may find that Debian or Devuan reinstalls LibreOffice; sometimes 
it will uninstall OpenOffice, sometimes not. I believe that the 'Buntus tend 
to behave the same. 

What I am saying, then, is make sure that you purge everything LibreOffice, 
then add OpenOffice repositories and install OO. After that, I generally have 
no problems. In any case, once you get the steps in the right order, you 
should be okay. 

If this will be of some help to anybody out there, I will give a short list of 
my steps, to purge LibreOffice and install OpenOffice, using both apt and 
dpkg, in the hopes that this will somehow lead to WORLD PEACE. 

Bill