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Den 2011-03-06 15:07:23 skrev Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas@s7.dion.ne.jp>:


The other day I tried / installed LibreOffice.
During the procedure - I was reading the instruction - it said there:
"open Nautilus - more to folder .... - right click within that folder
and choose

"open in terminal"

I tried this many times and in all possible manners I could think of, but
nowhere/never was there the option to "open in terminal".

It would be IMMENSELY helpful, if that could be done, instead of typing
some

novel-long "cd command",
which will not work, naturally, if you mistype just one little letter
along the

(LONG) way.

Thank you for your guidance.
Thomas


You need to install ”nautilus-open-terminal” first.
When you did, you can right click a folder in Nautilus and there will be a
”Open in terminal” option there.


What I don't understand is why you need to do that AFTER you installed
LibreOffice. I can see the point doing so BEFORE installing LibreOffice,
becasue there are probably quite a few deb files somewhere that you need
to install, and it's very convenient to do that in a terminal. When you
are in the right folder in your terminal, then just type:

dpkg -i *deb (or something like that…)
At least that is the procedure for OpenOffice.org, but I guess it is the
same with LibreOffice. I don't use it myself since they say it's a
development from Go-oo, which I find very buggy. Maybe that isn't the case
for LibreOffice, I don't know…


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On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:

.........snip.........

>
> I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
> current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
> LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
> not necessarily come from Ubuntu.

Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
and later uninstalled it.

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On 03/06/2011 07:04 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Den 2011-03-06 15:07:23 skrev Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas@s7.dion.ne.jp>:
>
>> The other day I tried / installed LibreOffice.
>> During the procedure - I was reading the instruction - it said there:
>> "open Nautilus - more to folder .... - right click within that folder
>> and choose
>> "open in terminal"
>>
>> I tried this many times and in all possible manners I could think of, but
>> nowhere/never was there the option to "open in terminal".
>>
>> It would be IMMENSELY helpful, if that could be done, instead of typing
>> some
>> novel-long "cd command",
>> which will not work, naturally, if you mistype just one little letter
>> along the
>> (LONG) way.
>>
>> Thank you for your guidance.
>> Thomas
>
> You need to install ”nautilus-open-terminal” first.
> When you did, you can right click a folder in Nautilus and there will be a
> ”Open in terminal” option there.

Be nice if it worked:

$ apt-cache policy nautilus-open-terminal
nautilus-open-terminal:
Installed: 0.18-1
Candidate: 0.18-1
Version table:
*** 0.18-1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
nautilus-open-terminal is a proof-of-concept Nautilus extension
which allows you to open a terminal in arbitrary local folders.

Doesn't work for me - in Tree mode - only works if Nautilus is set to
'Places'.

@Thomas: If you are in Tree/list mode the right-click won't work,
instead use: File|Open in Terminal

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-open-terminal/+bug/597678>
[in nautilus list view, with the window full of files it's not possible
to open a terminal]


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Den 2011-03-06 19:53:58 skrev Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net>:


On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:

.........snip.........



I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
not necessarily come from Ubuntu.


Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
and later uninstalled it.



When Ubuntu 10.04 was released, there was no LibreOffice; The first stable
version of LibreOffice was version 3.3 (because The Document Foundation
sees LibreOffice as the continuation of OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice 3.3
uses the same version number as its upstream OpenOffice.org source), which
was released on 25 January 2011, about 3 months after Ubuntu 10.10. The
pre-installed version of OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu until Ubuntu 10.10 is
Go-oo, which is, as far as I know, what LibreOffice is based on.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libreoffice

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Den 2011-03-06 20:01:59 skrev NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>:


On 03/06/2011 07:04 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:

Den 2011-03-06 15:07:23 skrev Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas@s7.dion.ne.jp>:


The other day I tried / installed LibreOffice.
During the procedure - I was reading the instruction - it said there:
"open Nautilus - more to folder .... - right click within that folder
and choose
"open in terminal"

I tried this many times and in all possible manners I could think of,
but

nowhere/never was there the option to "open in terminal".

It would be IMMENSELY helpful, if that could be done, instead of typing
some
novel-long "cd command",
which will not work, naturally, if you mistype just one little letter
along the
(LONG) way.

Thank you for your guidance.
Thomas


You need to install ”nautilus-open-terminal” first.
When you did, you can right click a folder in Nautilus and there will
be a

”Open in terminal” option there.


Be nice if it worked:

$ apt-cache policy nautilus-open-terminal
nautilus-open-terminal:
Installed: 0.18-1
Candidate: 0.18-1
Version table:
*** 0.18-1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Same for me.


nautilus-open-terminal is a proof-of-concept Nautilus extension
which allows you to open a terminal in arbitrary local folders.

Doesn't work for me - in Tree mode - only works if Nautilus is set to
'Places'.


That's strange. For me it works no matter what mode I select. I select
Tree mode, click a folder in the ”tree”, the folder opens to the right, so
I right click a folder there and I can then select ”Open in a terminal”. A
terminal opens and the current directory is the one I right clicked in
Nautilus.



@Thomas: If you are in Tree/list mode the right-click won't work,
instead use: File|Open in Terminal


Works for me (Nautilus 2.32.0, Ubuntu 10.10). Exactly what are you doing
to fail?





