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Re: [trinity-users] LibreOffice with TDE integration on Debian and Ubuntu

From: Greg Madden <gomadtroll@...>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:18:47 -0800
On Sunday 10 August 2014 11:03:00 you wrote:
> On Thursday 07 of August 2014 02:29:57 Greg Madden wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 August 2014 14:12:10 you wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > thanks to Tim's hard work on the integration of TDE with
> > > LibreOffice I have on my small builder setup another apt source:
> > > libreoffice-tde-sb. Source contains only packages for Debian
> > > Wheezy and Ubuntu Trusty. Both for amd64 and i386.
> > >
> > > Contrary to official packages on the build-farm, there are two
> > > differences:
> > >
> > > 1) For Debian Wheezy was used as the source LibreOffice 4.2.5
> > > from wheezy-backports. For Ubuntu Trusty was used LibreOffice
> > > 4.2.4 from trusty-updates. As a result, needs no additional
> > > packages.
> > >
> > > 2) Both are built to support TDE in addition to any existing ones
> > > - including support for KDE4.
> > >
> > >
> > > To install my gpg key:
> > > sudo apt-key adv --keyserver
> > > keyserver.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net --recv-key A04BE668
> > >
> > > Apt source for Debian Wheezy:
> > > deb http://mirror.xcer.cz/libreoffice-tde-sb wheezy-backports
> > > main
> > >
> > > Apt source for Ubuntu Trusty:
> > > deb http://mirror.xcer.cz/libreoffice-tde-sb trusty main
> > >
> > >
> > > Perhaps it will be helpful for you :)
> >
> > Thanks to all,..but...
> >
> > I use AOO for my  document fidelity reasons. I can install LO from
> > the Libreoffice web site, it does not conflict with AOO.
> >
> > Installing LO from your repo, or Debians..probably trhe same issue,
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > "root@wheezy64:/usr/local#
> > dpkg -i
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.2.5-1~bpo70+1+tde1
> >_all.deb (Reading database ... 115589 files and directories
> > currently installed.) Unpacking libreoffice-common
> > (from .../libreoffice-common_1%3a4.2.5-1~bpo70+1+tde1_all.deb) ...
> > dpkg: error
> > processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.2.5-1~bpo70+1+tde1
> >_all.deb (--install):
> >  trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/soffice', which is also in package
> > openoffice-debian-menus 4.1.1-9773
> >
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a4.2.5-1~bpo70+1+tde1
> >_all.deb "
> >
> >
> > Not sure why LO in Debian/Linux distro's is trying to use 'soffice'
> > when it appears the Libreoffice folks have switched naming of the
> > executable in /usr/bin???
> >
> > Here is what it looks like installing both suites dl'd from the
> > respective web sites.
> >
> > ~$ls -l /usr/bin/libreoffice4.3.... /usr/bin/libreoffice4.3 ->
> > /opt/libreoffice4.3/program/soffice
> >
> > ~$ls -l /usr/bin/soffice..... /usr/bin/soffice ->
> > /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice
>
> As I mentioned, the package is "exactly same as in Debian", only with
> added Trinity support. Therefore, the exact same problems as the
> original package in Debian. I searched the problem with a symlink is
> already reported as a bug:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695916


Thanks for the link to the bug report, I thought others might be 
questioning how Linux distro's handle (dis ) the AOO compatability dual 
install issue.

-- 
Peace,

Greg