Re: [libreoffice-users] Installing multiple versions of LibreOffice

On 03/18/2013 07:27 PM, James E. Lang wrote:
> I am currently using LibreOffice 3.6.x on my Kubuntu 12.10 Linux system.
>
> I want to experiment with LibreOffice 4.0.x without putting my 
> production spreadsheets in jeopardy.
>
> I have been told by a member of our local Linux Users Group that I 
> need to do two things in order to accomplish this.
>
> 1) Install LibreOffice in a different directory.
> 2) Use a different user settings directory.
>
> I'm not sure what item 2) means or how to accomplish this aside from 
> creating a separate user on the computer. He tells me that the user 
> settings directory is usually under ~/.config where I find an empty 
> directory named libreoffice.
>
> I would appreciate instructions that I can follow to accomplish this.
     You do not have to install LO 4.0.x in a different directory. This 
is because of the configuration folder for LO and how it is configured. 
This folder is located here: /home/<user name>/.config/libreoffice. This 
folder has two subfolders: 3 and 4. The configuration files and folders 
for 3.6.x are all located in the "3" folder. The configuration files and 
folders for 4.0.x are in the "4" folder.
     Also, /opt/ contains the files and folders for LibreOffice. 
/opt/libreoffice3.6/ contains the files for 3.6 and /opt/libreoffice4.0 
contains the files for LO 4.0. I write this because this is what I have 
in /opt/ on my hard drive. Presently, I use both of these versions 
without any problems.
     When version 3.5 was the more stable version and version 3.6.0.2 
came out, you had to install 3.6.0.2 in a separate folder. Both would 
install the configuration files in /home/<user 
name>/.config/libreoffice/3/. They would use the same configuration files.
     Hopefully, this will make a little more sense.

--Dan

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