LibreOffice is always installed on the C: drive, despite selecting a different disk. To recreate: 1). Start LibreOffice installation. 2). Select Custom Installation. 3). Change "Install to:" path to a different disk, i.e. E:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 5 4. Complete installation. Result: LibreOffice is still installed into C:\Program Files (X86)\LibreOffice 5.
Not valid, works on non-system drives but you may have to clean out old residuals. Just went through this for similar bug 93550 for installation on a Windows G:\ drive. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 93550 ***
This is not a duplicate of bug 93550. This is a valid bug, and one which only occurs on LibreOffice. Did you actually attempt to follow the instructions I laid out and install the latest version on another drive? Or did you just close it as a duplicate because it sounds similar?
I should also add - it should not be necessary to run a third-party product to clean the registry. If the registry is not cleaned up properly on an uninstall, then that is a problem with the uninstaller. The installer must honor the change of directory. Anything else is broken.
It is exactly the issue of bug 93550, and yes I did. Not my first rodeo dude. I know that it will install to a non-default, non-system disk as I said proven in bug 93550. The solution for you is exactly the same. Remove your prior installs of LibreOffice, clean your system. Then when using the "Custom" installation that is required, *be sure* that your specified disk remains set at the end of the customization. Problem is on your end. So I'll get heavy handed Resolved Invalid, but once you do what was suggested--feel free to change to Resolved Works for Me.
Agreed - please don't mess with settings again. You've been given the options - those are the options, there are no other ones and messing with the status of the bug won't help you and will just waste our time.
It's not my first rodeo either. dude. In fact, I suspect I've been programming longer than most people here have been alive (well over 45 years). And I've written any number of installation scripts during that time, for multiple OS's. And I've run into guys like you before. Your answer is pure bull manure. Guys like you give the product a bad reputation. Needless to say, I'm telling my client not to use LibreOffice. They need one with support from people who understand and are willing to fix problems. And no, I'm changing this to "Won't Fix". Because that's the answer you are giving. If I could change it to Bull Manure I would.
(In reply to jerry from comment #6) Cute ;-) feel better? None the less, the 32-bit (or 64-bit) LibreOffice 5 MS Installer packaged custom install to locations other than "C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 5" functions correctly. So, Closed -> Invalid it is... without further thought.
Just calling them like I see them. If it bothers you, that's YOUR problem, not mine. The fact you're either too stoopid to understand the problem or too lazy to fix it isn't my problem. But it's not going to be my client's problem, either. With this one client you just lost several hundred installations (they're dumping MS Office throughout the corporation). And I will continue to recommend against LibreOffice from now on. Keep changing it to INVALID if you want. You're only showing why people should NOT use LibreOffice.
Seriously - please get over it. I am putting this back to INVALID - if you change it again you will be banned from bugzilla for 24 hours per https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Policies_and_Procedures The pertinent part being: "Attacking QA staff for their decision of priority/status - friendly conversations are welcome but attacks are not" It makes literally no difference - whether it's WONTFIX or INVALID other than for your ego. On our side, QA side, who has dedicated tens of thousands of hours to provide a product at no cost, the objectively right criteria is INVALID because it works as designed. Again - this is first warning, next will be a ban. To save everyone time, you've already said you're going to tell your client to use another product, that's fine, you are free to do so and you are free to use another product yourself. Please stop whining about a disagreement - either get involved as a contributor - or accept the verdict of our experienced QA members. Those are the options.
Just for everyone's knowledge - there is already an enhancement request to simplify parallel installs (bug #47188). That is in fact an enhancement request (because it works as designed). In terms of the "too lazy to fix" - this is highly offensive and the more I think about it the more angry I get. How about instead of criticizing volunteers you stop wasting everyone's time and contribute time to making the product better. You can do so easy enough by getting in on the QA chat and asking how you can help: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreoffice-qa If someone with the programming skills (which you implied you might have it with that epoch amount of 45 years of experience) chooses to implement the enhancement (again, this is a choice, not dictated by demands and criticisms of users), then they (or you with that 45 years of incredible knowledge) can do.
One other thing - I volunteer my time to a number of projects. But I would never waste my time trying to work with people such as you. The projects I work on have competent people.