I would like to install version LibreOffice 24.2.4

[Norge]

Good afternoon. The LibreOffice that Manjaro 24 has is the old version. I would like to install version 24.2.4. I have tried to uninstall the old version, but it tells me that if I uninstall it, a file will be lost. So I have done nothing. The solution is to reinstall Manjaro and tell it not to install LibreOffice and when Manjaro is installed on the computer, install LibreOffice 24.2.4 from the store. Is it like this? Does the LibreOffice update notify you when a new version comes out or is it automatic?

[Aragorn]

@Norge

The LibreOffice that Manjaro 24 has is the old version. I would like to install version 24.2.4.

The version currently in Manjaro Stable is 24.2.5.

@Norge

Does the LibreOffice update notify you when a new version comes out or is it automatic?

No, this is not how it’s handled in Arch-based distributions. If you keep your system up to date, then you will be on the latest version of everything.

That said, there was another major Stable Update today, as you can read here…

[Stable Update] 2024-07-16 - Kernels, Firefox, Thunderbird, Nvidia, Systemd, LibreOffice

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Subscribe to notifications for the Stable Updates category, and be sure to always read both the first and second post of the thread. The first post details the changes, and the second post gives you a heads-up on the potential issues and how to work around them.

I would advise you to update your system now…

sudo pacman-mirrors -f && sudo pacman -Syu

Do this from a tty while completely logged out of the graphical environment.

After that you can update your AUR packages with pamac.

pamac update --aur --devel

Note: Do not forget to merge your .pacnew files after rebooting. See System Maintenance - Manjaro.

[Nachlese]

@Norge

but it tells me that if I uninstall it, a file will be lost.

I’d be curious about the message that told you this - it’s probably a misunderstanding.

None of your own files will be lost when you uninstall the application.

[sawdoctor]

Can’t you change the version of libre office anyway? Manjaro let’s you choose between libreoffice fresh and libreoffice still or at least i can anyway

[Aragorn]

@sawdoctor

Manjaro let’s you choose between libreoffice fresh and libreoffice still or at least i can anyway

libreoffice-still is less recent than libreoffice-fresh, and the latter is the default.

[Norge]

Good evening. In the Manjaro store there is a section that says updates. I have clicked on it and the system has been updated and it tells me that the system is up to date. Is this the easiest way to keep Manjaro updated? What you have explained to me is to update Manjaro from the terminal. Do you recommend that I read update maintenance and I have read it and now I don’t understand anything. Please could you explain to me how to do this:

Note: Do not forget to merge your .pacnew files after rebooting. See **[System Maintenance-Manjaro]

[Aragorn]

@Norge

In the Manjaro store there is a section that says updates. I have clicked on it and the system has been updated and it tells me that the system is up to date. Is this the easiest way to keep Manjaro updated?

It depends. It is an easy way, but it is neither the best nor the safest way.

You have to keep in mind that a major update/upgrade like this will be overwriting many shared libraries that are in use while you are logged in at a graphical environment. It is therefore best to always log out of the GUI and conduct the update/upgrade via a terminal, so that the smallest amount of shared libraries will be in use.

In addition to that, the graphical package manager is itself still fairly buggy, while pacman is mature and virtually free of bugs.

Please see the following two threads…

[HowTo] Updating Manjaro as safely as possible

The golden rule — which nobody follows, of course — when using a rolling-release distribution…: Always apply the bundled updates by way of the command line in a tty while completely logged out of your graphical environment, so that no shared libraries will be in use that will be overwritten by the update process. The safest way even would be to cleanly reboot your system first before applying any updates, and to then switch to a tty and run the update process from there without logging into…

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@Norge

Please could you explain to me how to do this:

Note: Do not forget to merge your .pacnew files after rebooting.

If you have any (system-wide) configuration files on your system that have been modified or that may have outdated settings (or comments), then the packages to which those files belong will come with a .pacnew file upon the next update.

The idea is that you compare the .pacnew with the configuration file you already have, and that you merge the changes into your existing configuration file — never blindly copy the .pacnew over the existing file, because it could break your system. After that, you can delete the .pacnew.

Different tools exist for merging the .pacnew files. As the matter of fact, @Ste74 has developed a new merging tool, called manjaro-pacnew-checker — it’s in the repository.

sudo pacman -S manjaro-pacnew-checker

The discussion thread about the tool — from the moment @Ste74 started developing it — can be found here…

Check and manage pacnew files

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[Teo]

Just to clarify a possible confusion: It is not a “merging tool”, it is more like a notification tool. There is no tool that will automatically! merge the files so that no user interaction is needed.