<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-open-terminal/+bug/597678>
[in nautilus list view, with the window full of files it's not possible
to open a terminal]


Well, you need to right click a folder, not a file.
There are actually some more things you can not do in List view when the
window is full of files, like creating a new folder, for instance. Maybe
that should be added to the bug report, if not already done.


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On 03/06/2011 10:53 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:
>
> .........snip.........
>
>>
>> I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
>> current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
>> LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
>> not necessarily come from Ubuntu.
>
> Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
> file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
> and later uninstalled it.
>


It will appear in Synaptic if you installed using the dpkg.

What do you show for:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep libreoffice

Can you also show the output of:

$ apt-cache policy libreoffice
and
$ apt-cache policy libreoffice3

If on that last you get:

$ apt-cache policy libreoffice3
libreoffice3:
Installed: 3.3.1-19
Candidate: 3.3.1-19
Version table:
*** 3.3.1-19 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

and nothing on the previous, then you have the dpkg version installed.

dpkg installs will show in Synaptic. However when you view, notice that
the 'Download' column will show '0 B'.



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On 03/06/2011 11:23 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Den 2011-03-06 20:01:59 skrev NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net>:
...
> That's strange. For me it works no matter what mode I select. I select
> Tree mode, click a folder in the ”tree”, the folder opens to the right, so
> I right click a folder there and I can then select ”Open in a terminal”. A
> terminal opens and the current directory is the one I right clicked in
> Nautilus.
>
>> @Thomas: If you are in Tree/list mode the right-click won't work,
>> instead use: File|Open in Terminal
>
> Works for me (Nautilus 2.32.0, Ubuntu 10.10). Exactly what are you doing
> to fail?

PEBKAC :-)

I wasn't right-clicking while on the main folder
(LibO_3.3.1rc2_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US) in the tree. I'll just go
get more coffee now. Thanks Johnny.



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On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 11:53 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:
>
> .........snip.........
>
> >
> > I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
> > current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
> > LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
> > not necessarily come from Ubuntu.
>
> Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
> file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
> and later uninstalled it.
>

That is interesting! Its not in the 10.10 repos. If what you say is
true, then it must be down to the new policy of including more upgrades,
as well as bug fixes, in the LTS versions.

If the OP was using 10.04 then, they would have be able to do a simple
install from synaptic (or even Ubuntu Software Centre).

Tony





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(2011/03/07 7:42), Tony Pursell wrote:

On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 11:53 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:

On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:

.........snip.........


I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
not necessarily come from Ubuntu.

Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
and later uninstalled it.


That is interesting! Its not in the 10.10 repos. If what you say is
true, then it must be down to the new policy of including more upgrades,
as well as bug fixes, in the LTS versions.

If the OP was using 10.04 then, they would have be able to do a simple
install from synaptic (or even Ubuntu Software Centre).

Tony





Thank you all.
Installation of LibreOffice was not really soo difficult. I did that on
one machine running 10.04 and one 10.10.
I downloaded the file from the official website, unpacked that file
someplace and then had to run this "dpkg" command. (according to the
instructions for installing LO for Ubuntu).


The problem/nuisance (to my taste) is just that I have to "change
directory".
In a terminal I have to type $ cd
.................................................. ................ which
goes on forever.
Being able to simply right-click on a certain folder and run the "dpkg"
command seems a lot easier to me ... and being basically lazy I would
prefer the "easy way".

I will try the extension later in the day.

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On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 11:38:27AM -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/06/2011 10:53 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 02:29:26PM +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:
> >
> > .........snip.........
> >
> >>
> >> I wonder how you installed LibreOffice? It is not available in the
> >> current version of Ubuntu so you can only install it from a source like
> >> LibreOffice itself. This means that the instructions you are given do
> >> not necessarily come from Ubuntu.
> >
> > Then why is it in my 10.04 synaptic? I have no repos in my sources.list
> > file other than Ubuntu ones. BTW, I installed it from the Ubuntu repos
> > and later uninstalled it.
> >
>
>
> It will appear in Synaptic if you installed using the dpkg.
>
> What do you show for:
>
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep libreoffice
>
> Can you also show the output of:
>
> $ apt-cache policy libreoffice
> and
> $ apt-cache policy libreoffice3
>
> If on that last you get:
>
> $ apt-cache policy libreoffice3
> libreoffice3:
> Installed: 3.3.1-19
> Candidate: 3.3.1-19
> Version table:
> *** 3.3.1-19 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> and nothing on the previous, then you have the dpkg version installed.
>
> dpkg installs will show in Synaptic. However when you view, notice that
> the 'Download' column will show '0 B'.

The apt-cache policy commands both show "unable to locate..." meaning,
I think, they aren't in the repos. Furthermore I looked in synaptic and
found only the names of the packages with no other info. For the hell of
it I tried to mark one for installation and got

"Package libreoffice-core has no available version, but exists in the
database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list"

which brings up the question: from where did I install it? It must have
been in the Ubuntu repos at one time because I installed using "apt-get
install libreoffice". LO definitely isn't in my sources.list file.

Could it possibly mean that I don't know as much as I thought?
Naaaahhhh.

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