Bug 81911 - Other: Linux installation packages are broken
Summary: Other: Linux installation packages are broken
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 80941
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.3.0.3 rc
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
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Reported: 2014-07-30 11:00 UTC by Adam Kłobukowski
Modified: 2014-07-31 02:31 UTC (History)
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Description Adam Kłobukowski 2014-07-30 11:00:17 UTC 
Linux installation packages of 4.3 is a tar.gz archive that contains 54 deb file and a text file explaining what to do, asking users to do scary things like 'open terminal' and 'type command'.

Expected behavior:

GUI installer - download, click&go.

              
Operating System: Debian
Version: 4.3.0.3 rc
Comment 1 sophie 2014-07-30 11:28:14 UTC 
Hi, average users should follow their distro installation how-to, see here for Debian https://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice (i.e aptitude update
aptitude install libreoffice). The 4.3.0 version is for advanced and experienced users who know how to install with command line. So this is not broken and is by design. Set as Notabug - Sophie
Comment 2 Adam Kłobukowski 2014-07-30 11:48:27 UTC 
I'm sorry but I have to disagree.

4.3 is available directly from https://www.libreoffice.org/ and it nowhere says that 'it is for advanced users only'. Even if this is by design, this design is broken. Yes, average users should follow their distro, but they often don't, making installation hard for them hurts LibreOffice.
Comment 3 sophie 2014-07-30 12:00:37 UTC 
Hi, see here https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan#Summary: The first X.Y.0 release is intended for early adopters. Closing again - Sophie
Comment 4 Maxim Monastirsky 2014-07-30 12:23:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm sorry but I have to disagree.
> 
> and it nowhere says that 'it is for advanced users only'.

From http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/ :

"The community-supplied LibreOffice installers are provided for users having special needs, and for out-of-the-ordinary cases."

Anyway it's a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 80941 ***
Comment 5 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2014-07-31 02:31:36 UTC 
Okay, the process is scary to you, but that doesn’t make it “broken”.

That’s why distros provide packages, and anyway GUIs for package installation exist. Synaptic, AppGrid, Ubuntu Software Center...