[ubuntu-za] LibreOffice 4 on the Launcher

[Robin Bownes]

On 02/14/2013 11:41 AM, Robin Bownes wrote:
>
> On 02/14/2013 10:50 AM, Hilton Gibson wrote:
>> Make sure you purge the old libreoffice, a simple uninstall will 
>> still leave certain files lying around.
>> I suggest the following to purge libreoffice.
>>
>> # sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> hg
>>
>>
>> On 14 February 2013 10:38, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za 
>> <mailto:robin at bownes.co.za>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     On 02/14/2013 07:36 AM, Wesley Werner wrote:
>>>     Hi Robin, when you click the reappearing v.3.4 icon, does it
>>>     launch the new v.4 Libre office? Or does it fail silently?
>>>
>>>     Could Unity be caching the icons, and that it still has a copy
>>>     of the old icon in store? Perhaps try find how to clear that cache.
>>>
>>>     You have probably turned it off and on again, since then?
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Wesley
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Robin Bownes
>>>     <robin at bownes.co.za <mailto:robin at bownes.co.za>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         To cut a long story short, this problem is recurring. The
>>>         v.4 icon disappears from the launcher, and is somehow
>>>         replaced with the icon for the now non-existent v.3.4.
>>>
>>>         I assume that there's a setting file somewhere that has not
>>>         updated, and is causing the problem. Unfortunately, I don't
>>>         have a clue as to which one it might be. Any suggestions please?
>>>
>>     Hi Wesley,
>>
>>     The v.3.4 icon does absolutely nothing, it still obviously points
>>     to v.3.4, not v.4. I have restarted the PC more than once. Yep,
>>     that's the cache/file that I'm trying to track down. At present,
>>     the v.3.4 icon is locked to the launcher, but reports that its
>>     not locked to the launcher - but cannot be removed, or moved.
>>
>>     Robin
>>
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> Hi Guys,
>
> Thanks for the responses.
>
> Hilton, I have already run the # sudo apt-get remove --purge 
> libreoffice* command as part of the uninstall/reinstall process.
>
> William, thanks, but the problem has not been getting the icon onto 
> the launcher, but keeping it there - even when its supposedly locked. 
> I have in fact both launched the application from the lens, as well as 
> dragged the application icon from the lens to the launcher. Neither 
> have resulted in persistent success.
>
> Earlier, after scratching around on Google for quite some time, and 
> finding nothing that related directly, I ended up dragging the 
> LibreOffice4 desktop file directly from /usr/share/applications to the 
> launcher. That was about 2-hours ago, and so far so good - the v.4 
> icon still seems to be on the launcher. I'll keep you all posted.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robin
>
>
Not sure exactly what made the difference, but this problem seems to now 
be sorted. Thanks for those that weighed in.
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