I followed instructions given on download website. When I do sudo dpkg - i *.deb, it starts out with WARNING dropbox package missing (or something to that effect). dpkg goes to completion without errors, but software not updated.
What should I do?
Thank you
John
but software not updated.
This sounds you mixed repositories (never do that). Installing .deb packages from download website and using dpkg - i *.deb installs that version into /opt and does not affect LibreOffice installed from Ubuntu base repositories. Most probably you have 2 LibreOffice versions installed now: The old release (most probably called by libreoffice in a terminal) and the new one called by libreoffice7.1 in a terminal. If that’s the case - let us know and we’ll find out what’s the best way for you to go.
WARNING dropbox package
This probably got nothing to do wit LibreOffice installation
Hello,
from my perspective (based on my comment) your required actions are
Decision
As a prerequisite to follow-up procedures - decide whether you want to use
[1] Latest LibreOffice packages from TDF (Download LibreOffice | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft)
[2] Latest LibreOffice packages from Ubuntu, delivered by Ubuntu maintainers (Ubuntu Launchpad LibreOffice PPA) (as of today this PPA delivers version 7.1.1.2 and most people would recommend this way to go)
Clean Up
To create a clean base for subsequent installation, cleanup up your mixed installation using the following procedure:
dpkg --list | awk '/ii/&&/libreoffice/||/libobasis/{print $2}' | sudo xargs apt purge -yessudo apt autoremove --yes(Re-) Installation
With respect to your decision above, select one (and only one) of the following procedures:
Decision [1]:
Repeat step:
sudo dpkg - i *.debDecision [2]:
Perform:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa --yessudo apt update --yessudo apt install libreoffice libreoffice-help-en-usHope that helps.
@Astur
The title of the question mentions Ubuntu 20.10 and this is a Q&A site and not “deliver-a-handbook-covering-all-use-cases” site. Thanks…
Thank you to all who replied to my question
Here is what happened. Previous upgrades to LibreOffice appeared to put the upgraded version in place of the version to be upgraded. The upgrade to 7.1.1 did not do that. I only uncovered that I had two versions of LibreOffice running is when I i clicked on an pptx file shown in a folder (Nemo) and it opened under Impress 7.1. I then checked Synaptic and found that I had both 7.0 and 7.1 loaded. I then removed the 7.0 version using Synaptic. Future upgrades should specify clearly if the upgrade is going to replace the existing software or install the upgrade along with the existing software.
John
The upgrade to 7.1.1 did not do that … The upgrade to 7.1.1 did not do that
If that happens you mixed repositories.
But installing a TDF package never replaces a PPA or Snap package.