Re: Can new Fedora changes help users ?

2022-05-02 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 20:30, Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 02:02 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > > I am finding many applications that I use are no longer being > > supported on Fedora or there are not enough people working to keep > > applications updated. I have started to use SNAP

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Jerry James
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 3:43 AM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > saved me asking this basic question. :) > > Typed it into a Terminal window and... > > Nothing. > > Just came back with the command prompt. > > :( If all else fails, and it sounds like it has, here's a technique I have used to find out why

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Dave Stevens via users
On Tue, 03 May 2022 09:11:59 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > There also seems to be a misunderstanding of "base" along the thread. > LibreOffice is the core of a system, so to speak, libreoffice-base is > a database interface that it can use. yes, and I see no real reason to think it's a fedora-sp

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 11:30 -0700, Kenneth Marcy wrote: > My first thought is to do a general tidying up of the software by > uninstalling, then reinstalling a fresh copy of the latest version > of the code. Of course, before doing any such work, one should make > a safe copy of all of the types

Re: Can new Fedora changes help users ?

2022-05-02 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 02:02 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > I am finding many applications that I use are no longer being > supported on Fedora or there are not enough people working to keep > applications updated. I have started to use SNAP software to get > current versions or applications at all.

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/2/22 06:55, Robert Moskowitz wrote: libreoffice-base-7.2.6.2-1.fc35.x86_64 I have the same version and running "oobase" from the terminal or selecting the application icon both work. There must be something specific to your system. The lack of any messages on the terminal suggests tha

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/2/22 11:30, Kenneth Marcy wrote: I include this link because it includes reminders to insure that the system itself is up-to-date, and it features the Flatpak installation process that now seems to be preferred for Fedora systems.  Whichever I don't know why you think that Flatpak is "pr

[OT] LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Fred
For years I maintained an Access data base for an organization I belonged to. The way that worked best for me was to run Windows with Access in a VM on my Fedora machine. That way, I could copy and past from LibreOffice to Access for any additions and updates needed. I re-read the 1st post to thi

Re: Can new Fedora changes help users ?

2022-05-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/2/22 01:02, Robin Laing wrote: On 2022-04-27 13:10, Cătălin George Feștilă wrote: I read this article https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/27/fedora_starts_to_simplify_linux/. The question is whether we can still use old laptops. I have an HP 6710b and it works very well at the moment with

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/2/22 09:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 11:34, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskow

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Joe Zeff
On 5/2/22 10:50, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Almost sounds like Base needs something that is not in Xfce... Who else here is using Xfce and might check to see how it works (or not) for them? I do. I opened up Base from the Main Menu and the Wizard came right up. Or maybe I have first shut dow

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread ja
On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 12:50 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 5/2/22 12:29, Go Canes wrote: > > On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:13 PM Robert Moskowitz > > wrote: > > > I have never seen Base listed in the Xfce Application selector with > > > LibreOffice installed.  When I go to a running instan

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
Think there is a misunderstanding of how libreoffice base works. It isn't a full database, but has options to link to various databases. Only tired it a few times and its been a while. I was using mariadb that was already running on my machine. On my Fedora 34 machine, it has the base under

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 12:29, Go Canes wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:13 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have never seen Base listed in the Xfce Application selector with LibreOffice installed. When I go to a running instance of Calc, and -> New, Base Database is NOT an option. Like it is just not linke

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Go Canes
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:13 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have never seen Base listed in the Xfce Application selector with > LibreOffice installed. When I go to a running instance of Calc, and > -> New, Base Database is NOT an option. Like it is just not > linked in > > Is this a Xfce/Li

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 11:34, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Da

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 11:27, jarmo wrote: Mon, 2 May 2022 09:54:05 -0400 Robert Moskowitz kirjoitti: A long list of all the files and directories in the current directory... Nothing else that I caught. When I type libreoffice in console, libreoffice opens, have you all rights ok. And which libreoffic

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can al

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread jarmo
Mon, 2 May 2022 09:54:05 -0400 Robert Moskowitz kirjoitti: > A long list of all the files and directories in the current > directory... > > Nothing else that I caught. When I type libreoffice in console, libreoffice opens, have you all rights ok. And which libreoffice /usr/bin/libreoffice Jar

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 08:41, Jon Ingason via users wrote: Den 2022-05-02 kl. 14:14, skrev Robert Moskowitz: On 5/2/22 06:04, Dave Stevens via users wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2022 05:42:51 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : I

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 09:21, Tim via users wrote: Dave Stevens: what if you try libreoffice7.3 --base Robert Moskowitz: [rgm@lx140e ~]$ libreoffice7.3 --base bash: libreoffice7.3: command not found [rgm@lx140e ~]$ libreoffice --base [rgm@lx140e ~]$ No dice. May be time to open a bug report??? I woul

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Tim via users
Dave Stevens: >> what if you try libreoffice7.3 --base Robert Moskowitz: > [rgm@lx140e ~]$ libreoffice7.3 --base > bash: libreoffice7.3: command not found > [rgm@lx140e ~]$ libreoffice --base > [rgm@lx140e ~]$ > > No dice. May be time to open a bug report??? I would try typing the beginning of

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Jon Ingason via users
Den 2022-05-02 kl. 14:14, skrev Robert Moskowitz: On 5/2/22 06:04, Dave Stevens via users wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2022 05:42:51 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : I want to create an Access Database on my F35 syste

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 06:04, Dave Stevens via users wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2022 05:42:51 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also use it on her Windows system

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also use it on her Windows system using Acces

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also use it on her Windows system using Access. So I did a quick bit of googling and

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Dave Stevens via users
On Mon, 2 May 2022 05:42:51 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: > > 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : > >> I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife > >> can also use it on her Windows system using Access. > >> > >> So I did a q

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 5/2/22 04:41, Andras Simon wrote: 2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also use it on her Windows system using Access. So I did a quick bit of googling and found that maybe LibreOffice Base is what I want. So I d

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Andras Simon
2022-05-02 3:31 UTC+02:00, Robert Moskowitz : > I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also > use it on her Windows system using Access. > > So I did a quick bit of googling and found that maybe LibreOffice Base > is what I want. > > So I did: > > dnf install libreoffic

Re: Can new Fedora changes help users ?

2022-05-02 Thread Robin Laing
On 2022-04-27 13:10, Cătălin George Feștilă wrote: I read this article https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/27/fedora_starts_to_simplify_linux/. The question is whether we can still use old laptops. I have an HP 6710b and it works very well at the moment with Fedora 36. In this case, my opinion