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Sky Aisling

Hello Puppers...
Yet another printer driver question.

The environment
The machine is: Asus laptop A53Z with AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics.
The printer is: HP Officejet 4655 (all in one printer) using hpcups 3.18.6 driver.
The CUPS version is: CUPS 2.3.1.
The Distro is: fossapup64 9 ...

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mikewalsh mikeslr

Hello Mikes, Thank you for all your help with this situation.

The time has come to end this attempt to solve the issue.

I would like to remove LibreOffice-Portable64 from this Fossapup64 9.6 (x86_64) distro.

So, the question is...

How to completely remove LibreOffice ...

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mikewalsh

Mike Walsh writes:
"You could turn updates off; see if that helps. It's one of the first things I always do with LibreOffice.

Launch LibreOffice, then from the toolbar menu -> Tools -> Options. Select 'Online Updates' from the left-hand pane, then uncheck the box for "Check for ...

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mikeslr mikewalsh

Mikeslr writes:
About the location LibreOffice saves files to: My best guess is that it defaults to offering to save to the last location used and since you hadn't used it yet, it defaulted to it's home=portable's folder. I just tried the following: Saved a new 'junk' file I ...

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mikeslr

I think I have a possbile success, Mikeslr...

I changed the default changer to "Libreoffice --writer".
I "saved as" and Libreoffice put the writer file into /mnt/home/LibreOffice-portable64.
The file now opens with Libreoffice portable not Abiword.
I moved the file from /mnt/home ...

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@mikeslr,

Ok, I’m out shopping right now. Will get back to this in an hour or so.
Sky

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mikeslr

Well, LibreOffice Portable 7.0.3.1 isn't quite working.
Here is the situation.
I can write and save text documents now in the LibreOffice Portable.
But, they only save in /mnt/home where the portable is housed. see screenshot.
Then they can only be accessed by Abiword.
Abiword is the ...

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mikeslr

Mikeslr writes:
I found the link to mediafire. It opens here, https://www.mediafire.com/folder/un7het ... ibreOffice. DO NOT click the download arrow at the top. Rather, Right-Click the line which reads 'LiberOffice-portable64.tar.gz' and select download. Right

Mikewalsh's portable may ...

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mikeslr
Thank you, Mikeslr,
I will follow through attempting to clear out the non-portable LibreOffice beginning immediately tonight.
I will post the results asap. If not tonight then tomorrow.
Yes, LAUNCH activates portable LibreOffice 7.0.
I used bigpup's general 'tutorial' on how to install a ...

Sky Aisling

Thank you Mike,
You know a whole lot more about Puppy than I do.
But, what do I do now that Portable LibreOffice isn't working and regular LibreOffice is still embedded in the distro and neither one work?

Sky

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mikewalsh

Hi Mike,

Do you or anyone know what version LibreOffice will download if "Get LibreOffice" is used to install .sfs LibreOffice?
The reason I ask is...

The latest LibreOffice is 25.2.1 (2025-02-27).
Apparently LibreOffice 7.0 is no longer supported.
https://www.libreoffice.org ...

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mikewalsh
Hi Mike,
A Possible Work-Around

The 'old' non-portable LibreOffice version 7.0 has been pestering me to update the program for some time now.
The most recent LibreOffice according to their website is 25.2.1.
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/
LibreOffice 25.2.1 ...

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Does this help?

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Wait, I got another message...different than the above.
Back in a moment... Here is new message when I tried a second time...

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@mikewalsh

Can you launch the old LibreOffice from Menu -> Document -> Libre Office 7.0? Does it fire-up?

No

Re: /OPT - my notes say that I deleted the old LibreOffice 7.0 from /OPT after downloading Portable LibreOffice and moving it to ~/mount home.

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mikewalsh bigpup

UPDATE

LibreOffice portable was downloaded from MediaFire.
LibreOffice portable was extracted by pExtract.
LibreOffice portable was placed in /mounthome.

I no longer have access to any document written by LibreOffice in my entire system.

The old not portable LibreOffice ...

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Issue Solved

To anyone else reading this and struggling downloading from MediaFire see the screen shot below.
Sky

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That's what I'm attempting to tell you, Mike. The ad pops up, I check the wee 'x' in the corner, the ad goes away but so does the download option. So, I punch the download option again and whoopsie the ad with the little 'x' in the corner shows up again. Loopity, Loopity.

Sky

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So, I must sign in to MediaFire? Is there a fee for this site?
Sky

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See solved post at https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=144626#p144626

mikewalsh
▶—— Distro Specifications ——◀

Operating System:
Distro Name fossapup64 9.6 (x86_64)

When I attempt to download LibreOffice portable from MediaFire the download switches to an ad to upgrade MediaFire ...

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rockedge

I am at this moment running F96-CE_4 frugally on a flash stick with the Firefox 128.7.Oser(64) located in /OPT as you have it currently set. Everything is running smoothly. I am assuming that FirefoxOser will auto update to a newer version as needed. Yes, I have 'auto update' marked in ...

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rockedge
MenuReadMe from OPTS

The *recommended* location for this portable application is in /mnt/home. If you place your portable in /mnt/home, when adding the MenuEntry it will sym-link the 'LAUNCH' script into /usr/bin, place a .desktop entry in /usr/share/applications, and an icon in /usr ...

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@rockedge @mikewalsh

Mike's portables make downloading these pesky browser so much easier.
Mike, if you are listening can you give us your current Google Drive download site link for all your pbrowsers that you've created? Thank you in advance.

Sky

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@rockedge @mikewalsh
How about a portable browser?
Mike Walsh has a new Google drive library space for portables.
Edit: that link I posted seems broken, sorry.

Sky

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rockedge mikewalsh bigpup
Succesful download of current F96-CE_4.iso.
Succesful creation of a frugal puppy usb stick of F96-CE.
HOWEVER ...
This "current" .iso download contains a considerably old version of Firefox FF 102.9Oesr(64-bit) set as the built-in browser.

This throws us back to the ...

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@rockedge

Hello rockedge,

The download F96-CE_4.iso appears unable to be extracted by pExtract.
The link used was https://f96.puppylinux.com/.
Sky

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Sky Aisling

Hello,
What site do I use to find the most current download of F96-CE .ISO?
Thank you in advance.
Sky

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mikewalsh bigpup
Good Day!

Mike writes:
The whole business would have been much simpler if you hadn't installed FF116 from the PPM, of course, but, well.......we live & learn. The main thing is, you're sorted.

This begs the question of why Puppy Package Manager (PPM) is offered in Puppy ...

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mikewalsh
[SOLVED] !
frogana1.gif

The add menu activation worked to properly to provide the link in menu/internet shortcuts.
All shortcuts that I've found so far activate directly to FF135 home page.
Firefox-portable-.desktop activates properly.
BTW - I did read the MenuReadMe text file.
Whew ...

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@mikewalsh

Sky writes:

One final question: Is there another location to put Firefox-portable(64) which is executable and currrently in Downloads and still have it execute with the correct link?

Is there a way to utilize this 'link' option?

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