Problem: I have two of the same version of LO installed, Ubuntu and not-Ubuntu. How do I get rid of the Not-Ubuntu one?
History: I manually installed LibreOffice
(from a deb file if I remember right, and I presume using
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
) for an update, not knowing the mess it would make on top of the LO provided by Ubuntu.
(Then the U.LO broke styles, then it broke removing all styles with CTRL+M and I was pleased to have the old version (non-U) available. Now styles et al are fixed.)
But now I have two versions of LO. the Non-Ubuntu one runs real slow. -- Trouble is: it is the one that loads when I click on an .odt file (or other) in 'Files'. - I fixed the default program for the files, but leave it as a hint how the two installed on top of each other? --
I'd like to clean it up and have just the one LO provided by and integrated with Ubuntu.
The version info (from the Help Menu in both Writer-s) for each is:
Version: 7.3.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
and
Version: 7.3.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 392c644e8a6d1ea0765aa2d613a91bcef808d6ea
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
So Far: I used Synaptic to remove all the 6.4 version and 6.x pieces.
Synaptic only shows one listing of LibreOffice all 7.3.5.2, all the Ubuntu installation.
There is no other listing of the other, manually installed, non-Ubuntu 7.3.5.2 installation, but it does have icons in 'Applications' and it does run, or rather walk (it's so slow.)
Other Considerations: I used LO a lot for crucial writing, and Thunderbird for email. I don't really have time to reconfigure PPG and styles and keyboard shortcuts and Calc-Base databases for mail-merges and and and.
Summary: How to undo the double install without having to reconfigure LO from scratch?
Default Program Solved: How to set all LO files to load in the Ubuntu version only? OK I figured that out for a few crucial file types. Listed as possible default programs are for example LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice 7.3 Writer But still I'd like to be rid of the dupicate LOs.
Further Ideas
I could uninstall using Synaptic and or
sudo apt-get autoremove -y libreoffice-*
But would that uninstall both?
Would I loose all my customizations?
In Ubuntu Applications lists the Ubuntu simply as LibreOffice and Writer etc.
Ubuntu Applications lists the other as LibreOffice 7.3, Writer 7.3...
Further:
This is similar to what Synaptic shows in that all entries are Ubuntu versions, for example
libreoffice-base-core 1:7.3.5.-rc2-Oubun 1:7.3.5.-rc2-Oubun office productivity suite-shared library
$ dpkg --list | grep libreoffice*
ii liblibreoffice-java
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all LibreOffice
UNO runtime environment -- Java library rc
libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer
1:7.2.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 transitional
package for GStreamer backend for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-base
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- database ii libreoffice-base-core
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- shared library ii libreoffice-base-drivers
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 Database
connectivity drivers for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-calc
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- spreadsheet ii libreoffice-common
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- arch-independent files ii libreoffice-core
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- arch-dependent files ii libreoffice-draw
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- drawing ii libreoffice-gnome
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- GNOME integration ii libreoffice-gtk3
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- GTK+ 3 integration ii libreoffice-help-common
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- common files for LibreOffice help ii
libreoffice-help-en-us
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- English_american help ii libreoffice-impress
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- presentation ii libreoffice-java-common
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- arch-independent Java support files ii
libreoffice-math
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- equation editor ii libreoffice-nlpsolver
0.9+LibO7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all "Solver for Nonlinear Programming" extension for LibreOffice ii
libreoffice-ogltrans
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all transitional
package for libreoffice-ogltrans ii libreoffice-report-builder
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all LibreOffice
component for building database reports ii
libreoffice-report-builder-bin
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 LibreOffice
component for building database reports -- libraries ii
libreoffice-script-provider-bsh
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all BeanShell
script support provider for LibreOffice scripting framework ii
libreoffice-script-provider-js
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all JavaScript
script support provider for LibreOffice scripting framework rc
libreoffice-script-provider-python 1:6.4.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
all Python script support provider for LibreOffice scripting
framework ii libreoffice-sdbc-firebird
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 Firebird SDBC
driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 HSQLDB SDBC
driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-sdbc-mysql
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 MariaDB/MySQL
SDBC driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 PostgreSQL
SDBC driver for LibreOffice ii libreoffice-style-colibre
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- colibre symbol style ii
libreoffice-style-elementary
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- Elementary symbol style rc
libreoffice-style-tango
1:7.2.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all transitional
package for Tango symbol style ii libreoffice-style-yaru
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all office
productivity suite -- Yaru symbol style ii libreoffice-wiki-publisher
1.2.0+LibO7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all LibreOffice extension for working with MediaWiki articles ii libreoffice-writer
1:7.3.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 office
productivity suite -- word processor
Further Info (though not helpful I'm afraid)
$ which soffice
/usr/bin/soffice
$ whereis soffice
soffice: /usr/bin/soffice
