Removed Libre office and cannot reinstall it. LMDE

[mfklinux]

I removed LibreOffice from my system with the "remove completely" option in synaptic. It not only removed it completely from the computer but also from the synaptic list. I have tried apt-get update to get it bact to no avail. I downloaded it from the libre office site and unzipped it but do not know what to do next. I have tried several instructions I found on the internet but none have worked for me.
I have /home/x/Desktop/LibO_3.5.1rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US
on my Desktop but do not know how to install it or add it to the synaptic package.

[ktech11]

mfklinux

An RPM file does not install in Ubuntu, so that is part of the problem. I find it much easier to install packages from the command line, so you can do the following:

If you are not sure of the package name search for it:
sudo apt-cache search Libre

Once you have the package name
sudo apt-get install packagename
EX: sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome

If this doesn't work, try the following:
You may need to add the repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
then
sudo app-get update
to update the package listing and then try the above.
Let me know if it works

[mfklinux]

Thanks, I checked the replies too late tonight. Will try this out and let you know. mfklinux

[mfklinux]

I tried the search for the package name. It gave a long list of everything begining with libre but nothing I thought was the package name. I tried adding the repository "sudo apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa"

I got the following, indicating an error, which I have got before but don't know what to do about it. This is copied from the terminal screen.

" localhost x # add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 65, in <module>
if not sp.add_source_from_line(line):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 630, in add_source_from_line
(deb_line, file) = expand_ppa_line(line.strip(), self.distro.codename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 47, in expand_ppa_line
sourceslistd = apt_pkg.Config.find_dir("Dir::Etc::sourceparts")
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Config'
localhost x # "

The " are mine, added to clarify. Why and what is the attribute Config. Also what is the "ppa" part?

[Jonathan183]

I removed LibreOffice from my system with the "remove completely" option in synaptic. It not only removed it completely from the computer but also from the synaptic list. I have tried apt-get update to get it bact to no avail. I downloaded it from the libre office site and unzipped it but do not know what to do next. I have tried several instructions I found on the internet but none have worked for me.
I have /home/x/Desktop/LibO_3.5.1rc2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US
on my Desktop but do not know how to install it or add it to the synaptic package.

Unless you need a feature of the latest version you are much better off using the package manager to install software.

I tried the search for the package name. It gave a long list of everything begining with libre but nothing I thought was the package name. I tried adding the repository "sudo apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa"

You should be able to install libreoffice without adding that repository ... can you post output of

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

so we can check repositories info ...
also can you post the output of

apt search libreoffice

[mfklinux]

Unless you need a feature of the latest version you are much better off using the package manager to install software.
I do not have need for the latest. Just want to get the package back on. It is now not listed in the package manager



You should be able to install libreoffice without adding that repository ... can you post output of

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

so we can check repositories info ...
also can you post the output of

apt search libreoffice

x@localhost ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb Repository - Linux Mint debian main upstream import
deb Index of /debian squeeze main contrib non-free
deb Debian -- Security Information squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb Debian Multimedia Packages::Home squeeze main non-free

x@localhost ~ $

x@localhost ~ $ apt search libreoffice
x@localhost ~ $

x@localhost ~ $ apt search libreoffice
x@localhost ~ $ apt search libre
p calibre - e-book converter and library management
p calibre-bin - e-book converter and library management
p djvulibre-bin - Utilities for the DjVu image format
p djvulibre-dbg - Debug symbols for the DjVu image format
p djvulibre-desktop - Desktop support for the DjVu image format
p djvulibre-plugin - Browser plugin for the DjVu image format
p libdjvulibre-dev - Development files for the DjVu image forma
i libdjvulibre-text - Linguistic support files for libdjvulibre
i libdjvulibre21 - Runtime support for the DjVu image format
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p libreadline-java-doc - API docs for readline/editline wrappers fo
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v libreadline-ruby1.8 -
v libreadline-ruby1.9.1 -
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p libreadline5-dbg - GNU readline and history libraries, debugg
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p libreadline6-dev - GNU readline and history libraries, develo
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i librecode0 - Shared library on which recode is based
p libred5-java - remote API for Red5 flash streaming server
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p libregexp-common-perl - module with common regular expressions
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p libregexp-grammars-perl - Perl module to add grammatical parsing fea
id libregexp-java - Regular expression library for Java
p libregexp-java-doc - Documentation for the Regular expression l
p libregexp-optimizer-perl - modules for optimizing regular expressions
p libregexp-shellish-perl - Shell-like regular expressions
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p librelp0 - Reliable Event Logging Protocol (RELP) lib
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p libremctl1 - Library for Kerberos-authenticated command
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p librepository-java-doc - abstraction library for accessing hierachi
p librepository-java-gcj - abstraction library for accessing hierachi
p librepository-java-openoffice.o - abstraction library for accessing hierachi
p libres-ocaml-dev - OCaml library for automatically resizing c
v libres-ocaml-dev-1ife8 -
v libresample-dev -
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x@localhost ~ $

I attempted to post this already and I do not know where it went. If it is out there twice I apologize

[Jonathan183]

your using squeeze repositories - same as I am ... libreoffice is not available, openoffice is

... if you really want libreoffice you will need to switch repositories ... personally I prefer using the debian stable repositories rather than testing ... but you could switch to latest - but you should use the update manager !

Remember upgrade is a one way street - so once you start using testing or latest you can't downgrade to stable again without a re-install

Ed: also if you are posting a lot of information then using code tags makes it easier to read the post ...

button marked # or add [ CODE] at the beginning and [ /CODE] at the end of the code info (no space between [ and CODE ) ;-)